Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 47

Parking at 3950 N Hermitage Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 N Hermitage Ave. Everything here is from City records — 41,153 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, November 4

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1607 W Irving Park Rd (3 min walk) · 3953 N Ashland Ave (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 16. 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 Hermitage Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Ashland Ave alone took 510 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,034 tickets

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

4100 N Ashland Ave — 510 tickets, 6 min walk NE
3900 N Janssen Ave — 507 tickets, 7 min walk E
3800 N Ashland Ave — 487 tickets, 4 min walk SE

Permit zones10,014 tickets

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

3600 N Marshfield Ave — 509 tickets, 8 min walk S
3700 N Marshfield Ave — 472 tickets, 5 min walk SE
3900 N Marshfield Ave — 464 tickets, 3 min walk E

Plate checks2,749 tickets

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

4000 N Ravenswood Ave — 267 tickets, 3 min walk NW
3500 N Ashland Ave — 239 tickets, 10 min walk SE
4000 N Paulina St — 209 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Metered blocks18,207 tickets

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

3700 N Southport Ave — 4,203 tickets, 9 min walk E
3500 N Lincoln Ave — 1,694 tickets, 10 min walk S
4000 N Lincoln Ave — 1,261 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1607 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 3 min walk E
3953 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
4118 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk NE

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 3 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 47, section 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.