Parking at 3450 N Olcott Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 N Olcott Ave. Everything here is from City records — 4,740 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 38, section 17. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 3450 N Olcott Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Neva Ave alone took 111 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 3500 N Neva Ave — 111 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 7200 W Waveland Ave — 88 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 3400 N Oconto Ave — 86 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 3300 N Neva Ave — 124 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3200 N Octavia Ave — 71 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 3200 N Oriole Ave — 50 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 3400 N Neva Ave — 130 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3700 N Oconto Ave — 117 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 3200 N Oleander — 108 tickets, 5 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 7205 W Addison St — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
- 3553 N Harlem Ave — red-light 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 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.
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 38, section 17. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.