Chicago parking by block · Albany Park · Ward 33

Parking at 3950 W Leland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3900–3999 W Leland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 49,914 parking tickets written across 152 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 13
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 113
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
4005 W Lawrence Ave (3 min walk) · 4812 N Pulaski Rd (4 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 33, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
29
Wed
Jul
30
Thu
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 3950 W Leland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W Montrose Ave alone took 629 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,106 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones12,155 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks10,652 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions8,948 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks12,896 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement62 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4005 W Lawrence Avered-light camera, 3 min walk NW
  • 4812 N Pulaski Rdred-light camera, 4 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 113 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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 33, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.