When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, October 21
Then Thursday, October 22. 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: 4200 S Michigan Ave alone took 819 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,947 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4200 S Michigan Ave — 819, 9 min walk SE
- 3600 S Indiana Ave — 617, 10 min walk NE
- 3900 S Indiana Ave — 488, 6 min walk E
- 4100 S Indiana Ave — 461, 8 min walk SE
- 4100 S Michigan Ave — 426, 7 min walk SE
Permit zones2,333 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4000 S Indiana Ave — 447, 7 min walk E
- 3500 S Dearborn St — 402, 10 min walk N
- 0 W 36th St — 380, 9 min walk N
- 3800 S Giles Ave — 251, 9 min walk E
- 3500 S Federal St — 233, 10 min walk N
Plate checks4,300 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 300 W 42nd Pl — 333, 10 min walk SW
- 3800 S Princeton Ave — 322, 7 min walk W
- 3700 S Princeton Ave — 302, 7 min walk NW
- 100 E 42nd St — 220, 8 min walk SE
- 0 E 37th St — 213, 7 min walk N
Posted restrictions372 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 4200 S State St — 211, 8 min walk S
- 3700 S State — 102, 5 min walk N
- 3800 S Prairie Ave — 59, 8 min walk E
Metered blocks479 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 3600 S State St — 479, 7 min walk N
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 7. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr17Fri
Apr20Mon
Jun3Wed
Jun4Thu
Jul21Tue
Jul22Wed
Sep3Thu
Sep4Fri
Oct21Wed
Oct22Thu
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, October 21.
–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.