Chicago parking by block · Uptown · Ward 47

Parking at 4950 N Paulina St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 N Paulina St. Everything here is from City records — 52,227 parking tickets written across 120 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4804 N Ashland Ave (5 min walk) · 1601 W Lawrence Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 5. 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 4950 N Paulina St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 N Ashland Avenue alone took 619 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,806 tickets

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

4800 N Ashland Avenue — 619 tickets, 3 min walk SE
4600 N Ashland Ave — 553 tickets, 9 min walk S
4700 N Ashland Ave — 486 tickets, 6 min walk S

Permit zones4,459 tickets

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

4700 N Beacon St — 569 tickets, 9 min walk SE
4800 N Wolcott Ave — 548 tickets, 6 min walk SW
4800 N Paulina St — 514 tickets, 3 min walk S

Plate checks5,401 tickets

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

5000 N Winchester Ave — 440 tickets, 7 min walk W
1300 W Argyle St — 342 tickets, 7 min walk E
1400 W Lawrence Ave — 334 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Posted restrictions718 tickets

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

1500 W Leland Ave — 284 tickets, 8 min walk SE
5000 N Glenwood Ave — 240 tickets, 7 min walk NE
4700 N Wolcott Ave — 194 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Metered blocks32,962 tickets

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

5300 N Clark St — 4,039 tickets, 9 min walk N
5200 N Clark St — 3,827 tickets, 7 min walk NE
5100 N Clark St — 3,390 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Other enforcement1,711 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1300 W Lawrence Ave — 439 tickets, 9 min walk SE
4600 N Ravenswood Ave — 412 tickets, 9 min walk S
4700 N Ravenswood Ave — 347 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4804 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
1601 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
4716 N Ashland — speed camera, 7 min walk S
5059 N Damen Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W

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 4 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 47, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.