Parking at 3550 N Central Park Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 N Central Park Ave. Everything here is from City records — 18,831 parking tickets written across 124 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
3616 N Elston Ave (9 min walk) · 3241 W Addison St (9 min walk)
Streets to watch near 3550 N Central Park Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W School St alone took 258 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning6,199 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3600 W School St — 258 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 3300 N Monticello Ave — 247 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 3700 W School St — 233 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Permit zones6,588 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3800 W Roscoe — 447 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 3300 N Central Park Ave — 405 tickets, 6 min walk S
- 3200 N Monticello Ave — 397 tickets, 9 min walk S
Plate checks3,744 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3300 N Ridgeway Ave — 416 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 3200 N Lawndale Ave — 312 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 3300 N Lawndale Ave — 279 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Posted restrictions881 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 3600 W Belmont Ave — 277 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 3700 W Addison St — 205 tickets, 4 min walk W
- 3500 W Belmont Ave — 193 tickets, 10 min walk S
Metered blocks1,161 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3900 N Central Park Ave — 470 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 3900 N Elston Ave — 385 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 3500 W School St — 306 tickets, 8 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3616 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
- 3241 W Addison St — red-light camera, 9 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 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.