When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, October 21
Then Thursday, October 22. 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: 1700 S Jefferson St alone took 298 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,905 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1700 S Jefferson St — 298, 4 min walk W
- 700 W 18th St — 297, 8 min walk W
- 1900 S Canalport Ave — 291, 7 min walk SW
- 600 W 16th St — 263, 7 min walk W
- 800 W 19th St — 245, 10 min walk W
Permit zones8,111 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241, 7 min walk SE
- 700 W 17th St — 989, 8 min walk W
- 2200 S Princeton Ave — 911, 10 min walk S
- 1400 S Emerald Ave — 461, 9 min walk NW
- 0 W 16th St — 356, 10 min walk E
Plate checks3,852 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 700 W 19th St — 506, 8 min walk W
- 1700 S Desplaines St — 414, 5 min walk W
- 700 W 21st St — 312, 10 min walk SW
- 1900 S Halsted St — 218, 10 min walk SW
- 1700 S Clinton St — 217, 3 min walk W
Posted restrictions2,728 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2000 S Clark — 1,024, 9 min walk SE
- 200 W Cullerton St — 734, 7 min walk SE
- 1900 S Wells St — 461, 7 min walk SE
- 200 W 19th St — 359, 6 min walk SE
- 100 W Cullerton St — 150, 9 min walk SE
Metered blocks72,561 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2100 S Archer Ave — 36,921, 8 min walk SE
- 2100 S China Pl — 11,759, 7 min walk SE
- 2100 S Princeton Ave — 5,664, 6 min walk S
- 200 W Cermak Rd — 5,643, 9 min walk SE
- 2000 S Wentworth Ave — 3,426, 8 min walk SE
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 11, section 5. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr17Fri
Apr20Mon
Jun3Wed
Jun4Thu
Jul21Tue
Jul22Wed
Sep3Thu
Sep4Fri
Oct21Wed
Oct22Thu
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, October 21.
–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.