Chicago parking by block · Humboldt Park · Ward 26

Parking at 3850 W Wabansia Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 W Wabansia Ave. Everything here is from City records — 39,613 parking tickets written across 138 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, October 19

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1795

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

3950 W North Ave (5 min walk) · 1754 N Pulaski Rd (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 26, section 6. 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 Wabansia Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1900 N Drake Ave alone took 368 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,255 tickets

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

1900 N Drake Ave — 368 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1300 N Lawndale Ave — 349 tickets, 10 min walk S
1900 N Ridgeway Ave — 340 tickets, 6 min walk N

Permit zones7,605 tickets

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

1700 N Keystone Ave — 670 tickets, 6 min walk W
3500 W Cortland St — 646 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1900 N Keystone Ave — 644 tickets, 9 min walk NW

City sticker checks136 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

1300 N Ridgeway Ave — 136 tickets, 8 min walk S

Plate checks4,263 tickets

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

1400 N Springfield — 407 tickets, 6 min walk S
1600 N Karlov Ave — 381 tickets, 7 min walk W
1800 N Karlov Ave — 347 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Posted restrictions4,511 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

1800 N Kedvale Ave — 660 tickets, 9 min walk W
1700 N Kedvale Ave — 590 tickets, 9 min walk W
1900 N Pulaski Rd — 545 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Metered blocks11,821 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

4100 W North Ave — 2,179 tickets, 9 min walk W
4000 W Armitage Avenue — 1,801 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4000 W North Ave — 1,352 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3950 W North Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk SW
1754 N Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 5 min walk NW
1579 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 5 min walk SW
4042 W North Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk W
4053 W North Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk SW
3952 W Armitage Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1795 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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.

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 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.