Chicago parking by block · Avondale · Ward 35

Parking at 2950 N Kimball Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2900–2999 N Kimball Ave. Everything here is from City records — 48,499 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 15

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3401 W Diversey Ave (5 min walk) · 2783 N Kimball Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

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

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Streets to watch near 2950 N Kimball Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 N Kimball Ave alone took 916 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,113 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

2600 N Kimball Ave — 916 tickets, 9 min walk S
2700 N Kimball Ave — 655 tickets, 6 min walk S
3600 W Diversey Ave — 558 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Permit zones15,366 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

2600 N Emmett St — 1,244 tickets, 8 min walk SE
2700 N Sawyer Ave — 1,199 tickets, 7 min walk SE
2600 N Sawyer Ave — 1,147 tickets, 9 min walk S

Plate checks2,138 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

2900 N Sawyer Ave — 407 tickets, 4 min walk E
3700 W George St — 339 tickets, 9 min walk W
3000 N Hamlin Ave — 328 tickets, 9 min walk W

Posted restrictions1,499 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

2800 N Kedzie Ave — 383 tickets, 6 min walk SE
3600 W Belmont Ave — 277 tickets, 9 min walk NW
2900 N Kedzie Ave — 231 tickets, 5 min walk E

Metered blocks17,309 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

2700 N Milwaukee Ave — 2,907 tickets, 6 min walk S
2600 N Milwaukee Ave — 1,813 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2800 N Milwaukee Ave — 1,760 tickets, 4 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3401 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
2783 N Kimball Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
3201 W Belmont — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
3141 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
3202 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 5 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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.