Chicago parking by block · Garfield Ridge · Ward 22

Parking at 4950 W 49th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 W 49th St. Everything here is from City records — 7,004 parking tickets written across 110 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, October 19
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
4644 S Cicero Ave (6 min walk) · 4750 W 47th St (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 14. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue

Streets to watch near 4950 W 49th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 S Kilpatrick Ave alone took 199 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,721 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones976 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks47 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks3,115 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions130 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks57 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4644 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk NE
  • 4750 W 47th St — red-light camera, 6 min walk NE
  • 5356 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
  • 5207 S Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE

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 22, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.