Chicago parking by block · North Park · Ward 39

Parking at 3050 W Foster

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3000–3099 W Foster. Everything here is from City records — 18,398 parking tickets written across 109 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?

3034 W Foster Ave (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, 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 3050 W Foster

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 N Kedzie Ave alone took 468 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,923 tickets

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

4900 N Kedzie Ave — 468 tickets, 7 min walk SW
3200 W Argyle St — 456 tickets, 7 min walk SW
5000 N Spaulding Ave — 383 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Permit zones3,519 tickets

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

2700 W Farragut Ave — 534 tickets, 8 min walk E
4900 N Christiana Ave — 476 tickets, 10 min walk SW
3000 W Gunnison St — 436 tickets, 9 min walk S

Plate checks3,138 tickets

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

5000 N Albany Ave — 372 tickets, 4 min walk S
4900 N Whipple St — 237 tickets, 6 min walk S
5100 N Bernard St — 163 tickets, 10 min walk W

Posted restrictions2,465 tickets

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

3000 W Argyle St — 424 tickets, 5 min walk S
3200 W Ainslie St — 329 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3300 W Argyle St — 303 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Metered blocks3,028 tickets

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

4800 N Kedzie Ave — 684 tickets, 9 min walk S
4800 N Albany Ave — 640 tickets, 8 min walk S
2700 W Winona St — 565 tickets, 8 min walk E

Other enforcement55 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2700 W Foster — 55 tickets, 7 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3034 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 1 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 1 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 39, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.