Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 26

Parking at 3650 W Cortland St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 W Cortland St. Everything here is from City records — 37,254 parking tickets written across 131 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1921
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
3952 W Armitage Ave (8 min walk) · 1754 N Pulaski Rd (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri

Streets to watch near 3650 W Cortland St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W Dickens Ave alone took 442 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning13,039 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,941 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,234 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions4,545 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks9,482 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3952 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk W
  • 1754 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 9 min walk W
  • 4007 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
  • 3409 W North Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1921 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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 26, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.