Parking at 3450 N Pontiac Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 N Pontiac Ave. Everything here is from City records — 1,444 parking tickets written across 51 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 38, section 23. 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 Pontiac Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Pioneer Ave alone took 52 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 3500 N Pioneer Ave — 52 tickets, 5 min walk NE
- 3600 N Page Ave — 50 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 3200 N Plainfield — 49 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 3300 N Panama Ave — 43 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 3600 N Pontiac Ave — 89 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 3300 N Pittsburgh Ave — 85 tickets, 3 min walk SE
- 3700 N Pioneer Ave — 72 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 8043 W Addison St — speed camera, 8 min walk NE
- 8020 W Forest Preserve Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk NE
- 8006 W Addison St — speed camera, 9 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 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.
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 23. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.