When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
Then Friday, October 16. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
1
3952 W Armitage Ave (10 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 W Dickens Ave alone took 442 tickets in three years, a 1 min walk away.
Street cleaning12,521 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3600 W Dickens Ave — 442, 1 min walk W
- 1900 N Drake Ave — 368, 5 min walk SE
- 1900 N Sawyer Ave — 358, 10 min walk SE
- 2300 N Drake Ave — 347, 7 min walk N
- 1900 N Ridgeway Ave — 340, 5 min walk SW
Permit zones5,391 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3500 W Cortland St — 646, 6 min walk SE
- 1900 N Spaulding Ave — 583, 8 min walk SE
- 1900 N St Louis Ave — 485, 6 min walk SE
- 3700 W Lyndale St — 472, 5 min walk NW
- 2100 N St Louis Ave — 350, 4 min walk E
Plate checks6,827 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2300 N Spaulding Ave — 465, 10 min walk NE
- 3500 W Dickens Ave — 378, 2 min walk E
- 3500 W Mclean Ave — 378, 2 min walk SE
- 2100 N Spaulding Ave — 347, 7 min walk E
- 2300 N Hamlin Ave — 344, 8 min walk NW
Posted restrictions4,114 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 1700 N Kimball Ave — 580, 9 min walk SE
- 1900 N Kimball Ave — 512, 7 min walk SE
- 2200 N Kimball Ave — 493, 6 min walk NE
- 2000 N Kimball Ave — 453, 6 min walk E
- 1800 N Kimball Ave — 427, 8 min walk SE
Metered blocks22,127 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3200 W Armitage Ave — 3,416, 9 min walk E
- 3700 W Fullerton Ave — 2,486, 9 min walk NW
- 3500 W Fullerton Ave — 2,475, 9 min walk NE
- 3400 W Fullerton Ave — 1,764, 9 min walk NE
- 3300 W Armitage Ave — 1,473, 6 min walk E
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 26, section 5. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr13Mon
Apr14Tue
May28Thu
May29Fri
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Aug28Fri
Aug31Mon
Oct15Thu
Oct16Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, October 15.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras1 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
✓City sticker & platesA missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
✓The tickets you still getContested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
✓What it costsThe average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.