Parking at 3850 W Dickens Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 W Dickens Ave. Everything here is from City records — 48,052 parking tickets written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
3952 W Armitage Ave (4 min walk) · 4007 W Armitage Ave (4 min walk)
Streets to watch near 3850 W Dickens Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W Dickens Ave alone took 442 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning7,992 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3600 W Dickens Ave — 442 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 1900 N Drake Ave — 368 tickets, 10 min walk SE
- 1900 N Ridgeway Ave — 340 tickets, 6 min walk SE
Permit zones12,825 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2300 N Harding Ave — 781 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 2000 N Keystone Ave — 707 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 1700 N Keystone Ave — 670 tickets, 10 min walk SW
Plate checks5,755 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3500 W Dickens Ave — 378 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3500 W Mclean Ave — 378 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 1800 N Karlov Ave — 347 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Posted restrictions4,700 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1800 N Kedvale Ave — 660 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 1900 N Pulaski Rd — 545 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 1800 N Pulaski Rd — 413 tickets, 8 min walk S
Metered blocks16,735 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3700 W Fullerton Ave — 2,486 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 4000 W Armitage Avenue — 1,801 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 4200 W Armitage Ave — 1,446 tickets, 10 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3952 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk SW
- 4007 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk SW
- 2381 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
- 3970 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
- 1754 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 8 min walk S
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 5 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.