Chicago parking by block · Avondale · Ward 35

Parking at 3450 W Barry Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 W Barry Ave. Everything here is from City records — 41,419 parking tickets written across 132 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 13
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
3201 W Belmont (6 min walk) · 3141 N Kedzie Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 35, section 8. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 3450 W Barry Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2700 N Kimball Ave alone took 655 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,330 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones10,957 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,087 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,027 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks14,932 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3201 W Belmont — red-light camera, 6 min walk NE
  • 3141 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
  • 3202 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
  • 3401 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
  • 2783 N Kimball Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
  • 3809 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk W

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 6 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 35, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.