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?
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: 2900 S Indiana Ave alone took 588 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning3,056 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2900 S Indiana Ave — 588, 8 min walk S
- 2300 S Indiana — 350, 6 min walk NE
- 200 E 29th St — 340, 7 min walk SE
- 2600 S Wells St — 230, 9 min walk W
- 2600 S Princeton Ave — 220, 10 min walk W
Permit zones9,337 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 100 E 23rd St — 3,497, 8 min walk N
- 0 E 23rd St — 3,119, 7 min walk N
- 2300 S Wabash Ave — 881, 6 min walk N
- 2800 S Prairie Ave — 578, 7 min walk SE
- 2600 S Prairie Ave — 546, 5 min walk SE
Plate checks9,787 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 200 W 24th St — 1,095, 10 min walk NW
- 2900 S State St — 1,030, 8 min walk S
- 2900 S Federal St — 1,029, 9 min walk SW
- 2700 S Prairie Ave — 567, 6 min walk SE
- 2500 S Wabash Ave — 562, 1 min walk NW
Posted restrictions19,066 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2200 S Michigan Ave — 16,163, 9 min walk N
- 2200 S Indiana — 1,178, 9 min walk N
- 0 W 23rd St — 533, 9 min walk NW
- 300 E 29th St — 342, 9 min walk SE
- 2400 S Michigan — 151, 3 min walk NE
Metered blocks19,446 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2300 S Wentworth Ave — 4,917, 9 min walk NW
- 0 E Cermak Rd — 3,457, 10 min walk N
- 2300 S Michigan Ave — 3,141, 6 min walk N
- 2200 S Wabash Ave — 2,439, 8 min walk N
- 2400 S Wentworth Ave — 2,005, 8 min walk W
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 3, section 3. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr7Tue
Apr8Wed
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jul9Thu
Jul10Fri
Aug24Mon
Aug25Tue
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.
–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.