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?
2
371 E 31st St (9 min walk) · 3103 S Martin Luther King Dr (9 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 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,936 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2900 S Indiana Ave — 588, 8 min walk NE
- 3000 S Indiana Ave — 542, 6 min walk NE
- 3400 S Indiana Ave — 285, 7 min walk SE
- 3300 S Michigan Ave — 230, 4 min walk SE
- 3500 S Prairie Ave — 228, 8 min walk SE
Permit zones2,593 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3200 S Wells St — 517, 8 min walk W
- 3500 S Dearborn St — 402, 8 min walk S
- 0 W 36th St — 380, 9 min walk S
- 3100 S Wells St — 332, 8 min walk W
- 3100 S Princeton Ave — 297, 9 min walk W
Plate checks6,051 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2900 S State St — 1,030, 7 min walk N
- 2900 S Federal St — 1,029, 8 min walk NW
- 3200 S Prairie Ave — 452, 5 min walk E
- 0 E 36th Pl — 394, 8 min walk S
- 3200 S Princeton Ave — 353, 9 min walk W
Posted restrictions730 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3500 S Michigan Ave — 262, 7 min walk S
- 2900 S Wentworth Ave — 209, 10 min walk NW
- 2900 S Dearborn — 113, 9 min walk N
- 100 W 35th St — 79, 7 min walk SW
- 100 E 36th St — 67, 9 min walk S
Metered blocks5,331 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3500 S State St — 1,889, 7 min walk S
- 0 W 35th St — 1,719, 8 min walk S
- 100 E 35th St — 739, 7 min walk SE
- 200 W 31st St — 594, 8 min walk NW
- 0 E 35th St — 390, 6 min walk S
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 zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓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.