When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, November 19
Then Friday, November 20. 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: 7000 S Michigan Ave alone took 239 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,477 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 7000 S Michigan Ave — 239, 7 min walk SE
- 7000 S Indiana Ave — 168, 8 min walk SE
- 6800 S Wabash Ave — 158, 4 min walk E
- 6900 S Prairie Ave — 110, 9 min walk E
- 6900 S Michigan Ave — 104, 6 min walk E
Permit zones398 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 6900 S Wabash Ave — 273, 4 min walk SE
- 7100 S Lafayette Ave — 82, 8 min walk S
- 6800 S Lafayette Ave — 43, 1 min walk NE
Plate checks5,148 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 6800 S Perry Ave — 542, 1 min walk W
- 7100 S Wabash Ave — 256, 8 min walk SE
- 7000 S Vincennes Ave — 235, 3 min walk S
- 6700 S Indiana Ave — 231, 7 min walk NE
- 7100 S Indiana Ave — 214, 10 min walk SE
Posted restrictions397 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 6700 S Michigan — 287, 6 min walk NE
- 0 W 71st St — 110, 6 min walk S
Metered blocks1,405 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 7100 S State St — 1,198, 7 min walk S
- 0 E 71st St — 137, 7 min walk SE
- 6900 S State St — 70, 3 min walk SE
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 6, section 27. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Jun15Mon
Jun16Tue
Sep1Tue
Sep2Wed
Nov19Thu
Nov20Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, November 19.
–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.