Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 30

Parking at 3950 N Kildare Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 N Kildare Ave. Everything here is from City records — 13,879 parking tickets written across 102 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 799
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
4010 N Pulaski Rd (8 min walk) · 3601 N Milwaukee Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 3950 N Kildare Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 N Kostner Ave alone took 243 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,702 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,538 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks106 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks2,528 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,558 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,821 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4010 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
  • 3601 N Milwaukee Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk S
  • 3960 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
  • 4650 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 799 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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 30, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.