Parking at 3850 W Lake St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 W Lake St. Everything here is from City records — 15,119 parking tickets written across 101 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
300 N Hamlin Ave (1 min walk) · 269 N Hamlin Ave (1 min walk)
Streets to watch near 3850 W Lake St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 W Monroe St alone took 445 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,045 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3900 W Monroe St — 445 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 4100 W Washington Blvd — 322 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 4100 W West End Ave — 299 tickets, 8 min walk W
Permit zones902 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3800 W Wilcox — 351 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 100 S Hamlin — 310 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 200 N Hamlin — 92 tickets, 1 min walk SE
City sticker checks89 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 400 N Central Park — 47 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 4000 W West End — 42 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Plate checks3,898 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3800 W Monroe — 363 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 3500 W Fulton — 287 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 4000 W Monroe St — 271 tickets, 10 min walk SW
Posted restrictions269 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3500 W Lake — 92 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 3900 W Washington Blvd — 90 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 200 N Central Park — 46 tickets, 6 min walk E
Metered blocks1,077 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3900 W Madison — 883 tickets, 7 min walk SW
- 0 N Pulaski Rd — 194 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Other enforcement4,323 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 4000 W Madison — 2,777 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 3800 W Madison Street — 1,546 tickets, 6 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 300 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk NE
- 269 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk SE
- 3801 W Madison St — red-light camera, 6 min walk S
- 11 S Hamlin Blvd — red-light camera, 7 min walk S
- 3646 W Madison St — speed camera, 7 min walk SE
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.