Chicago parking by block · Bridgeport · Ward 11

Parking at 3550 S Parnell Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 S Parnell Ave. Everything here is from City records — 35,572 parking tickets written across 104 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3536 S Wallace St (1 min walk)

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.

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Streets to watch near 3550 S Parnell Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3300 S Lituanica Ave alone took 315 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,700 tickets

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

3300 S Lituanica Ave — 315 tickets, 10 min walk NW
3200 S Wallace St — 284 tickets, 8 min walk N
3600 S Wallace St — 183 tickets, 3 min walk SW

Permit zones4,918 tickets

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

3200 S Emerald Ave — 410 tickets, 9 min walk NW
3500 S Emerald Ave — 364 tickets, 5 min walk W
3300 S Emerald Ave — 357 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Plate checks6,784 tickets

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

3400 S Lituanica Ave — 465 tickets, 9 min walk W
3300 S Union Ave — 387 tickets, 6 min walk NW
3200 S Princeton Ave — 353 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Metered blocks21,609 tickets

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

3200 S Halsted St — 5,242 tickets, 9 min walk NW
3400 S Halsted St — 5,226 tickets, 7 min walk W
3300 S Halsted St — 3,127 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Other enforcement322 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 S Wallace St — 322 tickets, 3 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3536 S Wallace St — speed camera, 1 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.

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 11, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.