Parking at 3850 S Spaulding Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 S Spaulding Ave. Everything here is from City records — 8,353 parking tickets written across 51 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 12, section 8. 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 S Spaulding Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 W 38th St alone took 487 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.
- 3200 W 38th St — 487 tickets, 2 min walk NE
- 3000 W 40th St — 428 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 2900 W 38th Pl — 381 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3100 W 41st Pl — 770 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 3100 W 38th Pl — 491 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 3000 W 39th Pl — 377 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 3100 W 40th Pl — 489 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3000 W 41st St — 472 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 4100 S Albany Ave — 261 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 3900 S Albany Ave — 289 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 3000 W Pershing Rd — 183 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.
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 12, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.