Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 3850 N Seeley Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 N Seeley Ave. Everything here is from City records — 22,846 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 29

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 14. 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 3850 N Seeley Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 W Addison St alone took 239 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,926 tickets

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

2300 W Addison St — 239 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1900 W Addison St — 191 tickets, 7 min walk S
2200 W Addison St — 186 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Permit zones4,268 tickets

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

4000 N Hermitage Ave — 393 tickets, 10 min walk NE
1800 W Cuyler Ave — 336 tickets, 7 min walk NE
3900 N Paulina St — 309 tickets, 9 min walk E

City sticker checks53 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

2400 W Byron St — 53 tickets, 10 min walk W

Plate checks3,417 tickets

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

4000 N Ravenswood Ave — 267 tickets, 7 min walk NE
3600 N Claremont Ave — 236 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1800 W Byron St — 180 tickets, 5 min walk E

Posted restrictions118 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

3700 N Claremont Ave — 118 tickets, 8 min walk W

Metered blocks8,766 tickets

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

4000 N Lincoln Ave — 1,261 tickets, 5 min walk N
1900 W Irving Park Rd — 1,054 tickets, 4 min walk NE
4100 N Lincoln Ave — 1,025 tickets, 7 min walk N

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 47, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.