When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 1
Then Friday, October 2 · Thursday, November 5 · Friday, November 6. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Yes
Residential permit zone 383. A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
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: 2600 N Orchard St alone took 771 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning7,509 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 2600 N Orchard St — 771, 8 min walk S
- 800 W Wolfram St — 595, 5 min walk SW
- 400 W Wellington Ave — 578, 8 min walk E
- 500 W Wellington Ave — 546, 6 min walk E
- 700 W Oakdale Ave — 531, 1 min walk S
Permit zones16,036 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 600 W Aldine Ave — 1,571, 8 min walk NE
- 2900 N Mildred Ave — 1,050, 4 min walk SW
- 600 W Melrose St — 977, 7 min walk NE
- 800 W Wellington Ave — 934, 1 min walk W
- 900 W Barry Ave — 903, 4 min walk NW
Plate checks5,205 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2600 N Burling St — 808, 9 min walk S
- 400 W Melrose St — 775, 10 min walk NE
- 700 W Briar Pl — 763, 4 min walk N
- 400 W Briar Pl — 679, 9 min walk E
- 3100 N Cambridge Ave — 673, 7 min walk NE
Posted restrictions11,525 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 3200 N Halsted St — 5,704, 6 min walk N
- 500 W Belmont Ave — 1,883, 7 min walk NE
- 400 W Belmont Ave — 1,225, 10 min walk NE
- 2900 N Pine Grove Ave — 837, 7 min walk E
- 400 W Surf St — 689, 8 min walk SE
Metered blocks154,332 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2600 N Halsted St — 6,328, 9 min walk S
- 3300 N Halsted St — 6,280, 8 min walk N
- 2800 N Broadway St — 5,027, 6 min walk SE
- 3200 N Clark St — 4,968, 7 min walk NW
- 2800 N Clark St — 4,922, 5 min walk SE
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 44, section 10. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
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What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, October 1.
✓Permit zoneThis block needs a zone permit; we flag the rules so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
–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.