Parking at 3850 N Oketo Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 N Oketo Ave. Everything here is from City records — 4,011 parking tickets written across 90 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 38, section 18. 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 Oketo Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7200 W Waveland Ave alone took 88 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 7200 W Waveland Ave — 88 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 7100 W Grace St — 82 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 3900 N Octavia Ave — 65 tickets, 3 min walk NE
- 3900 N Olcott Ave — 88 tickets, 3 min walk NW
- 3900 N Osceola Ave — 82 tickets, 3 min walk NW
- 3900 N Oriole Ave — 53 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 3900 N Neva Ave — 240 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 3700 N Oconto Ave — 117 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 3800 N Nordica Ave — 114 tickets, 9 min walk E
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 7205 W Addison St — red-light camera, 8 min walk SE
- 3553 N Harlem Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE
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 2 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 38, section 18. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.