When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
Then Monday, September 21 · Tuesday, October 27 · Wednesday, October 28. 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?
2
3616 N Elston Ave (5 min walk) · 3241 W Addison St (6 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3800 N Sawyer Ave alone took 258 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning7,805 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3800 N Sawyer Ave — 258, 9 min walk NE
- 3600 W School St — 258, 9 min walk SW
- 3300 N Monticello Ave — 247, 8 min walk SW
- 3100 W Waveland Ave — 228, 9 min walk E
- 3800 N Kedzie Ave — 211, 9 min walk NE
Permit zones4,840 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3300 N Central Park Ave — 405, 8 min walk SW
- 3700 W Cornelia Ave — 308, 7 min walk SW
- 3700 N Drake Ave — 276, 5 min walk NW
- 3400 N Ridgeway Ave — 273, 8 min walk SW
- 3400 N Hamlin Ave — 271, 9 min walk SW
Plate checks2,898 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3300 N Ridgeway Ave — 416, 9 min walk SW
- 3300 N Lawndale Ave — 279, 8 min walk SW
- 3300 W Byron St — 244, 8 min walk N
- 3900 N Monticello Ave — 214, 10 min walk NW
- 3200 W Grace St — 214, 8 min walk NE
Posted restrictions302 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 3700 W Addison St — 205, 7 min walk W
- 3800 W Addison St — 50, 9 min walk W
- 3100 W Addison St — 47, 8 min walk E
Metered blocks2,298 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3400 W Irving Park Rd — 1,137, 10 min walk N
- 3900 N Central Park Ave — 470, 9 min walk N
- 3900 N Elston Ave — 385, 8 min walk N
- 3500 W School St — 306, 8 min walk S
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 35, section 13. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr21Tue
Apr22Wed
May28Thu
May29Fri
Jul7Tue
Jul8Wed
Aug12Wed
Aug13Thu
Sep18Fri
Sep21Mon
Oct27Tue
Oct28Wed
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, September 18.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras2 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.