Parking at 3550 N California
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 N California. Everything here is from City records — 8,333 parking tickets written across 84 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 33, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 3550 N California
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 N Albany Ave alone took 257 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 3700 N Albany Ave — 257 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 3100 W Waveland Ave — 228 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 3500 N Albany Ave — 196 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 3600 N Artesian Ave — 245 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3200 N Richmond St — 211 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 3600 N Campbell Ave — 167 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 3200 N Elston Ave — 166 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 2800 W Henderson St — 153 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 2900 W Waveland Ave — 134 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 2900 W Belmont Ave — 249 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 3600 N California Ave — 99 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 3400 N Rockwell St — 97 tickets, 5 min walk SE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 2549 W Addison St — speed camera, 8 min walk E
- 2415 W Addison St — red-light camera, 10 min walk E
- 3534 N Western Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk E
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.
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 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.