When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
Then Friday, October 9. 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: 2300 S Indiana alone took 350 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.
Street cleaning661 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2300 S Indiana — 350, 2 min walk E
- 200 E 26th St — 139, 7 min walk SE
- 2400 S Indiana — 91, 2 min walk SE
- 2600 S Michigan Ave — 81, 8 min walk S
Permit zones18,361 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 100 E 23rd St — 3,497, 2 min walk NE
- 0 E 23rd St — 3,119, 2 min walk N
- 200 W Alexander St — 1,698, 10 min walk W
- 100 E 21st St — 1,360, 6 min walk N
- 2000 S Prairie Ave — 1,175, 8 min walk NE
Plate checks7,056 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 200 W 24th St — 1,095, 9 min walk W
- 2700 S Prairie Ave — 567, 10 min walk SE
- 2500 S Wabash Ave — 562, 5 min walk S
- 2700 S State St — 479, 9 min walk S
- 0 W 24th St — 467, 5 min walk W
Posted restrictions19,945 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2200 S Michigan Ave — 16,163, 4 min walk N
- 2200 S Indiana — 1,178, 4 min walk NE
- 2000 S Clark — 1,024, 9 min walk NW
- 0 W 23rd St — 533, 6 min walk W
- 100 E Cermak Rd — 431, 5 min walk NE
Metered blocks78,719 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2200 S Wentworth Ave — 5,027, 8 min walk W
- 2300 S Wentworth Ave — 4,917, 8 min walk W
- 2100 S Wabash Ave — 4,887, 5 min walk N
- 2100 S Michigan Ave — 4,844, 5 min walk N
- 2000 S Michigan Ave — 4,794, 7 min walk N
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 3. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr7Tue
Apr8Wed
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jul9Thu
Jul10Fri
Aug24Mon
Aug25Tue
Oct8Thu
Oct9Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, October 8.
–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.