When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 6
Then Wednesday, October 7 · Thursday, October 8 · 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: 3000 S Princeton Ave alone took 269 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
Street cleaning6,638 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3000 S Princeton Ave — 269, 5 min walk S
- 2600 S Wells St — 230, 3 min walk NE
- 3000 S Wells St — 228, 6 min walk S
- 500 W 28th St — 225, 7 min walk W
- 200 W 32nd St — 224, 9 min walk S
Permit zones2,222 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 300 W 24th St — 1,446, 9 min walk N
- 3100 S Wells St — 332, 8 min walk S
- 3100 S Princeton Ave — 297, 8 min walk S
- 3100 S Canal St — 86, 8 min walk SW
- 400 W 32nd St — 61, 9 min walk S
Plate checks8,365 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 200 W 24th St — 1,095, 9 min walk N
- 2900 S State St — 1,030, 9 min walk E
- 2900 S Federal St — 1,029, 7 min walk SE
- 2700 S State St — 479, 8 min walk E
- 2800 S State St — 446, 8 min walk E
Posted restrictions653 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
- 2900 S Wentworth Ave — 209, 4 min walk SE
- 600 W 29th St — 159, 9 min walk W
- 2900 S Dearborn — 113, 7 min walk E
- 600 W 26th St — 78, 9 min walk NW
- 100 W 24th St — 52, 9 min walk N
Metered blocks9,428 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2300 S Wentworth Ave — 4,917, 10 min walk N
- 2400 S Wentworth Ave — 2,005, 7 min walk N
- 500 W 31st St — 1,015, 9 min walk SW
- 2600 S Wabash Ave — 713, 10 min walk E
- 200 W 31st St — 594, 7 min walk S
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 11, section 2. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
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What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Tuesday, October 6.
–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.