Chicago parking by block · Douglas · Ward 4

Parking at 3450 S Prairie Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 S Prairie Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,426 parking tickets written across 93 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
3103 S Martin Luther King Dr (10 min walk) · 371 E 31st St (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 4, section 12. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 3450 S Prairie Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 S Indiana Ave alone took 617 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,291 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,170 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks10,306 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions510 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks5,216 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement654 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3103 S Martin Luther King Dr — red-light camera, 10 min walk N
  • 371 E 31st St — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

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.
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 4, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.