Chicago parking by block · Logan Square · Ward 26

Parking at 3850 W Armitage Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 W Armitage Ave. Everything here is from City records — 42,890 parking tickets written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
3
3952 W Armitage Ave (2 min walk) · 4007 W Armitage Ave (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri

Streets to watch near 3850 W Armitage Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W Dickens Ave alone took 442 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,993 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones13,830 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,180 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions6,069 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks8,773 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3952 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk W
  • 4007 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk W
  • 1754 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 6 min walk SW

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 3 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.
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 26, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.