Parking at 3950 S Normal Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 S Normal Ave. Everything here is from City records — 6,599 parking tickets written across 82 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
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.
Streets to watch near 3950 S Normal Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 S Wallace St alone took 183 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 3600 S Wallace St — 183 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 3600 S Union Ave — 136 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 500 W 37th St — 108 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 500 W 36th St — 118 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 3600 S Canal St — 43 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 300 W 42nd Pl — 333 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 3800 S Princeton Ave — 322 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 3700 S Princeton Ave — 302 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 700 W Root St — 88 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 655 W. Root St. — speed camera, 6 min walk SW
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.
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.