When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
Then Friday, October 9. 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
8590 S Martin Luther King Dr (2 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8300 S St Lawrence Ave alone took 150 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning524 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 8300 S St Lawrence Ave — 150, 8 min walk NE
- 8500 S Prairie Ave — 98, 5 min walk W
- 8400 S Indiana Ave — 80, 8 min walk NW
- 8200 S St Lawrence Ave — 68, 9 min walk N
- 500 E 86th St — 67, 2 min walk E
Permit zones781 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 8700 S Michigan Ave — 311, 10 min walk SW
- 8600 S Maryland Ave — 299, 10 min walk E
- 8700 S Indiana Ave — 171, 8 min walk SW
Plate checks5,779 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 8200 S Vernon Ave — 397, 9 min walk N
- 8200 S Langley Ave — 330, 10 min walk NE
- 700 E 88th St — 273, 10 min walk SE
- 400 E 87th St — 263, 4 min walk S
- 600 E 89th St — 253, 9 min walk SE
Posted restrictions151 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 700 E 87th Pl — 151, 8 min walk SE
Other enforcement82 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 8400 S Cottage Grove — 82, 9 min walk NE
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 6, section 13. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May5Tue
May6Wed
Jul23Thu
Jul24Fri
Oct8Thu
Oct9Fri
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.