Parking at 3550 S Normal Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 S Normal Ave. Everything here is from City records — 27,109 parking tickets written across 99 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 11, section 1. 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 S Normal Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 S Wallace St alone took 284 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 3200 S Wallace St — 284 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 3600 S Wallace St — 183 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 300 W 32nd St — 169 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 3200 S Wells St — 517 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 3200 S Emerald Ave — 410 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 3500 S Emerald Ave — 364 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 3300 S Union Ave — 387 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 3200 S Princeton Ave — 353 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 3800 S Princeton Ave — 322 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 100 W 35th St — 79 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 3400 S Halsted St — 5,226 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 700 W 35th St — 2,381 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 3500 S Halsted St — 2,323 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 3400 S Wallace St — 322 tickets, 3 min walk NW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3536 S Wallace St — speed camera, 3 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 1 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 11, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.