Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 35

Parking at 3950 N Kimball Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 N Kimball Ave. Everything here is from City records — 27,786 parking tickets written across 142 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
3647 W Irving Park Rd (7 min walk) · 4020 N Elston Ave (7 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.

Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
Wed
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 3950 N Kimball Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 N Kedzie Ave alone took 480 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning14,175 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,813 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,313 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions641 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks7,518 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement287 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3647 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
  • 4020 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
  • 3616 N Elston Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SE
  • 3241 W Addison St — red-light camera, 10 min walk SE

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 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 35, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.