When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
Then Friday, October 16. 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?
3
3137 W Peterson Ave (2 min walk) · 2801 W Peterson Ave (8 min walk) · 5981 N California Ave (8 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6200 N Francisco Ave alone took 279 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning4,931 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 6200 N Francisco Ave — 279, 9 min walk NE
- 6100 N Mozart St — 231, 8 min walk NE
- 6300 N Whipple St — 216, 10 min walk N
- 2800 W Glenlake Ave — 211, 8 min walk NE
- 6200 N Sacramento Ave — 204, 8 min walk NE
Permit zones825 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 6000 N Fairfield Ave — 310, 10 min walk E
- 5900 N Sacramento — 225, 3 min walk E
- 6000 N Richmond St — 159, 5 min walk NE
- 5900 N Richmond St — 131, 5 min walk E
Plate checks1,279 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 5700 N Christiana — 220, 8 min walk SW
- 5800 N Bernard — 171, 8 min walk W
- 3200 W Hollywood Ave — 129, 7 min walk S
- 5700 N Kimball — 113, 9 min walk SW
- 5700 N Bernard St — 85, 10 min walk SW
Posted restrictions2,534 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
- 6200 N Mozart St — 320, 10 min walk NE
- 6300 N Albany Ave — 264, 10 min walk N
- 5700 N Spaulding Ave — 254, 8 min walk SW
- 2900 W Rosemont Ave — 254, 10 min walk NE
- 3200 W Olive Ave — 231, 9 min walk S
Metered blocks426 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 5600 N Spaulding Ave — 426, 9 min walk SW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 50, section 13. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr9Thu
Apr10Fri
Jun15Mon
Jun16Tue
Jul27Mon
Jul28Tue
Sep3Thu
Sep4Fri
Oct15Thu
Oct16Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, October 15.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras3 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.