When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
Then Tuesday, September 15 · Tuesday, November 10 · Thursday, November 12. 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: 3800 N Ashland Ave alone took 487 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning9,906 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3800 N Ashland Ave — 487, 9 min walk NE
- 3500 N Janssen Ave — 448, 9 min walk E
- 3700 N Janssen Ave — 410, 10 min walk NE
- 3700 N Ashland Ave — 391, 7 min walk NE
- 3600 N Janssen Ave — 390, 9 min walk E
Permit zones10,865 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3400 N Marshfield Ave — 903, 6 min walk SE
- 3400 N Paulina St — 523, 4 min walk SE
- 3600 N Marshfield Ave — 509, 5 min walk NE
- 3400 N Janssen Ave — 505, 10 min walk E
- 1700 W Roscoe St — 487, 5 min walk S
Plate checks3,731 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3500 N Paulina St — 276, 3 min walk E
- 1700 W Melrose St — 258, 9 min walk S
- 3500 N Ashland Ave — 239, 5 min walk E
- 1700 W School St — 185, 7 min walk S
- 1800 W Byron St — 180, 8 min walk N
Posted restrictions1,179 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 1400 W Addison St — 475, 8 min walk E
- 1500 W Addison St — 305, 7 min walk E
- 1700 W Belmont Ave — 266, 10 min walk S
- 1800 W Belmont Ave — 133, 10 min walk S
Metered blocks21,402 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3300 N Lincoln Ave — 2,797, 7 min walk SE
- 2000 W Roscoe St — 2,467, 8 min walk SW
- 3400 N Lincoln Ave — 2,073, 5 min walk SE
- 3200 N Lincoln Ave — 2,026, 9 min walk SE
- 1600 W Melrose St — 1,773, 9 min walk SE
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 47, section 18. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May19Tue
May20Wed
Jul17Fri
Jul20Mon
Sep14Mon
Sep15Tue
Nov10Tue
Nov12Thu
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, September 14.
–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.