When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
Then Friday, October 23 · 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?
2
3103 S Martin Luther King Dr (7 min walk) · 371 E 31st St (8 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 400 E 35th St alone took 542 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,458 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 400 E 35th St — 542, 4 min walk S
- 600 E 35th St — 254, 6 min walk SE
- 3500 S Prairie Ave — 228, 9 min walk SW
- 3100 S Prairie Ave — 215, 9 min walk NW
- 3300 S Prairie Ave — 213, 8 min walk W
Permit zones3,752 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 3100 S Rhodes Ave — 1,164, 5 min walk N
- 500 E 32nd St — 635, 2 min walk NE
- 400 E 31st Street — 605, 6 min walk NW
- 3200 S Rhodes Ave — 550, 2 min walk N
- 3100 S Vernon Ave — 504, 5 min walk NW
City sticker checks313 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 3000 S Lake Shore Drive — 222, 8 min walk NE
- 2900 S Lake Shore Drive — 91, 9 min walk NE
Plate checks8,819 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 3500 S Rhodes Ave — 1,852, 8 min walk S
- 500 E Browning Ave — 637, 6 min walk S
- 500 E 33rd Pl — 601, 1 min walk S
- 400 E 33rd St — 541, 2 min walk W
- 400 E 32nd St — 492, 4 min walk N
Posted restrictions1,276 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3100 S Lake Shore Dr — 728, 7 min walk NE
- 3000 S Fort Dearborn — 494, 9 min walk NE
- 3000 S Cottage Grove — 54, 7 min walk N
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 4, section 12. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May1Fri
May4Mon
Jun15Mon
Jun16Tue
Jul29Wed
Jul30Thu
Sep10Thu
Sep11Fri
Oct23Fri
Oct26Mon
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, September 11.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras2 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.