Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 32

Parking at 3150 N Wolcott Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3100–3199 N Wolcott Ave. Everything here is from City records — 41,009 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3130 N Ashland Ave (7 min walk) · 3111 N Ashland Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 7. 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 Wolcott Ave

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 cleaning8,012 tickets

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

2800 N Clybourn Ave — 419 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3400 N Ashland Ave — 348 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1700 W Henderson St — 258 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Permit zones2,817 tickets

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

3400 N Marshfield Ave — 903 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3400 N Paulina St — 523 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1700 W Roscoe St — 487 tickets, 6 min walk N

Plate checks5,183 tickets

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

2900 N Clybourn Ave — 442 tickets, 8 min walk SW
2900 N Leavitt St — 273 tickets, 10 min walk SW
1700 W Melrose St — 258 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Posted restrictions1,602 tickets

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

2100 W Belmont Ave — 291 tickets, 6 min walk W
1700 W Belmont Ave — 266 tickets, 3 min walk E
2200 W Belmont Ave — 256 tickets, 9 min walk W

Metered blocks23,244 tickets

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

3300 N Lincoln Ave — 2,797 tickets, 7 min walk NE
3100 N Lincoln Ave — 2,476 tickets, 9 min walk E
2000 W Roscoe St — 2,467 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3130 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk E
3111 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk E
2816 N Damen Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk S
1966 W Diversey Pkwy — red-light camera, 10 min walk S

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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.