Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 31

Parking at 4850 W Newport Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 W Newport Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,084 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 14

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 47

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

3541 N Cicero Ave (4 min walk) · 3608 N Cicero Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 31, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 4850 W Newport Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3300 N Cicero Ave alone took 346 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,230 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

3300 N Cicero Ave — 346 tickets, 3 min walk S
3500 N Cicero Ave — 337 tickets, 3 min walk N
3600 N Lamon Ave — 254 tickets, 5 min walk N

Permit zones6,851 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

4900 W Henderson St — 562 tickets, 4 min walk SW
4800 W Roscoe St — 437 tickets, 1 min walk S
4800 W Henderson St — 400 tickets, 3 min walk S

City sticker checks50 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

3700 N Lavergne Ave — 50 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Plate checks3,114 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

4800 W Patterson Ave — 367 tickets, 5 min walk N
3400 N Keating Ave — 356 tickets, 3 min walk E
4700 W Patterson Ave — 286 tickets, 5 min walk N

Posted restrictions2,794 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

3300 N Lamon Ave — 465 tickets, 3 min walk SW
4800 W Addison St — 431 tickets, 4 min walk N
5000 W School St — 263 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Metered blocks2,430 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

3000 N Cicero Ave — 822 tickets, 10 min walk S
3200 N Cicero Ave — 444 tickets, 4 min walk S
3100 N Cicero Ave — 405 tickets, 8 min walk S

Other enforcement331 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 N Cicero — 331 tickets, 1 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3541 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk N
3608 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk N
4620 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 47 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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.

The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.

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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 31, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.