Chicago parking by block · Albany Park · Ward 39

Parking at 4950 N Elston Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 N Elston Ave. Everything here is from City records — 7,865 parking tickets written across 104 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
4909 N Cicero Ave (4 min walk) · 4810 N Cicero Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jul
27
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Sep
15
Tue
Sep
16
Wed
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
9
Mon

Streets to watch near 4950 N Elston Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 W Lawrence Ave alone took 221 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,670 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones724 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,918 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions165 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks1,530 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4909 N Cicero Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk W
  • 4810 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk SW
  • 4775 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk SW
  • 4440 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
  • 4791 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
  • 4949 W Lawrence Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SW

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 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 39, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.