Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 3450 W 28th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 W 28th St. Everything here is from City records — 43,210 parking tickets written across 125 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 6

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

2718 S Kedzie Ave (7 min walk) · 3084 S Kedzie Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 10. 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 W 28th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,813 tickets

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

2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390 tickets, 8 min walk NW
3200 W 27th St — 360 tickets, 7 min walk NE
2700 S Spaulding Ave — 300 tickets, 5 min walk E

Permit zones4,012 tickets

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

2500 S Spaulding Ave — 657 tickets, 8 min walk NE
2500 S Sawyer Ave — 597 tickets, 8 min walk NE
2500 S Christiana Ave — 554 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Plate checks2,350 tickets

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

2800 S Spaulding Ave — 256 tickets, 5 min walk E
2700 S Drake Ave — 251 tickets, 2 min walk NW
2700 S Trumbull Ave — 232 tickets, 1 min walk NE

Posted restrictions3,490 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

2600 S Central Park Ave — 321 tickets, 5 min walk NW
2700 S Homan Ave — 318 tickets, 2 min walk NE
2500 S St Louis Ave — 303 tickets, 6 min walk N

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, 6 min walk NW
3500 W 26th St — 3,700 tickets, 6 min walk NW
3700 W 26th St — 2,536 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Other enforcement110 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3500 W 31st St — 59 tickets, 6 min walk SW
3100 S Central Park — 51 tickets, 8 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

2718 S Kedzie Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk E
3084 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
2609 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk NE
2552 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
3190 W 31st St — red-light camera, 9 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 5 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 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.