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?
5
31 W 87th St (4 min walk) · 8646 S Lafayette Ave (4 min walk) · 8550 S Lafayette Ave (7 min walk) +2 more
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8500 S Prairie Ave alone took 98 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning219 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 8500 S Prairie Ave — 98, 8 min walk NE
- 8400 S Indiana Ave — 80, 9 min walk N
- 100 W 91st Pl — 41, 10 min walk SW
Permit zones984 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 8700 S Wabash Ave — 320, 1 min walk N
- 8700 S Michigan Ave — 311, 2 min walk NE
- 8800 S Wabash Ave — 182, 1 min walk S
- 8700 S Indiana Ave — 171, 3 min walk NE
Plate checks2,610 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 400 E 87th St — 263, 10 min walk E
- 400 E 88th St — 209, 10 min walk E
- 0 E 89th St — 151, 4 min walk S
- 8800 S Michigan Ave — 131, 2 min walk SE
- 9100 S Michigan Ave — 131, 9 min walk S
Posted restrictions407 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 8600 S Wabash Ave — 153, 3 min walk N
- 8700 S State St — 131, 2 min walk W
- 8600 S State St — 82, 4 min walk NW
- 8800 S State St — 41, 2 min walk SW
Other enforcement236 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 200 W 87th St — 153, 8 min walk W
- 100 W 87th St — 83, 6 min walk NW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 6, section 18. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May19Tue
May20Wed
Aug6Thu
Aug7Fri
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.
✓Cameras5 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.