When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
Then Thursday, October 1 · 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?
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: 700 S Western Ave alone took 324 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,309 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 700 S Western Ave — 324, 9 min walk W
- 2100 W Taylor St — 284, 4 min walk SW
- 800 S Western Ave — 239, 9 min walk W
- 900 S Western Ave — 156, 9 min walk SW
- 600 S Oakley Blvd — 118, 7 min walk W
Permit zones7,229 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2100 W Polk St — 559, 2 min walk SW
- 2000 W Polk St — 521, 1 min walk SE
- 1000 S Oakley Blvd — 517, 8 min walk SW
- 700 S Claremont Ave — 489, 7 min walk W
- 1000 S Claremont Ave — 432, 9 min walk SW
Plate checks4,780 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2000 W Adams St — 410, 10 min walk N
- 2100 W Gladys — 363, 7 min walk N
- 2000 W Jackson Blvd — 361, 8 min walk N
- 2000 W Harrison St — 288, 3 min walk N
- 200 S Hoyne Ave — 257, 9 min walk N
Posted restrictions12,936 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 1100 S Wood — 3,284, 9 min walk SE
- 1800 W Taylor — 1,768, 7 min walk SE
- 800 S Paulina — 1,342, 9 min walk E
- 900 S Wood — 1,150, 7 min walk SE
- 1700 W Congress Pkwy — 987, 8 min walk NE
Metered blocks43,695 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1900 W Ogden Ave — 7,468, 2 min walk NE
- 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, 10 min walk SE
- 1900 W Congress Pkwy — 2,909, 5 min walk N
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, section 3. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr1Wed
Apr2Thu
Apr27Mon
Apr28Tue
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jun17Wed
Jun18Thu
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Aug10Mon
Aug11Tue
Sep3Thu
Sep4Fri
Sep30Wed
Oct1Thu
Oct27Tue
Oct28Wed
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.