Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 3650 W 23rd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 W 23rd St. Everything here is from City records — 47,227 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3954 W Cermak Rd (8 min walk) · 2160 S Pulaski Rd (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 22, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 3650 W 23rd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning13,752 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390 tickets, 10 min walk S
4000 W 24th St — 350 tickets, 9 min walk W
2100 S Harding Ave — 330 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Permit zones988 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

2400 S Christiana Ave — 401 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2100 S Central Park Ave — 316 tickets, 4 min walk NE
1900 S Avers Ave — 203 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Plate checks4,386 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

2200 S Drake Ave — 426 tickets, 4 min walk NE
2300 S Homan Ave — 318 tickets, 7 min walk E
1900 S Trumbull Ave — 275 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Posted restrictions1,929 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

2600 S Central Park Ave — 321 tickets, 9 min walk S
2500 S St Louis Ave — 303 tickets, 8 min walk SE
2400 S Harding Ave — 255 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Metered blocks25,911 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

3600 W 26th St — 3,752 tickets, 8 min walk S
3500 W 26th St — 3,700 tickets, 8 min walk S
3900 W 26th St — 3,401 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3954 W Cermak Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk W
2160 S Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 9 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 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 22, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.