Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 47

Parking at 4950 N Ravenswood Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 N Ravenswood Ave. Everything here is from City records — 48,578 parking tickets written across 132 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?

Zone 62

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

Cameras nearby?

5059 N Damen Ave (6 min walk) · 4804 N Ashland Ave (6 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 Ravenswood Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 N Ashland Avenue alone took 619 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,398 tickets

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

4800 N Ashland Avenue — 619 tickets, 6 min walk SE
4600 N Ashland Ave — 553 tickets, 10 min walk SE
4700 N Ashland Ave — 486 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Permit zones6,037 tickets

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

4800 N Wolcott Ave — 548 tickets, 4 min walk SW
4800 N Paulina St — 514 tickets, 4 min walk SE
4600 N Winchester Ave — 502 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Plate checks4,881 tickets

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

5000 N Winchester Ave — 440 tickets, 4 min walk W
1400 W Lawrence Ave — 334 tickets, 9 min walk SE
1400 W Winona St — 318 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Posted restrictions611 tickets

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

1500 W Leland Ave — 284 tickets, 10 min walk SE
4700 N Wolcott Ave — 194 tickets, 6 min walk S
1800 W Wilson Ave — 133 tickets, 10 min walk S

Metered blocks28,190 tickets

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

5200 N Clark St — 3,827 tickets, 9 min walk NE
5100 N Clark St — 3,390 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4800 N Clark St — 2,956 tickets, 7 min walk E

Other enforcement1,272 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4600 N Ravenswood Ave — 412 tickets, 8 min walk S
4700 N Ravenswood Ave — 347 tickets, 6 min walk S
4800 N Ravenswood Ave — 294 tickets, 3 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5059 N Damen Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk NW
4804 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SE
1601 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SE
4716 N Ashland — 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 62 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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.