Parking at 3650 W Potomac Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 W Potomac Ave. Everything here is from City records — 30,923 parking tickets written across 140 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
3409 W North Ave (9 min walk) · 1569 N Homan Ave (9 min walk)
Streets to watch near 3650 W Potomac Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 N Lawndale Ave alone took 349 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.
Street cleaning13,260 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1300 N Lawndale Ave — 349 tickets, 2 min walk W
- 1600 N Drake Ave — 330 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 3300 W Pierce Ave — 326 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Permit zones6,065 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1100 N Lawndale — 925 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 1100 N Harding Ave — 608 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1100 N Springfield Ave — 536 tickets, 8 min walk SW
City sticker checks136 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 1300 N Ridgeway Ave — 136 tickets, 4 min walk NW
Plate checks5,756 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1000 N Springfield Ave — 468 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1400 N Springfield — 407 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 900 N Central Park — 358 tickets, 8 min walk S
Posted restrictions2,763 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3700 W Augusta — 330 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 3800 W Augusta — 327 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 1200 N Pulaski Road — 293 tickets, 10 min walk W
Metered blocks2,879 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3500 W North Ave — 850 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 1500 N Avers Ave — 836 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 3400 W North Ave — 671 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3409 W North Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
- 1569 N Homan Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
- 1149 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk W
- 1206 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 10 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 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.