When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
Then Friday, October 9 · 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?
1
3152 W 47th St (10 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4300 S Troy St alone took 300 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning3,427 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 4300 S Troy St — 300, 7 min walk E
- 3100 W 46th St — 286, 8 min walk SE
- 4500 S Spaulding Ave — 283, 5 min walk SE
- 4400 S Spaulding Ave — 249, 4 min walk SE
- 3200 W 46th St — 239, 7 min walk SE
Permit zones5,025 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3100 W 41st Pl — 770, 9 min walk NE
- 3100 W 42nd Pl — 536, 7 min walk NE
- 4400 S Sawyer Ave — 483, 5 min walk SE
- 4500 S Troy St — 430, 8 min walk SE
- 4300 S Sawyer Ave — 401, 4 min walk E
Plate checks1,988 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 4600 S St Louis Ave — 339, 7 min walk S
- 4600 S Spaulding Ave — 305, 7 min walk SE
- 3200 W 45th St — 273, 5 min walk SE
- 4500 S Christiana Ave — 260, 4 min walk SE
- 4300 S Spaulding Ave — 230, 3 min walk E
Posted restrictions1,832 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 4400 S Archer Ave — 409, 3 min walk SE
- 3100 W 45th St — 308, 8 min walk E
- 4400 S Whipple St — 243, 9 min walk E
- 4200 S Albany Ave — 168, 9 min walk NE
- 4600 S Kedzie Ave — 152, 9 min walk SE
Metered blocks2,445 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 4300 S Archer Ave — 1,247, 6 min walk E
- 4200 S Archer Ave — 662, 8 min walk E
- 4200 S Whipple St — 299, 10 min walk E
- 3000 W Pope John Paul Ii Dr — 237, 10 min walk E
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 12, section 1. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
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What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, October 8.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras1 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.