When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
Then Thursday, October 1 · Friday, October 23 · Monday, October 26 · Tuesday, November 17. 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
812 S Racine Ave (5 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1100 W Taylor St alone took 1,000 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
Street cleaning6,952 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1100 W Taylor St — 1,000, 5 min walk E
- 800 S Loomis St — 762, 1 min walk NW
- 700 S Loomis St — 737, 5 min walk N
- 900 S Loomis St — 608, 1 min walk NW
- 1200 S Blue Island Ave — 492, 9 min walk SE
Permit zones20,911 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1000 W Vernon Park Pl — 1,281, 9 min walk NE
- 1400 W Fillmore St — 1,215, 3 min walk SW
- 1000 W Polk St — 1,046, 10 min walk E
- 800 S Miller St — 1,001, 10 min walk E
- 1400 W Flournoy St — 909, 6 min walk N
Plate checks4,359 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1300 W Van Buren St — 511, 10 min walk N
- 800 S Lytle St — 426, 4 min walk NE
- 1100 S Throop St — 408, 4 min walk SE
- 1000 S Lytle St — 346, 3 min walk E
- 900 S Ada St — 299, 1 min walk NE
Posted restrictions3,475 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 800 S Paulina — 1,342, 9 min walk W
- 800 S Marshfield — 539, 7 min walk W
- 900 S Racine Ave — 459, 5 min walk E
- 900 S Marshfield — 361, 7 min walk W
- 1100 S Ashland Ave — 222, 6 min walk SW
Metered blocks37,190 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1400 W Taylor St — 7,150, 1 min walk W
- 1300 W Taylor St — 5,099, 1 min walk E
- 1000 S Hermitage Ave — 4,393, 9 min walk W
- 1500 W Taylor St — 3,691, 4 min walk W
- 1700 W Taylor St — 3,596, 9 min walk W
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, section 2. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr21Tue
Apr22Wed
May13Wed
May14Thu
Jun5Fri
Jun8Mon
Jun30Tue
Jul1Wed
Jul23Thu
Jul24Fri
Aug14Fri
Aug17Mon
Sep8Tue
Sep9Wed
Sep30Wed
Oct1Thu
Oct23Fri
Oct26Mon
Nov17Tue
Nov18Wed
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, September 30.
–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.