Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 38

Parking at 3950 N Austin Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 N Austin Ave. Everything here is from City records — 9,725 parking tickets written across 132 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
3947 N Austin Ave (1 min walk) · 6009 W Irving Park Rd (1 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 10. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
Wed
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon

Streets to watch near 3950 N Austin Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Marmora Ave alone took 206 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,719 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones923 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks272 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks3,756 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions663 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks573 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3947 N Austin Ave — red-light camera, 1 min walk N
  • 6009 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 1 min walk NW
  • 6226 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 6 min walk W
  • 3665 N Austin Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk S
  • 6001 W Addison St — red-light camera, 10 min walk S
  • 5601 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 10 min walk E

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