Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 26

Parking at 3450 W Hirsch St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 W Hirsch St. Everything here is from City records — 26,285 parking tickets written across 122 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1569 N Homan Ave (5 min walk) · 3409 W North Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 14. 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 Hirsch St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1600 N Sawyer Ave alone took 372 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning14,791 tickets

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

1600 N Sawyer Ave — 372 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1400 N Kedzie Ave — 369 tickets, 7 min walk E
3200 W Pierce Ave — 355 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Permit zones2,986 tickets

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

1100 N Lawndale — 925 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1000 N Monticello — 497 tickets, 10 min walk SW
1000 N Trumbull Ave — 412 tickets, 9 min walk S

City sticker checks136 tickets

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

1300 N Ridgeway Ave — 136 tickets, 7 min walk W

Plate checks3,483 tickets

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

1500 N Kedzie Ave — 432 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1500 N Spaulding Ave — 304 tickets, 6 min walk NE
3600 W Thomas St — 249 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,304 tickets

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

1600 N Kimball Ave — 328 tickets, 7 min walk N
1300 N Homan Ave — 283 tickets, 2 min walk E
1500 N Homan Ave — 243 tickets, 5 min walk N

Metered blocks3,521 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

3200 W North Ave — 1,478 tickets, 8 min walk NE
3500 W North Ave — 850 tickets, 6 min walk NW
3400 W North Ave — 671 tickets, 5 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1569 N Homan Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
3409 W North Ave — red-light camera, 5 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 26, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.