Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 35

Parking at 3950 N Drake Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 N Drake Ave. Everything here is from City records — 25,635 parking tickets written across 146 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 114

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

Cameras nearby?

3647 W Irving Park Rd (3 min walk) · 4020 N Elston Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 35, section 13. 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 3950 N Drake Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Kedzie Ave alone took 480 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,618 tickets

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

4100 N Kedzie Ave — 480 tickets, 10 min walk NE
3900 N Kedzie Ave — 322 tickets, 9 min walk E
3400 W Cullom Ave — 283 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones2,099 tickets

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

4100 N Bernard St — 325 tickets, 5 min walk NE
4000 N Sawyer Ave — 282 tickets, 8 min walk E
3700 N Drake Ave — 276 tickets, 5 min walk S

Plate checks2,464 tickets

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

4200 N Kimball Ave — 257 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3300 W Byron St — 244 tickets, 5 min walk E
3500 W Cullom Ave — 219 tickets, 9 min walk N

Posted restrictions757 tickets

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

4200 N St Louis Ave — 259 tickets, 8 min walk N
4200 N Drake Ave — 248 tickets, 7 min walk N
4000 N Kimball Ave — 134 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Metered blocks7,201 tickets

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

3400 W Irving Park Rd — 1,137 tickets, 3 min walk E
4000 N Kedzie Ave — 870 tickets, 9 min walk E
4000 N Elston Avenue — 745 tickets, 4 min walk NW

Other enforcement287 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 W Berteau Ave — 287 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3647 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 3 min walk W
4020 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk W

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 114 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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 35, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.