When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
Then Tuesday, September 15 · 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: 2900 S Indiana Ave alone took 588 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,159 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2900 S Indiana Ave — 588, 9 min walk S
- 2300 S Indiana — 350, 4 min walk N
- 200 E 29th St — 340, 7 min walk S
- 2900 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 160, 10 min walk SE
- 200 E 26th St — 139, 3 min walk SE
Permit zones9,337 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 100 E 23rd St — 3,497, 6 min walk N
- 0 E 23rd St — 3,119, 6 min walk N
- 2300 S Wabash Ave — 881, 5 min walk NW
- 2800 S Prairie Ave — 578, 7 min walk S
- 2600 S Prairie Ave — 546, 4 min walk SE
Plate checks7,718 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2800 S Vernon Ave — 570, 9 min walk SE
- 2700 S Prairie Ave — 567, 5 min walk S
- 2500 S Wabash Ave — 562, 3 min walk W
- 400 E 29th St — 535, 10 min walk SE
- 2700 S State St — 479, 7 min walk SW
Posted restrictions19,471 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2200 S Michigan Ave — 16,163, 8 min walk N
- 2200 S Indiana — 1,178, 7 min walk N
- 0 W 23rd St — 533, 9 min walk NW
- 100 E Cermak Rd — 431, 8 min walk N
- 300 E 29th St — 342, 8 min walk SE
Metered blocks25,549 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2100 S Wabash Ave — 4,887, 10 min walk N
- 2100 S Michigan Ave — 4,844, 9 min walk N
- 0 E Cermak Rd — 3,457, 9 min walk NW
- 2300 S Michigan Ave — 3,141, 4 min walk N
- 2200 S Wabash Ave — 2,439, 8 min walk NW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 4, section 13. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May5Tue
May6Wed
Jun17Wed
Jun18Thu
Jul31Fri
Aug3Mon
Sep14Mon
Sep15Tue
Oct27Tue
Oct28Wed
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, September 14.
–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.