Chicago parking by block · Bridgeport · Ward 11

Parking at 3150 S Normal Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3100–3199 S Normal Ave. Everything here is from City records — 32,761 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 13

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2928 S Halsted St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 3. 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 S Normal Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 800 W 31st St alone took 569 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,250 tickets

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

800 W 31st St — 569 tickets, 8 min walk W
3200 S Wallace St — 284 tickets, 4 min walk SW
3000 S Princeton Ave — 269 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Permit zones6,659 tickets

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

3200 S Wells St — 517 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3100 S Emerald Ave — 486 tickets, 6 min walk W
3200 S Emerald Ave — 410 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Plate checks4,328 tickets

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

3300 S Union Ave — 387 tickets, 7 min walk SW
3200 S Princeton Ave — 353 tickets, 6 min walk SE
3100 S Shields Ave — 312 tickets, 4 min walk E

Posted restrictions410 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

2900 S Wentworth Ave — 209 tickets, 9 min walk NE
600 W 29th St — 159 tickets, 8 min walk NW
2700 S Wallace St — 42 tickets, 10 min walk N

Metered blocks13,469 tickets

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

3200 S Halsted St — 5,242 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3300 S Halsted St — 3,127 tickets, 8 min walk SW
500 W 31st St — 1,015 tickets, 2 min walk NW

Other enforcement450 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 S Wallace St — 322 tickets, 8 min walk S
2800 S Wentworth Ave — 128 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2928 S Halsted St — speed camera, 9 min walk NW

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 11, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.