Chicago parking by block · North Lawndale · Ward 24

Parking at 3550 W 12th Pl

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 W 12th Pl. Everything here is from City records — 18,023 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 24, section 7. 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 W 12th Pl

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 W Lexington St alone took 285 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,109 tickets

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

3500 W Lexington St — 285 tickets, 9 min walk N
3400 W Grenshaw St — 281 tickets, 4 min walk NE
3800 W Arthington St — 264 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Permit zones1,491 tickets

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

3800 W Grenshaw St — 465 tickets, 7 min walk W
1200 S Springfield Ave — 405 tickets, 9 min walk W
3500 W Polk St — 388 tickets, 8 min walk N

City sticker checks49 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

900 S Spaulding — 49 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks5,820 tickets

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

3300 W Arthington St — 511 tickets, 8 min walk NE
3600 W Polk St — 458 tickets, 8 min walk N
1300 S Sawyer Ave — 379 tickets, 8 min walk E

Posted restrictions365 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

900 S Lawndale — 210 tickets, 7 min walk NW
3400 W Roosevelt — 155 tickets, 3 min walk NE

Other enforcement695 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3700 W Arthington — 503 tickets, 8 min walk NW
900 S Independence — 192 tickets, 8 min walk NW

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.

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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 24, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.