When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
Then Tuesday, September 15 · Thursday, October 15 · Friday, October 16 · Tuesday, November 17. 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?
3
2948 W 47th St (3 min walk) · 3152 W 47th St (3 min walk) · 4707 S Kedzie Ave (3 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 W 46th St alone took 331 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning5,145 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2900 W 46th St — 331, 4 min walk NE
- 4300 S Troy St — 300, 8 min walk N
- 2800 W 46th St — 295, 7 min walk E
- 3100 W 46th St — 286, 3 min walk NW
- 4500 S Spaulding Ave — 283, 6 min walk NW
Permit zones9,275 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4400 S Sawyer Ave — 483, 7 min walk NW
- 4500 S Fairfield Ave — 475, 9 min walk NE
- 4500 S Troy St — 430, 4 min walk NW
- 4600 S Sacramento Ave — 428, 2 min walk E
- 4600 S Richmond St — 416, 3 min walk E
Plate checks1,898 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4500 S Francisco Ave — 379, 6 min walk NE
- 4600 S Spaulding Ave — 305, 6 min walk W
- 3200 W 45th St — 273, 7 min walk NW
- 4500 S Christiana Ave — 260, 8 min walk NW
- 4500 S California Ave — 249, 8 min walk NE
Posted restrictions2,982 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 4400 S Archer Ave — 409, 8 min walk NW
- 3000 W 46th St — 310, 2 min walk N
- 3100 W 45th St — 308, 5 min walk N
- 2900 W 44th St — 256, 8 min walk NE
- 4300 S Francisco Ave — 255, 10 min walk NE
Metered blocks1,484 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 4300 S Archer Ave — 1,247, 9 min walk N
- 3000 W Pope John Paul Ii Dr — 237, 10 min walk N
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 12, section 3. 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 Monday, September 14.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras3 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.