Parking at 3550 N Ottawa Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 N Ottawa Ave. Everything here is from City records — 3,645 parking tickets written across 107 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 38, section 20. 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 Ottawa Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 N Pacific Ave alone took 71 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 3600 N Pacific Ave — 71 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 3500 N Ottawa Ave — 65 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 3500 N Ozark Ave — 62 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 3200 N Opal Ave — 76 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 3200 N Oriole Ave — 50 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 3200 N Oleander — 108 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 7800 W Addison St — 93 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 3500 N Osceola Ave — 85 tickets, 5 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 8006 W Addison St — speed camera, 10 min walk W
- 8020 W Forest Preserve 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.
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 38, section 20. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.