Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 31

Parking at 4950 W Wolfram St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 W Wolfram St. Everything here is from City records — 26,211 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 13
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1781
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
3
2785 N Cicero Ave (4 min walk) · 4776 W Diversey Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 31, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
Wed
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Aug
4
Tue
Aug
5
Wed
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 4950 W Wolfram St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 N Laramie Ave alone took 769 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,939 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,686 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,392 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,697 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,357 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2785 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
  • 4776 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
  • 2622 N. Laramie Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1781 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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.
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 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.