Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 30

Parking at 3450 N Knox Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 N Knox Ave. Everything here is from City records — 22,370 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3541 N Cicero Ave (5 min walk) · 4620 W Belmont Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 5. 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 Knox Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3300 N Cicero Ave alone took 346 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,295 tickets

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

3300 N Cicero Ave — 346 tickets, 5 min walk SW
3500 N Cicero Ave — 337 tickets, 5 min walk NW
3600 N Lamon Ave — 254 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Permit zones8,641 tickets

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

4900 W Henderson St — 562 tickets, 9 min walk W
4800 W Roscoe St — 437 tickets, 5 min walk W
4800 W Henderson St — 400 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Plate checks3,580 tickets

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

4800 W Patterson Ave — 367 tickets, 7 min walk NW
3400 N Keating Ave — 356 tickets, 3 min walk W
3400 N Lowell Ave — 327 tickets, 7 min walk E

Posted restrictions2,574 tickets

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

3300 N Lamon Ave — 465 tickets, 7 min walk W
4800 W Addison St — 431 tickets, 7 min walk NW
3800 N Milwaukee — 401 tickets, 10 min walk N

Metered blocks1,557 tickets

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

3200 N Cicero Ave — 444 tickets, 6 min walk SW
3100 N Cicero Ave — 405 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3100 N Keating Ave — 348 tickets, 8 min walk S

Other enforcement331 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 N Cicero — 331 tickets, 4 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3541 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk NW
4620 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk S
3608 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk NW
3601 N Milwaukee Ave — speed camera, 8 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 4 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 30, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.