Chicago parking by block · Kenwood · Ward 4

Parking at 850 E 44th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 E 44th St. Everything here is from City records — 23,600 parking tickets written across 119 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 4, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 850 E 44th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 S Evans Ave alone took 416 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,852 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones858 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks15,166 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions254 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks1,771 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement420 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • 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 4, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.