Parking at 3550 N Recreation
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 N Recreation. Everything here is from City records — 96,262 parking tickets written across 67 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?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 3550 N Recreation
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 N Fremont St alone took 1,046 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning9,150 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3700 N Fremont St — 1,046 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 3500 N Pine Grove Ave — 878 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 500 W Roscoe St — 840 tickets, 8 min walk S
Permit zones2,259 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3500 N Fremont St — 1,234 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 3500 N Reta Ave — 1,025 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Plate checks4,293 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3700 N Pine Grove Ave — 1,129 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 600 W Grace St — 1,013 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 500 W Cornelia Ave — 601 tickets, 5 min walk SW
Posted restrictions30,924 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3400 N Halsted St — 6,704 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 3500 N Halsted St — 4,604 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 3400 N Lake Shore Dr — 2,162 tickets, 5 min walk S
Metered blocks49,554 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3700 N Broadway St — 6,568 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 3400 N Broadway St — 5,726 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 3700 N Halsted St — 3,887 tickets, 7 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- 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.