When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
Then Monday, October 5 · Monday, November 2 · Tuesday, November 3. 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: 2100 W Taylor St alone took 284 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning493 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2100 W Taylor St — 284, 10 min walk SW
- 1700 W Jackson Blvd — 136, 5 min walk NE
- 400 S Paulina St — 73, 5 min walk NE
Permit zones5,881 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1600 W Adams St — 1,253, 8 min walk NE
- 1500 W Adams St — 1,107, 10 min walk NE
- 1500 W Polk St — 781, 9 min walk SE
- 2100 W Polk St — 559, 7 min walk SW
- 2000 W Polk St — 521, 6 min walk SW
Plate checks5,528 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2000 W Adams St — 410, 8 min walk NW
- 100 S Wood St — 369, 7 min walk N
- 2100 W Gladys — 363, 8 min walk NW
- 2000 W Jackson Blvd — 361, 7 min walk NW
- 1600 W Monroe St — 361, 9 min walk NE
Posted restrictions16,171 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1100 S Wood — 3,284, 9 min walk S
- 1800 W Taylor — 1,768, 8 min walk S
- 800 S Paulina — 1,342, 6 min walk SE
- 1600 W Congress Pkwy — 1,236, 6 min walk E
- 900 S Wood — 1,150, 7 min walk S
Metered blocks38,261 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1900 W Ogden Ave — 7,468, 3 min walk SW
- 1000 S Hermitage Ave — 4,393, 9 min walk SE
- 1700 W Taylor St — 3,596, 9 min walk SE
- 1000 S Paulina St — 3,166, 9 min walk SE
- 1900 W Congress Pkwy — 2,909, 3 min walk W
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 27, section 5. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
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What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, October 2.
–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.