Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 32

Parking at 3450 N Oakley Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 N Oakley Ave. Everything here is from City records — 15,385 parking tickets written across 117 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, November 4

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3521 N Western Ave (3 min walk) · 3534 N Western Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, 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 Oakley Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Claremont Ave alone took 241 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,712 tickets

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

3500 N Claremont Ave — 241 tickets, 3 min walk NW
2300 W Addison St — 239 tickets, 4 min walk N
3300 N Claremont Ave — 236 tickets, 2 min walk SW

Permit zones532 tickets

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

3600 N Artesian Ave — 245 tickets, 6 min walk NW
3600 N Campbell Ave — 167 tickets, 7 min walk NW
2500 W Patterson Ave — 75 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Plate checks4,054 tickets

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

2300 W School St — 345 tickets, 4 min walk S
2300 W Melrose St — 320 tickets, 5 min walk S
3600 N Claremont Ave — 236 tickets, 5 min walk N

Posted restrictions1,322 tickets

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

2100 W Belmont Ave — 291 tickets, 7 min walk SE
2200 W Belmont Ave — 256 tickets, 6 min walk S
2000 W Belmont Ave — 208 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Metered blocks2,467 tickets

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

2000 W Roscoe St — 2,467 tickets, 6 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3521 N Western Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk NW
3534 N Western Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk NW
3563 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk NW
2415 W Addison St — red-light camera, 5 min walk NW
2549 W Addison St — speed camera, 6 min walk NW

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 5 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 32, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.