Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 44

Parking at 3650 N Lakewood Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 N Lakewood Ave. Everything here is from City records — 126,454 parking tickets written across 141 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 25
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 383
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
3
3965 N Clark St (9 min walk) · 1311 W Irving Park Rd (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 44, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Jul
23
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Aug
24
Mon
Sep
25
Fri
Sep
28
Mon
Oct
26
Mon
Oct
27
Tue

Streets to watch near 3650 N Lakewood Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 N Sheffield Ave alone took 820 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning14,339 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones40,942 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,396 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions27,720 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks40,027 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3965 N Clark St — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
  • 1311 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
  • 1142 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 10 min walk N

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 383 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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.
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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 44, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.