Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 32

Parking at 3150 N Damen Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3100–3199 N Damen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 32,524 parking tickets written across 142 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 346

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

Cameras nearby?

2816 N Damen Ave (9 min walk) · 1966 W Diversey Pkwy (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 6. 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 3150 N Damen Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 N Clybourn Ave alone took 419 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,887 tickets

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

2800 N Clybourn Ave — 419 tickets, 8 min walk S
1700 W Henderson St — 258 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1900 W Wolfram St — 243 tickets, 8 min walk S

Permit zones932 tickets

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

1700 W Roscoe St — 487 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1700 W Newport Ave — 234 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1700 W Cornelia Ave — 211 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks7,497 tickets

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

2800 N Leavitt St — 625 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2900 N Clybourn Ave — 442 tickets, 7 min walk SW
2300 W School St — 345 tickets, 9 min walk W

Posted restrictions1,613 tickets

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

2100 W Belmont Ave — 291 tickets, 4 min walk W
1700 W Belmont Ave — 266 tickets, 6 min walk E
2200 W Belmont Ave — 256 tickets, 7 min walk W

Metered blocks14,477 tickets

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

3300 N Lincoln Ave — 2,797 tickets, 9 min walk NE
2000 W Roscoe St — 2,467 tickets, 6 min walk N
1600 W Belmont Ave — 2,150 tickets, 9 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2816 N Damen Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
1966 W Diversey Pkwy — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
3130 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk E

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 346 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 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 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.