Parking at 3850 W Madison Street
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 W Madison Street. Everything here is from City records — 18,748 parking tickets written across 106 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, 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 W Madison Street
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 W Monroe St alone took 445 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
- 3900 W Monroe St — 445 tickets, 3 min walk SW
- 3500 W Adams St — 409 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 4100 W Wilcox St — 371 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 3800 W Van Buren St — 462 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 3900 W Van Buren St — 414 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 3800 W Wilcox — 351 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 4000 W Wilcox — 379 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 4000 W West End — 42 tickets, 7 min walk NW
- 3800 W Monroe — 363 tickets, 1 min walk SW
- 4000 W Monroe St — 271 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 4100 W Adams — 270 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 3500 W Lake — 92 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 3900 W Washington Blvd — 90 tickets, 4 min walk NW
- 100 S Central Park — 65 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 3900 W Madison — 883 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 0 N Pulaski Rd — 194 tickets, 4 min walk W
- 4000 W Madison — 2,777 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 3800 W Madison Street — 1,546 tickets, 1 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3801 W Madison St — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
- 11 S Hamlin Blvd — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
- 3646 W Madison St — speed camera, 4 min walk E
- 269 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk N
- 3655 W Jackson Blvd — speed camera, 6 min walk SE
- 300 N Hamlin Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk N
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 6 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.
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 28, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.