Parking at 2650 W 38th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2600–2699 W 38th St. Everything here is from City records — 14,265 parking tickets written across 97 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 12, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 2650 W 38th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 W 38th St alone took 543 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 2800 W 38th St — 543 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 2900 W 38th Pl — 381 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 2700 W 38th Pl — 310 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 2800 W 40th St — 605 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 3900 S Campbell Ave — 366 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 2500 W 39th Pl — 320 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 2900 W 40th Pl — 332 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 4000 S Rockwell St — 223 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 2600 W 38th St — 202 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 3900 S California Ave — 254 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 4100 S Campbell Ave — 189 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 4100 S Mozart St — 156 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 3900 S Archer Ave — 314 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 4000 S Francisco Ave — 288 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 4000 S Archer Ave — 240 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3624 S Western Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk NE
- 3517 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 378 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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.
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 12, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.