Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 35

Parking at 3650 W Palmer St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 W Palmer St. Everything here is from City records — 53,002 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3952 W Armitage Ave (9 min walk) · 2381 N Pulaski Rd (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 35, section 2. 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 Palmer St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2400 N Kimball Ave alone took 463 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,003 tickets

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

2400 N Kimball Ave — 463 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3600 W Dickens Ave — 442 tickets, 3 min walk S
1900 N Drake Ave — 368 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Permit zones8,092 tickets

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

2300 N Harding Ave — 781 tickets, 8 min walk NW
3900 W Altgeld St — 716 tickets, 10 min walk NW
3500 W Cortland St — 646 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Plate checks7,406 tickets

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

2300 N Spaulding Ave — 465 tickets, 10 min walk NE
3500 W Dickens Ave — 378 tickets, 5 min walk SE
3500 W Mclean Ave — 378 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Posted restrictions3,181 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1900 N Kimball Ave — 512 tickets, 10 min walk SE
2200 N Kimball Ave — 493 tickets, 7 min walk E
2000 N Kimball Ave — 453 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Metered blocks22,275 tickets

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

3700 W Fullerton Ave — 2,486 tickets, 6 min walk NW
3500 W Fullerton Ave — 2,475 tickets, 7 min walk NE
3400 W Fullerton Ave — 1,764 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3952 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
2381 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
3970 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
4007 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk SW

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 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 35, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.