Chicago parking by block · Albany Park · Ward 40

Parking at 2950 W Giddings St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2900–2999 W Giddings St. Everything here is from City records — 38,109 parking tickets written across 130 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, October 19

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 780

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 19. 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 W Giddings St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 N Kedzie Ave alone took 468 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,091 tickets

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

4900 N Kedzie Ave — 468 tickets, 9 min walk NW
3200 W Argyle St — 456 tickets, 10 min walk NW
4700 N Whipple St — 445 tickets, 3 min walk W

Permit zones2,416 tickets

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

3100 W Eastwood Ave — 478 tickets, 6 min walk SW
3000 W Gunnison St — 436 tickets, 4 min walk NW
4500 N Troy St — 404 tickets, 8 min walk SW

City sticker checks102 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

2600 W Eastwood Ave — 102 tickets, 7 min walk E

Plate checks2,245 tickets

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

5000 N Albany Ave — 372 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4900 N Whipple St — 237 tickets, 6 min walk NW
2600 W Gunnison St — 185 tickets, 8 min walk E

Posted restrictions4,647 tickets

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

3200 W Wilson Ave — 733 tickets, 10 min walk SW
3100 W Wilson Ave — 620 tickets, 6 min walk SW
3100 W Sunnyside Ave — 498 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Metered blocks18,177 tickets

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

3200 W Lawrence Ave — 2,594 tickets, 9 min walk W
3100 W Lawrence Ave — 2,250 tickets, 5 min walk W
4700 N Kedzie Ave — 1,856 tickets, 7 min walk W

Other enforcement217 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4500 N Sawyer Ave — 217 tickets, 10 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 780 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 40, section 19. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.