Parking at 3850 N Damen Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 N Damen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 24,841 parking tickets written across 143 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 47, section 15. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 3850 N Damen Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1900 W Addison St alone took 191 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
- 1900 W Addison St — 191 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 2200 W Addison St — 186 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 1700 W Belle Plaine Ave — 185 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 3700 N Marshfield Ave — 472 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3900 N Marshfield Ave — 464 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 4000 N Hermitage Ave — 393 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 4000 N Ravenswood Ave — 267 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 4000 N Paulina St — 209 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 1800 W Byron St — 180 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 3700 N Claremont Ave — 118 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 4000 N Lincoln Ave — 1,261 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 1900 W Irving Park Rd — 1,054 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 4100 N Lincoln Ave — 1,025 tickets, 7 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1607 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk E
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 1 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.
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 47, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.