Parking at 3850 W Polk St
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3850 W Polk St

Ward 24, cleaning section 10 · 16,497 parking tickets were written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
Then Monday, October 5 · Wednesday, November 4 · Thursday, November 5. 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?
5
1110 S Pulaski Rd (6 min walk) · 1117 S Pulaski Rd (6 min walk) · 3946 W Roosevelt Rd (7 min walk) +2 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4100 W Van Buren St alone took 351 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,672 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 4100 W Van Buren St — 351, 9 min walk NW
  • 3900 W Gladys Ave — 342, 8 min walk N
  • 3900 W Congress Pkwy — 332, 5 min walk N
  • 3500 W Lexington St — 285, 8 min walk E
  • 3800 W Flournoy St — 282, 2 min walk N
Permit zones2,802 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 3800 W Grenshaw St — 465, 6 min walk S
  • 3800 W Van Buren St — 462, 6 min walk N
  • 3900 W Van Buren St — 414, 6 min walk N
  • 1200 S Springfield Ave — 405, 8 min walk S
  • 3500 W Polk St — 388, 8 min walk E
Plate checks2,302 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 3600 W Polk St — 458, 6 min walk E
  • 200 S Hamlin — 249, 9 min walk N
  • 3800 W Adams St — 244, 10 min walk N
  • 3800 W Polk St — 234, 1 min walk E
  • 3600 W Flournoy St — 204, 6 min walk NE
Posted restrictions210 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 900 S Lawndale — 210, 5 min walk E
Other enforcement695 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 3700 W Arthington — 503, 5 min walk E
  • 900 S Independence — 192, 3 min walk SE

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 24, section 10. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr27Mon
Apr28Tue
May28Thu
May29Fri
Jun30Tue
Jul1Wed
Jul31Fri
Aug3Mon
Sep1Tue
Sep2Wed
Oct2Fri
Oct5Mon
Nov4Wed
Nov5Thu

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, October 2.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
5 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.