Parking at 3750 W Dickens Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3700–3799 W Dickens Ave. Everything here is from City records — 49,608 parking tickets written across 139 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?
5
3952 W Armitage Ave (6 min walk) · 4007 W Armitage Ave (7 min walk)
Streets to watch near 3750 W Dickens Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W Dickens Ave alone took 442 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
Street cleaning10,058 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3600 W Dickens Ave — 442 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 1900 N Drake Ave — 368 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 2300 N Drake Ave — 347 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Permit zones11,469 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
- 2000 N Keystone Ave — 707 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 3500 W Cortland St — 646 tickets, 8 min walk SE
Plate checks5,374 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3500 W Dickens Ave — 378 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 3500 W Mclean Ave — 378 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 2300 N Hamlin Ave — 344 tickets, 7 min walk N
Posted restrictions3,820 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 1900 N Pulaski Rd — 545 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 2200 N Kimball Ave — 493 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 2000 N Kimball Ave — 453 tickets, 10 min walk E
Metered blocks18,842 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3700 W Fullerton Ave — 2,486 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 4000 W Armitage Avenue — 1,801 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 3300 W Armitage Ave — 1,473 tickets, 10 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3952 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
- 4007 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
- 2381 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
- 3970 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW
- 1754 N Pulaski Rd — speed 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 5 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.