When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
Then Friday, November 6 · Monday, November 9. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Yes
Residential permit zone 383. A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
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: 3900 N Janssen Ave alone took 507 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning10,224 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3900 N Janssen Ave — 507, 9 min walk N
- 3800 N Ashland Ave — 487, 7 min walk N
- 1400 W Byron St — 478, 8 min walk N
- 3500 N Janssen Ave — 448, 3 min walk E
- 3700 N Janssen Ave — 410, 5 min walk NE
Permit zones24,913 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1100 W Eddy St — 3,224, 10 min walk E
- 1100 W Cornelia Ave — 1,173, 10 min walk E
- 3700 N Racine Ave — 1,071, 10 min walk NE
- 3600 N Racine Ave — 919, 9 min walk E
- 3400 N Marshfield Ave — 903, 4 min walk SW
Plate checks4,110 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1400 W Melrose St — 387, 9 min walk S
- 3300 N Lakewood Ave — 376, 9 min walk SE
- 3400 N Lakewood Ave — 344, 7 min walk E
- 1300 W School St — 298, 9 min walk SE
- 3500 N Paulina St — 276, 4 min walk W
Posted restrictions2,653 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 1300 W Addison St — 953, 5 min walk E
- 1200 W Addison St — 920, 9 min walk E
- 1400 W Addison St — 475, 2 min walk E
- 1500 W Addison St — 305, 1 min walk NE
Metered blocks51,594 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3500 N Southport Ave — 5,777, 4 min walk E
- 3400 N Southport Ave — 5,450, 5 min walk SE
- 3700 N Southport Ave — 4,203, 7 min walk NE
- 3300 N Lincoln Ave — 2,797, 6 min walk SW
- 3600 N Southport Ave — 2,428, 4 min walk E
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 47, section 17. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May15Fri
May18Mon
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Sep10Thu
Sep11Fri
Nov6Fri
Nov9Mon
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, September 11.
✓Permit zoneThis block needs a zone permit; we flag the rules so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
–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.