Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 3650 N Menard Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 N Menard Ave. Everything here is from City records — 11,950 parking tickets written across 139 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
5619 W Addison St (5 min walk) · 3602 N Central Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Nov
13
Fri
Nov
16
Mon

Streets to watch near 3650 N Menard Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Linder Ave alone took 173 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,040 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,818 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks43 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks2,842 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,624 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks114 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5619 W Addison St — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
  • 3602 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
  • 3577 N Austin Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk W
  • 3665 N Austin Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk W
  • 6001 W Addison St — red-light camera, 5 min walk W

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 5 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 38, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.