Parking at 4850 W Crystal St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 W Crystal St. Everything here is from City records — 12,715 parking tickets written across 90 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 37, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 4850 W Crystal St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Crystal alone took 425 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 5200 W Crystal — 425 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 1400 N Laramie Ave — 416 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 5200 W Potomac — 360 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 1000 N Lavergne — 470 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 5100 W Crystal St — 323 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 1500 N Leclaire Ave — 306 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 4800 W Cortez St — 285 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 4800 W Kamerling Ave — 231 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 1400 N Lawler Ave — 224 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 1300 N Laramie Ave — 192 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 4600 W North — 49 tickets, 10 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4801 W North Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
- 4754 W North Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 cameras nearby.
- Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
- The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 37, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.