When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
Then Tuesday, September 15 · Thursday, October 29 · Friday, October 30. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Yes
Residential permit zone 1658. 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: 4200 S Michigan Ave alone took 819 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning8,086 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4200 S Michigan Ave — 819, 4 min walk S
- 3900 S Indiana Ave — 488, 3 min walk N
- 4100 S Indiana Ave — 461, 2 min walk S
- 4300 S Michigan Ave — 445, 7 min walk S
- 4100 S Michigan Ave — 426, 2 min walk SW
Permit zones3,537 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4300 S Prairie Ave — 1,124, 7 min walk S
- 4300 S Calumet Ave — 547, 8 min walk SE
- 4200 S Prairie Ave — 455, 5 min walk SE
- 4000 S Indiana Ave — 447, 1 min walk N
- 4200 S Calumet Ave — 324, 6 min walk SE
Plate checks4,701 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4400 S Calumet Ave — 292, 10 min walk S
- 4400 S Michigan Ave — 266, 9 min walk S
- 4300 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 231, 9 min walk SE
- 100 E 42nd St — 220, 3 min walk S
- 4300 S Dearborn St — 207, 8 min walk SW
Posted restrictions372 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 4200 S State St — 211, 6 min walk SW
- 3700 S State — 102, 9 min walk NW
- 3800 S Prairie Ave — 59, 5 min walk N
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 10. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr27Mon
Apr28Tue
Jun11Thu
Jun12Fri
Jul29Wed
Jul30Thu
Sep14Mon
Sep15Tue
Oct29Thu
Oct30Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, September 14.
✓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.