Parking at 3250 W Carmen Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3200–3299 W Carmen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 37,279 parking tickets written across 113 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
3034 W Foster Ave (5 min walk)
Streets to watch near 3250 W Carmen Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 N Kedzie Ave alone took 468 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning7,295 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4900 N Kedzie Ave — 468 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 3200 W Argyle St — 456 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 4700 N Whipple St — 445 tickets, 10 min walk SE
Permit zones3,508 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4900 N Christiana Ave — 476 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 3000 W Gunnison St — 436 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 4800 N Bernard St — 370 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Plate checks3,643 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5000 N Albany Ave — 372 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 4900 N Whipple St — 237 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 5000 N Bernard St — 210 tickets, 6 min walk W
Posted restrictions3,327 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 5000 N Central Park Ave — 495 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 3000 W Argyle St — 424 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3300 W Ainslie St — 365 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Metered blocks19,416 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3400 W Lawrence Ave — 2,826 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 3200 W Lawrence Ave — 2,594 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 3100 W Lawrence Ave — 2,250 tickets, 8 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3034 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 5 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.