When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
Then Thursday, September 17 · Thursday, October 8 · Friday, October 9 · Monday, November 2. 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?
4
216 S Jefferson St (3 min walk) · 147 S Desplaines St (5 min walk) · 3 S Halsted St (9 min walk) +1 more
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 900 W Van Buren St alone took 596 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,088 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 900 W Van Buren St — 596, 9 min walk W
- 300 S Peoria St — 492, 9 min walk W
Permit zones9,826 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 100 S Peoria St — 1,369, 10 min walk NW
- 400 S Clinton St — 1,123, 2 min walk S
- 700 S Wells St — 1,034, 10 min walk SE
- 600 S Wells St — 892, 9 min walk SE
- 700 W Quincy St — 830, 6 min walk W
Plate checks1,367 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 800 W Van Buren St — 557, 7 min walk W
- 200 S Peoria St — 452, 9 min walk W
- 400 S La Salle St — 251, 10 min walk E
- 700 W Gladys Ave — 107, 4 min walk W
Posted restrictions10,959 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 500 W Madison St — 2,897, 7 min walk N
- 600 S Clinton St — 1,240, 4 min walk S
- 900 W Adams St — 792, 10 min walk W
- 100 W Quincy St — 569, 9 min walk E
- 200 S Franklin St — 522, 6 min walk E
Metered blocks67,470 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 300 S Wells St — 2,719, 8 min walk E
- 600 W Jackson Blvd — 2,680, 3 min walk NW
- 800 W Monroe St — 2,376, 8 min walk NW
- 700 S Clinton St — 2,289, 7 min walk S
- 600 S Jefferson St — 2,198, 5 min walk S
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 34, section 3. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr7Tue
Apr8Wed
Apr29Wed
Apr30Thu
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jun15Mon
Jun16Tue
Jul9Thu
Jul10Fri
Jul31Fri
Aug3Mon
Aug24Mon
Aug25Tue
Sep16Wed
Sep17Thu
Oct8Thu
Oct9Fri
Nov2Mon
Nov3Tue
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, September 16.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras4 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.