Chicago parking by block · Albany Park · Ward 39

Parking at 3850 W Foster

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 W Foster. Everything here is from City records — 11,043 parking tickets written across 60 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3970 W Foster Ave (4 min walk) · 5210 N Pulaski Rd (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 10. 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 W Foster

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 N Monticello Ave alone took 261 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,128 tickets

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

4900 N Monticello Ave — 261 tickets, 8 min walk SE
4900 N Drake Ave — 247 tickets, 10 min walk SE
4900 N Central Park Ave — 243 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Permit zones2,512 tickets

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

5000 N Springfield Ave — 493 tickets, 4 min walk S
4800 N Hamlin Ave — 333 tickets, 9 min walk S
4800 N Lawndale Ave — 332 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Plate checks3,763 tickets

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

4900 N Ridgeway Ave — 378 tickets, 7 min walk S
3900 W Ainslie St — 360 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3800 W Ainslie St — 316 tickets, 8 min walk S

Posted restrictions3,501 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

5000 N Central Park Ave — 495 tickets, 7 min walk SE
4900 N Pulaski Rd — 400 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5100 N Avers Ave — 306 tickets, 1 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3970 W Foster Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk W
5210 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 4 min walk W
5120 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 4 min walk SW
4124 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk W

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 4 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 39, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.