When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
Then Monday, September 21 · 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?
1
4707 S Kedzie Ave (10 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 W 54th St alone took 346 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,349 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3000 W 54th St — 346, 8 min walk S
- 3200 W 53rd St — 223, 7 min walk SW
- 3100 W 52nd St — 173, 3 min walk S
- 5100 S Fairfield Ave — 157, 8 min walk E
- 5200 S Whipple St — 154, 3 min walk S
Permit zones4,353 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3100 W 53rd St — 677, 7 min walk S
- 3000 W 53rd St — 627, 5 min walk S
- 5200 S Troy St — 472, 4 min walk SW
- 5200 S Sawyer Ave — 345, 6 min walk SW
- 5100 S Sawyer Ave — 323, 5 min walk SW
Plate checks6,571 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3100 W 54th St — 524, 9 min walk S
- 3200 W 54th St — 340, 9 min walk SW
- 5200 S Christiana Ave — 315, 8 min walk SW
- 5300 S Sawyer Ave — 310, 8 min walk SW
- 5300 S Albany Ave — 297, 7 min walk S
Posted restrictions1,706 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 5100 S Kedzie Ave — 513, 3 min walk SW
- 5200 S Kedzie Ave — 325, 5 min walk SW
- 5300 S Kedzie Ave — 239, 7 min walk SW
- 5400 S Kedzie Ave — 227, 9 min walk S
- 2700 W 51st St — 160, 7 min walk E
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 14, section 6. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr15Wed
Apr16Thu
Jun5Fri
Jun8Mon
Jul29Wed
Jul30Thu
Sep18Fri
Sep21Mon
Nov10Tue
Nov12Thu
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, September 18.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras1 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.