When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
Then Tuesday, September 15 · Tuesday, October 27 · Wednesday, October 28. 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 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,294 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2900 S Indiana Ave — 588, 9 min walk SW
- 2300 S Indiana — 350, 8 min walk NW
- 200 E 29th St — 340, 7 min walk SW
- 2900 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 160, 6 min walk S
- 200 E 26th St — 139, 3 min walk W
Permit zones5,337 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 100 E 23rd St — 3,497, 9 min walk NW
- 2800 S Prairie Ave — 578, 6 min walk SW
- 2600 S Prairie Ave — 546, 4 min walk SW
- 2600 S Indiana Ave — 355, 5 min walk W
- 2800 S Indiana Ave — 170, 6 min walk SW
City sticker checks316 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 2600 S Lake Shore Drive — 123, 7 min walk E
- 2700 S Lake Shore Drive — 101, 7 min walk SE
- 2800 S Lake Shore Drive — 92, 9 min walk SE
Plate checks5,462 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2900 S Vernon Ave — 1,403, 7 min walk S
- 2800 S Vernon Ave — 570, 5 min walk S
- 2700 S Prairie Ave — 567, 4 min walk SW
- 2500 S Wabash Ave — 562, 8 min walk W
- 400 E 29th St — 535, 5 min walk S
Posted restrictions1,523 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 300 E 29th St — 342, 5 min walk S
- 2800 S Fort Dearborn — 198, 8 min walk SE
- 2400 S Michigan — 151, 7 min walk NW
- 2600 S Fort Dearborn — 148, 7 min walk E
- 2700 S Indiana Ave — 143, 6 min walk SW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 4, section 13. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May5Tue
May6Wed
Jun17Wed
Jun18Thu
Jul31Fri
Aug3Mon
Sep14Mon
Sep15Tue
Oct27Tue
Oct28Wed
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, September 14.
–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.