Chicago parking by block · Avondale · Ward 35

Parking at 3450 N Avondale Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 N Avondale Ave. Everything here is from City records — 19,323 parking tickets written across 118 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3241 W Addison St (8 min walk) · 3616 N Elston Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 35, section 13. 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 3450 N Avondale Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3100 N Monticello Ave alone took 317 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,633 tickets

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

3100 N Monticello Ave — 317 tickets, 9 min walk S
3600 W School St — 258 tickets, 6 min walk SW
3300 N Monticello Ave — 247 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Permit zones7,062 tickets

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

3800 W Roscoe — 447 tickets, 9 min walk W
3300 N Central Park Ave — 405 tickets, 4 min walk S
3200 N Monticello Ave — 397 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Plate checks3,172 tickets

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

3300 N Ridgeway Ave — 416 tickets, 6 min walk SW
3200 N Lawndale Ave — 312 tickets, 7 min walk SW
3300 N Lawndale Ave — 279 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,292 tickets

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

3600 W Belmont Ave — 277 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3100 N Kimball Ave — 216 tickets, 9 min walk SE
3700 W Addison St — 205 tickets, 6 min walk NW

Metered blocks1,010 tickets

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

3100 N Hamlin Ave — 704 tickets, 10 min walk SW
3500 W School St — 306 tickets, 5 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3241 W Addison St — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
3616 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
3810 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk SW

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 3 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 35, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.