Chicago parking by block · Avondale · Ward 35

Parking at 2850 N Lawndale Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 N Lawndale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 49,342 parking tickets written across 142 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 93
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
3911 W Diversey Ave (6 min walk) · 3401 W Diversey Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 35, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
27
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 2850 N Lawndale Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 N Kimball Ave alone took 916 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,691 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones12,291 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks6,458 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,266 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks15,605 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3911 W Diversey Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk W
  • 3401 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
  • 2810 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk W
  • 2783 N Kimball Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
  • 2711 N Pulaski — speed camera, 8 min walk SW
  • 4011 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 93 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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 35, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.