Chicago parking by address · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 3650 W 26th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 W 26th St. Everything here is from City records — 55,830 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute 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.

Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
25
Tue
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Nov
13
Fri
Nov
16
Mon

Streets to watch near 3650 W 26th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,049 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390 tickets, 4 min walk SW
  • 2300 S Trumbull Ave — 318 tickets, 8 min walk NE
  • 2500 S Avers Ave — 305 tickets, 6 min walk W
Permit zones3,470 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 2500 S Spaulding Ave — 657 tickets, 8 min walk E
  • 2500 S Sawyer Ave — 597 tickets, 10 min walk E
  • 2500 S Christiana Ave — 554 tickets, 7 min walk E
Plate checks3,852 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 2200 S Drake Ave — 426 tickets, 9 min walk N
  • 2300 S Homan Ave — 318 tickets, 9 min walk NE
  • 2700 S Harding Ave — 263 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Posted restrictions3,911 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 2600 S Central Park Ave — 321 tickets, 1 min walk SE
  • 2700 S Homan Ave — 318 tickets, 7 min walk SE
  • 2500 S St Louis Ave — 303 tickets, 3 min walk E
Metered blocks32,515 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 3600 W 26th St — 3,752 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 3500 W 26th St — 3,700 tickets, 1 min walk E
  • 3900 W 26th St — 3,401 tickets, 8 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • 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.