Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 47

Parking at 3950 N Paulina St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 N Paulina St. Everything here is from City records — 39,817 parking tickets written across 142 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
1607 W Irving Park Rd (2 min walk) · 3953 N Ashland Ave (3 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.

May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 3950 N Paulina St

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 cleaning10,382 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones10,543 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,991 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions923 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks14,885 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1607 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 2 min walk NE
  • 3953 N Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk NE
  • 4118 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk NE
  • 1311 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
  • 3965 N Clark St — red-light camera, 10 min walk E

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 5 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.