Parking at 4950 S Central Park Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 S Central Park Ave. Everything here is from City records — 8,479 parking tickets written across 89 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 14, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 4950 S Central Park Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 S Drake Ave alone took 142 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 4600 S Drake Ave — 142 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 4600 S Homan Ave — 130 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 3300 W 51st St — 86 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 3400 W 53rd St — 458 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 4800 S Springfield Ave — 371 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 4700 S Harding Ave — 354 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 4600 S St Louis Ave — 339 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 4800 S Avers Ave — 226 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 5200 S Trumbull Ave — 218 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4800 S Harding Ave — 188 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 3400 W 51st St — 144 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 4500 S Drake Ave — 141 tickets, 10 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 4925 S Archer Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk W
- 4996 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
- 4929 S Pulaski Rd — 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 3 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.
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 14, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.