Chicago parking by block · Grand Boulevard · Ward 3

Parking at 4350 S Vernon Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4300–4399 S Vernon Ave. Everything here is from City records — 20,279 parking tickets written across 122 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 8. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 4350 S Vernon Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 S Michigan Ave alone took 819 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,563 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

4200 S Michigan Ave — 819 tickets, 8 min walk W
4100 S Indiana Ave — 461 tickets, 7 min walk NW
4300 S Michigan Ave — 445 tickets, 8 min walk W

Permit zones2,897 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

4300 S Prairie Ave — 1,124 tickets, 5 min walk W
4300 S Calumet Ave — 547 tickets, 3 min walk W
4200 S Prairie Ave — 455 tickets, 5 min walk W

Plate checks6,197 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

4400 S Calumet Ave — 292 tickets, 4 min walk SW
400 E 46th St — 286 tickets, 7 min walk S
4400 S Michigan Ave — 266 tickets, 9 min walk W

Metered blocks382 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

300 E 47th St — 382 tickets, 10 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 3, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.