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: 3000 W 26th St alone took 52 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning52 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3000 W 26th St — 52, 9 min walk NW
Permit zones830 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2600 W 25th St — 436, 9 min walk NE
- 2700 S Troy St — 263, 9 min walk W
- 2700 S Sacramento Ave — 131, 6 min walk NW
Plate checks2,980 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2800 W 25th St — 1,700, 8 min walk N
- 2700 W 25th St — 403, 10 min walk N
- 2500 S Washtenaw Ave — 233, 9 min walk N
- 2700 S Whipple St — 164, 7 min walk W
- 3000 S Troy St — 113, 9 min walk W
Posted restrictions64 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2600 S Washtenaw Ave — 64, 6 min walk NE
Metered blocks20,990 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2800 S California Blvd — 5,925, 1 min walk N
- 2600 S California Blvd — 5,648, 6 min walk N
- 2500 S California Blvd — 3,094, 9 min walk N
- 2900 S California Blvd — 1,943, 1 min walk SE
- 3000 S California Blvd — 1,310, 2 min walk SE
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.