Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 11

Parking at 3950 S Halsted

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 S Halsted. Everything here is from City records — 6,923 parking tickets written across 77 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
655 W. Root St. (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 6. 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
Jun
5
Fri
Jun
8
Mon
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 3950 S Halsted

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 S Wallace St alone took 183 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning867 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones414 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,540 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions88 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks613 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 655 W. Root St.speed camera, 6 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 1 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 11, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.