Parking at 3550 W School St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 W School St. Everything here is from City records — 24,887 parking tickets written across 113 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 35, section 13. 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 W School St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3100 N Ridgeway Ave alone took 389 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 3100 N Ridgeway Ave — 389 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 3000 N Elbridge Ave — 375 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 3000 N Kimball Ave — 327 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3800 W Roscoe — 447 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 2900 N Allen Ave — 427 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 3300 N Central Park Ave — 405 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 3300 N Ridgeway Ave — 416 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 3000 N Hamlin Ave — 328 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 3200 N Lawndale Ave — 312 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 3600 W Belmont Ave — 277 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 3100 N Kimball Ave — 216 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 3700 W Belmont Ave — 199 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 3000 N Milwaukee Ave — 857 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 2900 N Milwaukee Ave — 716 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 3100 N Hamlin Ave — 704 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3202 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
- 3201 W Belmont — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
- 3141 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
- 3809 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk W
- 3810 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W
- 3241 W Addison St — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 103 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 6 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 35, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.