Chicago parking by block · Mckinley Park · Ward 11

Parking at 3450 S Damen

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 S Damen. Everything here is from City records — 10,670 parking tickets written across 101 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 12. 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 S Damen

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 S Paulina St alone took 217 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,088 tickets

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

3600 S Paulina St — 217 tickets, 10 min walk SE
3600 S Wood St — 216 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3500 S Damen Ave — 213 tickets, 3 min walk S

Permit zones2,155 tickets

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

1700 W 33rd St — 220 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1900 W 34th Pl — 202 tickets, 2 min walk NE
3500 S Winchester Ave — 191 tickets, 3 min walk SE

City sticker checks48 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

3700 S Damen Ave — 48 tickets, 8 min walk S

Plate checks1,681 tickets

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

3700 S Wood St — 260 tickets, 10 min walk SE
3500 S Paulina St — 203 tickets, 8 min walk E
1600 W 33rd St — 187 tickets, 9 min walk E

Posted restrictions1,227 tickets

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

1600 W 35th St — 222 tickets, 8 min walk E
1700 W 37th St — 162 tickets, 10 min walk SE
3500 S Honore St — 138 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Other enforcement69 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2000 W 34th St — 69 tickets, 2 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 11, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.