Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 26

Parking at 3550 W Division

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 W Division. Everything here is from City records — 25,214 parking tickets written across 133 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 26, section 14. 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 Division

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 N Lawndale Ave alone took 349 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,532 tickets

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

1300 N Lawndale Ave — 349 tickets, 6 min walk NW
3200 W Cortez St — 347 tickets, 8 min walk SE
3300 W Pierce Ave — 326 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones4,808 tickets

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

1100 N Lawndale — 925 tickets, 5 min walk W
1100 N Springfield Ave — 536 tickets, 10 min walk W
1000 N Monticello — 497 tickets, 5 min walk SW

City sticker checks318 tickets

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

800 N St Louis — 182 tickets, 9 min walk S
1300 N Ridgeway Ave — 136 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Plate checks5,560 tickets

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

900 N Central Park — 358 tickets, 6 min walk S
1000 N Kedzie Ave — 334 tickets, 9 min walk SE
3700 W Thomas — 305 tickets, 7 min walk W

Posted restrictions1,817 tickets

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

3700 W Augusta — 330 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1300 N Homan Ave — 283 tickets, 5 min walk NE
3600 W Augusta — 259 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Other enforcement52 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3200 W Grand — 52 tickets, 9 min walk SE

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 26, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.