Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 31

Parking at 4950 W Fletcher St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 W Fletcher St. Everything here is from City records — 29,188 parking tickets written across 130 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
4620 W Belmont Ave (8 min walk) · 4776 W Diversey Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 31, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 4950 W Fletcher St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 N Laramie Ave alone took 427 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,628 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones11,442 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,244 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,614 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks3,850 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement331 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4620 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk E
  • 4776 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 10 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 2 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 31, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.