When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 13
Then Wednesday, October 14. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Yes
Residential permit zone 1129. A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
371 E 31st St (7 min walk) · 3103 S Martin Luther King Dr (7 min 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 2 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,451 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2900 S Indiana Ave — 588, 2 min walk E
- 3000 S Indiana Ave — 542, 3 min walk SE
- 200 E 29th St — 340, 4 min walk NE
- 3300 S Michigan Ave — 230, 10 min walk S
- 3000 S Wells St — 228, 9 min walk W
Permit zones3,090 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 400 E 31st Street — 605, 9 min walk E
- 2800 S Prairie Ave — 578, 5 min walk NE
- 2600 S Prairie Ave — 546, 7 min walk NE
- 3100 S Vernon Ave — 504, 9 min walk E
- 2600 S Indiana Ave — 355, 7 min walk N
Plate checks10,360 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2900 S Vernon Ave — 1,403, 9 min walk E
- 2900 S State St — 1,030, 3 min walk W
- 2900 S Federal St — 1,029, 5 min walk W
- 2800 S Vernon Ave — 570, 9 min walk NE
- 2700 S Prairie Ave — 567, 6 min walk NE
Posted restrictions1,198 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 300 E 29th St — 342, 7 min walk NE
- 2900 S Wentworth Ave — 209, 8 min walk W
- 2700 S Indiana Ave — 143, 5 min walk NE
- 100 E 28th Pl — 141, 4 min walk NE
- 2700 S Calumet — 114, 7 min walk NE
Metered blocks2,308 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 0 E 26th St — 817, 8 min walk N
- 2600 S Wabash Ave — 713, 7 min walk N
- 200 W 31st St — 594, 9 min walk W
- 2800 S Wabash Ave — 140, 4 min walk N
- 2700 S Wabash Ave — 44, 6 min walk N
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 4. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr9Thu
Apr10Fri
May26Tue
May27Wed
Jul13Mon
Jul14Tue
Aug26Wed
Aug27Thu
Oct13Tue
Oct14Wed
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Tuesday, October 13.
✓Permit zoneThis block needs a zone permit; we flag the rules so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
✓Cameras2 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
✓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.