When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
Then Monday, October 26. 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: 3900 S Indiana Ave alone took 488 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning6,118 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3900 S Indiana Ave — 488, 7 min walk W
- 4100 S Indiana Ave — 461, 8 min walk SW
- 4100 S Michigan Ave — 426, 9 min walk W
- 400 E 41st St — 353, 2 min walk SE
- 400 E Oakwood Blvd — 350, 2 min walk N
Permit zones3,364 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 4300 S Prairie Ave — 1,124, 9 min walk SW
- 4300 S Calumet Ave — 547, 9 min walk SW
- 4200 S Prairie Ave — 455, 8 min walk SW
- 4000 S Indiana Ave — 447, 7 min walk W
- 4200 S Calumet Ave — 324, 7 min walk SW
Plate checks6,679 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3600 S Rhodes Ave — 435, 9 min walk N
- 600 E 38th Pl — 308, 7 min walk NE
- 700 E 38th Pl — 281, 8 min walk NE
- 500 E 38th St — 234, 5 min walk N
- 4300 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 231, 8 min walk S
Posted restrictions59 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3800 S Prairie Ave — 59, 7 min walk NW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 8. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr21Tue
Apr22Wed
Jun5Fri
Jun8Mon
Jul23Thu
Jul24Fri
Sep8Tue
Sep9Wed
Oct23Fri
Oct26Mon
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, October 23.
–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.