Chicago parking by block · Avondale · Ward 35

Parking at 3550 N Kimball

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 N Kimball. Everything here is from City records — 15,930 parking tickets written across 113 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3616 N Elston Ave (4 min walk) · 3241 W Addison St (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 35, section 13. 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 3550 N Kimball

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3800 N Sawyer Ave alone took 258 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,153 tickets

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

3800 N Sawyer Ave — 258 tickets, 8 min walk NE
3600 W School St — 258 tickets, 10 min walk SW
3700 N Albany Ave — 257 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Permit zones3,982 tickets

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

3300 N Central Park Ave — 405 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3700 W Cornelia Ave — 308 tickets, 8 min walk W
3700 N Drake Ave — 276 tickets, 6 min walk NW

Plate checks2,334 tickets

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

3300 N Lawndale Ave — 279 tickets, 9 min walk SW
3300 W Byron St — 244 tickets, 8 min walk N
3200 W Grace St — 214 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Posted restrictions637 tickets

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

3700 W Addison St — 205 tickets, 9 min walk W
3500 W Belmont Ave — 193 tickets, 10 min walk S
3400 W Belmont Ave — 105 tickets, 10 min walk S

Metered blocks691 tickets

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

3900 N Elston Ave — 385 tickets, 10 min walk NW
3500 W School St — 306 tickets, 7 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3616 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
3241 W Addison St — red-light camera, 4 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.

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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 35, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.