When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
Then Friday, October 9 · Tuesday, November 10 · Thursday, November 12. 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 Marshall Blvd alone took 558 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,987 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2300 S Marshall Blvd — 558, 8 min walk NW
- 2200 S California Ave — 396, 8 min walk N
- 2300 S Sacramento Ave — 358, 9 min walk NW
- 2300 S California Ave — 272, 6 min walk NW
- 2200 S Rockwell St — 269, 9 min walk N
Permit zones7,314 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2600 W 23rd Pl — 1,200, 7 min walk N
- 2600 W 24th St — 949, 4 min walk N
- 2700 W 23rd St — 700, 6 min walk N
- 2900 W 25th St — 675, 6 min walk W
- 2800 W 23rd St — 654, 7 min walk NW
Plate checks5,722 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2800 W 25th St — 1,700, 4 min walk W
- 2700 W 25th St — 403, 2 min walk NW
- 2100 S Washtenaw Ave — 350, 10 min walk N
- 2400 W 24th St — 341, 8 min walk NE
- 2300 S Washtenaw Ave — 331, 6 min walk N
Posted restrictions1,407 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2200 S Washtenaw Ave — 421, 9 min walk N
- 2400 S Washtenaw Ave — 344, 4 min walk N
- 2400 S California Ave — 221, 4 min walk NW
- 2400 S Whipple St — 183, 9 min walk W
- 2900 W 24th St — 97, 7 min walk NW
Metered blocks25,556 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2800 S California Blvd — 5,925, 7 min walk S
- 2600 S California Blvd — 5,648, 3 min walk SW
- 2700 W Cermak Rd — 3,573, 10 min walk N
- 2500 S California Blvd — 3,094, 3 min walk NW
- 2900 S California Blvd — 1,943, 8 min walk S
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.