When is this block cleaned?
Monday, October 19
Then Tuesday, October 20. 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: 3600 S Indiana Ave alone took 617 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning6,625 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3600 S Indiana Ave — 617, 7 min walk NW
- 3900 S Indiana Ave — 488, 4 min walk SW
- 4100 S Indiana Ave — 461, 8 min walk SW
- 4100 S Michigan Ave — 426, 9 min walk SW
- 400 E 41st St — 353, 7 min walk SE
Permit zones1,693 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4200 S Prairie Ave — 455, 10 min walk S
- 4000 S Indiana Ave — 447, 5 min walk SW
- 4200 S Calumet Ave — 324, 9 min walk S
- 3800 S Giles Ave — 251, 2 min walk W
- 3900 S Prairie Ave — 216, 2 min walk W
Plate checks8,297 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3500 S Rhodes Ave — 1,852, 7 min walk NE
- 3600 S Rhodes Ave — 435, 7 min walk NE
- 3500 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 340, 8 min walk N
- 600 E 38th Pl — 308, 8 min walk E
- 700 E 38th Pl — 281, 9 min walk E
Posted restrictions228 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3700 S State — 102, 9 min walk W
- 100 E 36th St — 67, 9 min walk NW
- 3800 S Prairie Ave — 59, 3 min walk W
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 6. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
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Jun1Mon
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Jul17Fri
Jul20Mon
Sep1Tue
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Oct19Mon
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What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, October 19.
–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.