Chicago parking by block · Bridgeport · Ward 11

Parking at 850 W 38th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 W 38th St. Everything here is from City records — 20,970 parking tickets written across 84 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 11

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3536 S Wallace St (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 7. 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 850 W 38th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 S Morgan St alone took 236 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,205 tickets

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

3500 S Morgan St — 236 tickets, 8 min walk NW
3600 S Wallace St — 183 tickets, 7 min walk NE
3500 S Wallace St — 159 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Permit zones2,007 tickets

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

3500 S Emerald Ave — 364 tickets, 6 min walk N
3500 S Parnell Ave — 311 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3400 S Emerald Ave — 296 tickets, 9 min walk N

Plate checks6,265 tickets

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

900 W 35th St — 545 tickets, 8 min walk NW
900 W 34th St — 477 tickets, 9 min walk N
3400 S Lituanica Ave — 465 tickets, 8 min walk N

Posted restrictions88 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

700 W Root St — 88 tickets, 10 min walk S

Metered blocks11,145 tickets

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

3400 S Halsted St — 5,226 tickets, 8 min walk N
700 W 35th St — 2,381 tickets, 8 min walk N
3500 S Halsted St — 2,323 tickets, 7 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3536 S Wallace St — speed camera, 8 min walk NE

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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.