Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 31

Parking at 4850 W Wrightwood Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 W Wrightwood Ave. Everything here is from City records — 27,325 parking tickets written across 137 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 2423
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
2408 N Cicero Ave (5 min walk) · 2785 N Cicero Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 31, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
9
Thu
Apr
10
Fri
May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
1
Thu
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 4850 W Wrightwood Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 N Laramie Ave alone took 769 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,621 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,304 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,955 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,266 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,984 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2408 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
  • 2785 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
  • 4843 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk S
  • 4750 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
  • 4776 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
  • 5050 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 2423 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.