Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 33

Parking at 3250 W Grace St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3200–3299 W Grace St. Everything here is from City records — 22,817 parking tickets written across 134 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?

3616 N Elston Ave (5 min walk) · 3241 W Addison St (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 33, section 11. 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 3250 W Grace St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Kedzie Ave alone took 480 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,632 tickets

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

4100 N Kedzie Ave — 480 tickets, 8 min walk N
3900 N Kedzie Ave — 322 tickets, 4 min walk N
3800 N Sawyer Ave — 258 tickets, 2 min walk NW

Permit zones2,314 tickets

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

4000 N Sawyer Ave — 282 tickets, 6 min walk N
3700 N Drake Ave — 276 tickets, 8 min walk W
3600 N Christiana Ave — 239 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Plate checks2,271 tickets

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

3300 W Byron St — 244 tickets, 5 min walk NW
3200 W Grace St — 214 tickets, 1 min walk N
3800 N Drake Ave — 190 tickets, 9 min walk W

Posted restrictions268 tickets

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

4000 N Kimball Ave — 134 tickets, 7 min walk NW
3000 W Addison St — 87 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3100 W Addison St — 47 tickets, 5 min walk S

Metered blocks5,315 tickets

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

3400 W Irving Park Rd — 1,137 tickets, 8 min walk NW
4000 N Kedzie Ave — 870 tickets, 6 min walk N
3500 W Irving Park Rd — 524 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3616 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk S
3241 W Addison St — red-light camera, 5 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 2 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 33, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.