Chicago parking by address · Albany Park · Ward 33

Parking at 3550 W Lawrence Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 W Lawrence Ave. Everything here is from City records — 70,167 parking tickets written across 139 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 13
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 107
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 33, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 3550 W Lawrence Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 N Kedzie Ave alone took 468 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,555 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 4900 N Kedzie Ave — 468 tickets, 9 min walk NE
  • 3200 W Argyle St — 456 tickets, 9 min walk NE
  • 3400 W Leland Ave — 444 tickets, 3 min walk SE
Permit zones13,391 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 4500 N St Louis Ave — 798 tickets, 6 min walk S
  • 4500 N Bernard St — 626 tickets, 7 min walk S
  • 3600 W Sunnyside Ave — 580 tickets, 8 min walk S
Plate checks3,638 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 4600 N Lawndale Ave — 436 tickets, 5 min walk SW
  • 3800 W Wilson Ave — 428 tickets, 10 min walk SW
  • 4600 N Monticello Ave — 418 tickets, 5 min walk SW
Posted restrictions14,744 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
  • 3300 W Wilson Ave — 1,012 tickets, 7 min walk SE
  • 3500 W Wilson Ave — 859 tickets, 5 min walk S
  • 3200 W Wilson Ave — 733 tickets, 9 min walk SE
Metered blocks30,536 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 3600 W Lawrence Ave — 3,528 tickets, 4 min walk W
  • 3500 W Lawrence Ave — 3,334 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 3400 W Lawrence Ave — 2,826 tickets, 3 min walk E
Other enforcement279 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 4500 N Sawyer Ave — 217 tickets, 10 min walk SE
  • 3600 W Agatite Ave — 62 tickets, 10 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 107 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.