When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
Then Tuesday, October 27 · Wednesday, October 28. 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?
4
1949 N Cicero Ave (3 min walk) · 4807 W Armitage Ave (3 min walk) · 4754 W North Ave (9 min walk) +1 more
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2000 N Laporte Ave alone took 239 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,008 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2000 N Laporte Ave — 239, 7 min walk W
- 4800 W Dickens Ave — 231, 6 min walk NW
- 2100 N Kenneth Ave — 190, 9 min walk NE
- 2200 N Keating Ave — 174, 9 min walk N
- 2100 N Lavergne Ave — 174, 10 min walk NW
Permit zones6,651 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2000 N Lamon Ave — 704, 6 min walk NW
- 4800 W Wabansia Ave — 677, 7 min walk SW
- 4800 W Cortland St — 452, 3 min walk W
- 1700 N Keating — 405, 5 min walk S
- 4800 W Concord Pl — 394, 9 min walk SW
City sticker checks73 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 1600 N Kenton — 73, 7 min walk SE
Plate checks3,745 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4300 W Cortland St — 376, 9 min walk E
- 2000 N Kenneth Ave — 272, 7 min walk NE
- 2000 N Kilbourn Ave — 270, 6 min walk NE
- 2000 N Kostner Ave — 266, 8 min walk E
- 2000 N Lavergne Ave — 216, 8 min walk W
Posted restrictions1,593 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 4400 W Palmer St — 316, 10 min walk NE
- 4400 W Dickens Ave — 283, 7 min walk NE
- 2100 N Kostner Ave — 230, 10 min walk NE
- 4700 W Wabansia — 223, 6 min walk S
- 4900 W Dickens Ave — 199, 7 min walk NW
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, September 11.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras4 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.