Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 44

Parking at 3450 N Janssen Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 N Janssen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 117,239 parking tickets written across 150 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 17

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 383

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

3130 N Ashland Ave (8 min walk) · 3111 N Ashland Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 44, section 1. 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 Janssen Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W Roscoe St alone took 758 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,644 tickets

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

1000 W Roscoe St — 758 tickets, 9 min walk E
1100 W Roscoe St — 454 tickets, 7 min walk E
3500 N Janssen Ave — 448 tickets, 3 min walk N

Permit zones31,498 tickets

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

1100 W Addison St — 5,173 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1100 W Eddy St — 3,224 tickets, 8 min walk NE
3500 N Seminary Ave — 1,546 tickets, 9 min walk E

Plate checks4,654 tickets

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

1400 W Melrose St — 387 tickets, 5 min walk S
3300 N Lakewood Ave — 376 tickets, 5 min walk SE
1400 W Fletcher St — 375 tickets, 7 min walk S

Posted restrictions5,030 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

3600 N Clark St — 2,111 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1300 W Addison St — 953 tickets, 5 min walk NE
1200 W Addison St — 920 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Metered blocks66,413 tickets

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

3500 N Southport Ave — 5,777 tickets, 3 min walk NE
3400 N Southport Ave — 5,450 tickets, 2 min walk NE
3700 N Southport Ave — 4,203 tickets, 10 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3130 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk SW
3111 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 383 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 44, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.