When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
Then Tuesday, September 29. 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?
None
No speed or red-light camera within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 S Wabash Ave alone took 344 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,422 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4600 S Wabash Ave — 344, 6 min walk E
- 4500 S Michigan Ave — 335, 9 min walk NE
- 4800 S Michigan Ave — 292, 9 min walk SE
- 0 E 46th St — 266, 7 min walk E
- 4600 S Michigan Ave — 263, 8 min walk E
Permit zones144 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 300 W Swann St — 61, 4 min walk W
- 100 W Swann St — 42, 1 min walk NE
- 100 W 46th Pl — 41, 2 min walk N
Plate checks3,165 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4700 S Michigan Ave — 318, 8 min walk E
- 4400 S Michigan Ave — 266, 10 min walk NE
- 4500 S Wabash Ave — 239, 7 min walk NE
- 4900 S Wabash Ave — 212, 9 min walk SE
- 4300 S Dearborn St — 207, 10 min walk N
Posted restrictions268 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 4600 S Federal — 112, 2 min walk NE
- 4700 S Federal — 91, 3 min walk SE
- 4700 S State St — 65, 5 min walk E
Metered blocks588 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 100 E 47th St — 588, 8 min walk E
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, September 28.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
–CamerasNone nearby, but the app warns you anywhere in the city.
✓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.