Chicago parking by block · Albany Park · Ward 33

Parking at 3250 W Leland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3200–3299 W Leland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 69,806 parking tickets written across 139 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 116
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 33, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
9
Thu
Apr
10
Fri
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Jul
31
Fri
Aug
3
Mon
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri

Streets to watch near 3250 W Leland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 W Montrose Ave alone took 602 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning14,392 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,271 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,729 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions12,688 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks33,475 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement217 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 116 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.