Chicago parking by block · Oakland · Ward 4

Parking at 3850 S Ellis Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 S Ellis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 13,252 parking tickets written across 68 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

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 4, section 11. 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 S Ellis Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 S Drexel Blvd alone took 292 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,280 tickets

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

4100 S Drexel Blvd — 292 tickets, 10 min walk S
600 E 35th St — 254 tickets, 8 min walk N
500 E Oakwood Blvd — 156 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Permit zones438 tickets

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

4000 S Oakenwald Ave — 438 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Plate checks10,341 tickets

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

3500 S Rhodes Ave — 1,852 tickets, 9 min walk NW
3900 S Lake Park Ave — 659 tickets, 3 min walk SE
500 E Browning Ave — 637 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Posted restrictions772 tickets

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

3900 S Lake Shore Dr — 772 tickets, 6 min walk E

Other enforcement135 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1000 E Oakwood Blvd — 135 tickets, 6 min walk E

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 4, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.