When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
Then Monday, September 21 · Tuesday, November 10 · Thursday, November 12. 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: 3200 W 53rd St alone took 223 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning609 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 3200 W 53rd St — 223, 7 min walk SE
- 3100 W 52nd St — 173, 9 min walk E
- 3300 W 51st St — 86, 2 min walk SE
- 3700 W 51st St — 78, 9 min walk W
- 3600 W 53rd St — 49, 7 min walk SW
Permit zones3,977 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3100 W 53rd St — 677, 10 min walk SE
- 3400 W 54th Pl — 537, 8 min walk S
- 5200 S Troy St — 472, 8 min walk SE
- 3400 W 53rd St — 458, 6 min walk S
- 5200 S Sawyer Ave — 345, 6 min walk SE
Plate checks5,309 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3200 W 54th St — 340, 10 min walk SE
- 5200 S Christiana Ave — 315, 5 min walk SE
- 5300 S Sawyer Ave — 310, 8 min walk SE
- 5200 S Albany Ave — 295, 10 min walk SE
- 5100 S Whipple St — 226, 10 min walk E
Posted restrictions1,316 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 5100 S Kedzie Ave — 513, 6 min walk E
- 5200 S Kedzie Ave — 325, 7 min walk SE
- 5300 S Kedzie Ave — 239, 9 min walk SE
- 3400 W 51st St — 144, 1 min walk SW
- 3000 W 51st St — 49, 9 min walk E
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 14, section 6. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr15Wed
Apr16Thu
Jun5Fri
Jun8Mon
Jul29Wed
Jul30Thu
Sep18Fri
Sep21Mon
Nov10Tue
Nov12Thu
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, September 18.
–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.