When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 13
Then Wednesday, October 14. 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: 800 W 31st St alone took 569 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning6,141 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 800 W 31st St — 569, 10 min walk W
- 3200 S Wallace St — 284, 4 min walk SW
- 3000 S Princeton Ave — 269, 5 min walk NE
- 3000 S Wells St — 228, 6 min walk NE
- 200 W 32nd St — 224, 5 min walk E
Permit zones7,157 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3200 S Wells St — 517, 6 min walk E
- 3100 S Emerald Ave — 486, 7 min walk W
- 3200 S Emerald Ave — 410, 8 min walk W
- 3100 S Union Ave — 402, 6 min walk W
- 700 W 32nd St — 364, 8 min walk W
Plate checks4,306 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3300 S Union Ave — 387, 7 min walk SW
- 3200 S Princeton Ave — 353, 4 min walk E
- 3100 S Shields Ave — 312, 3 min walk E
- 3200 S Green St — 278, 10 min walk W
- 3300 S Wallace St — 275, 6 min walk SW
Posted restrictions368 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
- 2900 S Wentworth Ave — 209, 8 min walk NE
- 600 W 29th St — 159, 9 min walk NW
Metered blocks13,469 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3200 S Halsted St — 5,242, 9 min walk W
- 3300 S Halsted St — 3,127, 9 min walk W
- 500 W 31st St — 1,015, 4 min walk NW
- 700 W 31st St — 744, 7 min walk W
- 200 W 31st St — 594, 6 min walk E
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 11, section 3. 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 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.