Parking at 3650 N Elston Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 N Elston Ave. Everything here is from City records — 14,699 parking tickets written across 116 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
3
3616 N Elston Ave (1 min walk) · 3241 W Addison St (1 min walk)
Streets to watch near 3650 N Elston Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 N Kedzie Ave alone took 322 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning9,993 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3900 N Kedzie Ave — 322 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 3800 N Sawyer Ave — 258 tickets, 6 min walk N
- 3700 N Albany Ave — 257 tickets, 6 min walk NE
Permit zones1,486 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3700 N Drake Ave — 276 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 3300 N Drake Ave — 243 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 3600 N Christiana Ave — 239 tickets, 3 min walk NW
Plate checks2,565 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3300 W Byron St — 244 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 3200 W Grace St — 214 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 3600 N Drake Ave — 176 tickets, 8 min walk W
Posted restrictions134 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 3000 W Addison St — 87 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 3100 W Addison St — 47 tickets, 2 min walk E
Metered blocks427 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3500 W School St — 306 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 3200 W Irving Park Rd — 121 tickets, 10 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3616 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk W
- 3241 W Addison St — red-light camera, 1 min walk SW
- 3202 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk S
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 3 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.