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?
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: 1200 W 16th St alone took 639 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning3,181 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1200 W 16th St — 639, 9 min walk SE
- 1100 S Loomis St — 443, 9 min walk NE
- 1300 W Roosevelt Rd — 390, 8 min walk NE
- 1700 S Laflin St — 379, 6 min walk S
- 1100 W 14th Pl — 296, 10 min walk E
Permit zones7,975 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1400 W Fillmore St — 1,215, 9 min walk N
- 1600 S Throop St — 1,079, 9 min walk SE
- 1800 S Laflin St — 827, 7 min walk S
- 1700 W 17th St — 775, 7 min walk SW
- 1400 W 15th St — 683, 3 min walk SE
Plate checks9,377 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1300 W 16th St — 653, 8 min walk SE
- 1800 S Wood St — 570, 9 min walk SW
- 1600 W 19th St — 533, 9 min walk S
- 1800 S Bishop St — 504, 8 min walk SE
- 1700 W 19th St — 467, 10 min walk S
Posted restrictions4,248 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1100 S Wood — 3,284, 10 min walk NW
- 1400 W 17th St — 489, 6 min walk SE
- 1600 S Paulina St — 253, 5 min walk SW
- 1100 S Ashland Ave — 222, 7 min walk N
Metered blocks52,811 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1800 S Blue Island Ave — 6,089, 8 min walk SE
- 1500 W 18th St — 5,905, 6 min walk S
- 1300 W 18th St — 5,302, 9 min walk SE
- 1000 S Hermitage Ave — 4,393, 10 min walk NW
- 1700 W 18th St — 4,125, 7 min walk SW
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
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Jun30Tue
Jul1Wed
Jul23Thu
Jul24Fri
Aug14Fri
Aug17Mon
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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.
–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.