Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 32

Parking at 2950 N Paulina St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2900–2999 N Paulina St. Everything here is from City records — 39,306 parking tickets written across 135 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3111 N Ashland Ave (5 min walk) · 3130 N Ashland Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 8. 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 Paulina St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 N Clybourn Ave alone took 419 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,851 tickets

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

2800 N Clybourn Ave — 419 tickets, 9 min walk W
1700 W Henderson St — 258 tickets, 10 min walk N
1900 W Wolfram St — 243 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Permit zones383 tickets

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

1500 W Melrose St — 383 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Plate checks6,488 tickets

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

1400 W Melrose St — 387 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1400 W Fletcher St — 375 tickets, 8 min walk NE
2700 N Hoyne — 318 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,340 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1700 W Belmont Ave — 266 tickets, 6 min walk N
1400 W Diversey Pkwy — 191 tickets, 7 min walk SE
1500 W Diversey Pkwy — 185 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Metered blocks24,998 tickets

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

2900 N Lincoln Ave — 3,020 tickets, 8 min walk E
3100 N Lincoln Ave — 2,476 tickets, 6 min walk NE
3100 N Greenview Ave — 2,169 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3111 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk NE
3130 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk NE
1966 W Diversey Pkwy — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW
2816 N Damen Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW

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 4 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 32, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.