Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 35

Parking at 3550 W Shakespeare Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 W Shakespeare Ave. Everything here is from City records — 56,788 parking tickets written across 143 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
2223 N Kedzie Blvd (10 min walk) · 2010 N Kedzie Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 35, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
Jun
5
Fri
Jun
8
Mon
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 3550 W Shakespeare Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2400 N Kimball Ave alone took 463 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning14,150 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones4,809 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks7,830 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,508 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks26,484 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2223 N Kedzie Blvd — speed camera, 10 min walk E
  • 2010 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk E

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 2 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 35, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.