Parking at 3950 S Kedzie Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 S Kedzie Ave. Everything here is from City records — 18,019 parking tickets written across 77 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 185
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 3950 S Kedzie Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 W 38th St alone took 543 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,617 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2800 W 38th St — 543 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 3200 W 38th St — 487 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 3000 W 40th St — 428 tickets, 4 min walk E
Permit zones5,008 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3100 W 41st Pl — 770 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 2800 W 40th St — 605 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 3100 W 42nd Pl — 536 tickets, 7 min walk S
Plate checks2,247 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3100 W 40th Pl — 489 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 3000 W 41st St — 472 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 2900 W 40th Pl — 332 tickets, 7 min walk E
Posted restrictions2,058 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 4100 S Archer Ave — 1,087 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 3900 S Albany Ave — 289 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 3000 W Pershing Rd — 183 tickets, 4 min walk NE
Metered blocks3,789 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 4300 S Archer Ave — 1,247 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 4200 S Archer Ave — 662 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 4200 S Sacramento Ave — 436 tickets, 9 min walk SE
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 185 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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.