Chicago parking by address · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 3450 W 26th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 W 26th St. Everything here is from City records — 50,665 parking tickets written across 143 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
3
2552 S Kedzie Ave (7 min walk) · 2609 S Kedzie Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 3450 W 26th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,041 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390 tickets, 7 min walk W
  • 3200 W 27th St — 360 tickets, 7 min walk E
  • 2300 S Trumbull Ave — 318 tickets, 7 min walk N
Permit zones4,973 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 2500 S Spaulding Ave — 657 tickets, 5 min walk E
  • 2400 S Troy St — 614 tickets, 9 min walk NE
  • 2500 S Sawyer Ave — 597 tickets, 6 min walk E
Plate checks5,381 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 2200 S Drake Ave — 426 tickets, 9 min walk N
  • 2300 S Sawyer Ave — 407 tickets, 9 min walk NE
  • 3200 W 23rd St — 379 tickets, 10 min walk NE
Posted restrictions5,019 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 3100 W 24th St — 438 tickets, 9 min walk NE
  • 3100 W 25th St — 330 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 2600 S Central Park Ave — 321 tickets, 3 min walk W
Metered blocks24,170 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 3600 W 26th St — 3,752 tickets, 4 min walk W
  • 3500 W 26th St — 3,700 tickets, 3 min walk W
  • 3700 W 26th St — 2,536 tickets, 8 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2552 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
  • 2609 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
  • 2718 S Kedzie Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk SE

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.
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 22, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.