Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 47

Parking at 4950 N Wolcott Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 N Wolcott Ave. Everything here is from City records — 40,763 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
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?
4
5059 N Damen Ave (4 min walk) · 4804 N Ashland Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 20. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 4950 N Wolcott Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4800 N Ashland Avenue alone took 619 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,571 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones6,736 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,732 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions327 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks19,877 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement1,321 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5059 N Damen Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk NW
  • 4804 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
  • 1601 W Lawrence Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
  • 4716 N Ashland — speed camera, 9 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 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.