Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 3550 N Damen Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 N Damen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 30,603 parking tickets written across 148 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
3563 N Western Ave (10 min walk) · 3521 N Western Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 18. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 3550 N Damen Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 W Henderson St alone took 258 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,608 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones6,312 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,189 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions375 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks10,991 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3563 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk W
  • 3521 N Western 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 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 47, section 18. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.