Parking at 4550 W Dickens Ave
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4550 W Dickens Ave

Ward 26, cleaning section 2 · 29,102 parking tickets were written across 111 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 6
Then Wednesday, October 7. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
4
1949 N Cicero Ave (6 min walk) · 4807 W Armitage Ave (7 min walk) · 4750 W Fullerton Ave (9 min walk) +1 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4400 W Fullerton Ave alone took 413 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,209 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 4400 W Fullerton Ave — 413, 8 min walk N
  • 2400 N Kilbourn Ave — 353, 8 min walk N
  • 4500 W Fullerton Ave — 290, 7 min walk N
  • 4200 W Cortland St — 252, 9 min walk SE
  • 2000 N Laporte Ave — 239, 10 min walk W
Permit zones11,186 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 2000 N Lamon Ave — 704, 8 min walk W
  • 2100 N Kildare Ave — 609, 7 min walk E
  • 2300 N Kenneth Ave — 554, 7 min walk NE
  • 2300 N Kilbourn Ave — 477, 6 min walk N
  • 4800 W Cortland St — 452, 8 min walk SW
Plate checks3,909 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 4300 W Cortland St — 376, 8 min walk SE
  • 4300 W Belden Ave — 310, 7 min walk NE
  • 2000 N Kenneth Ave — 272, 4 min walk SE
  • 2000 N Kilbourn Ave — 270, 3 min walk SE
  • 2000 N Kostner Ave — 266, 5 min walk SE
Posted restrictions2,307 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 4400 W Palmer St — 316, 4 min walk NE
  • 4400 W Dickens Ave — 283, 3 min walk E
  • 4200 W Dickens Ave — 280, 9 min walk E
  • 4200 W Palmer St — 262, 9 min walk E
  • 2400 N Kostner Ave — 261, 9 min walk NE
Metered blocks6,373 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 4300 W Fullerton Ave — 2,159, 9 min walk NE
  • 4200 W Armitage Ave — 1,446, 9 min walk E
  • 4400 W Armitage Ave — 885, 4 min walk SE
  • 4800 W Armitage Avenue — 846, 9 min walk W
  • 4300 W Armitage Ave — 745, 6 min walk SE

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 2. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr3Fri
Apr6Mon
May19Tue
May20Wed
Jul7Tue
Jul8Wed
Aug20Thu
Aug21Fri
Oct6Tue
Oct7Wed

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Tuesday, October 6.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
4 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.