Chicago parking by block · Avondale · Ward 33

Parking at 3550 N Sacramento Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 N Sacramento Ave. Everything here is from City records — 11,447 parking tickets written across 102 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
3241 W Addison St (7 min walk) · 3616 N Elston Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 33, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 3550 N Sacramento Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 N Albany Ave alone took 257 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,333 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones590 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,466 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions758 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks41 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3241 W Addison St — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
  • 3616 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
  • 3202 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
  • 3201 W Belmont — red-light camera, 10 min walk SW

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 4 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 33, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.