Parking at 3950 N Olcott Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 N Olcott Ave. Everything here is from City records — 3,214 parking tickets written across 75 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 38, section 19. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 3950 N Olcott Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7200 W Waveland Ave alone took 88 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 7200 W Waveland Ave — 88 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 3900 N Octavia Ave — 65 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 3500 N Oleander Ave — 49 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 3900 N Olcott Ave — 88 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 3900 N Osceola Ave — 82 tickets, 1 min walk NE
- 3900 N Oriole Ave — 53 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 3900 N Neva Ave — 240 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3700 N Oconto Ave — 117 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 7100 W Irving Park Rd — 94 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 7800 W Irving Park Rd — 47 tickets, 9 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 256 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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.
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 19. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.