Chicago parking by block · Albany Park · Ward 33

Parking at 3450 W Leland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 W Leland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 76,786 parking tickets written across 142 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 33, section 3. 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 Leland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W Montrose Ave alone took 629 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,866 tickets

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

3600 W Montrose Ave — 629 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3500 W Montrose Ave — 602 tickets, 8 min walk S
4900 N Kedzie Ave — 468 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Permit zones13,061 tickets

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

4500 N St Louis Ave — 798 tickets, 4 min walk S
4500 N Bernard St — 626 tickets, 4 min walk S
3600 W Sunnyside Ave — 580 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Plate checks2,663 tickets

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

4600 N Lawndale Ave — 436 tickets, 6 min walk W
4600 N Monticello Ave — 418 tickets, 5 min walk W
4900 N Ridgeway Ave — 378 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Posted restrictions14,489 tickets

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

3300 W Wilson Ave — 1,012 tickets, 4 min walk SE
3500 W Wilson Ave — 859 tickets, 4 min walk SW
3200 W Wilson Ave — 733 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Metered blocks35,428 tickets

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

3600 W Lawrence Ave — 3,528 tickets, 6 min walk NW
3500 W Lawrence Ave — 3,334 tickets, 3 min walk NW
3400 W Lawrence Ave — 2,826 tickets, 3 min walk NE

Other enforcement279 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4500 N Sawyer Ave — 217 tickets, 7 min walk SE
3600 W Agatite Ave — 62 tickets, 9 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 33, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.