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?
1
8590 S Martin Luther King Dr (10 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 400 E 90th St alone took 57 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
Street cleaning57 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 400 E 90th St — 57, 3 min walk E
Permit zones1,050 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 8700 S Wabash Ave — 320, 8 min walk NW
- 8700 S Michigan Ave — 311, 7 min walk NW
- 8800 S Wabash Ave — 182, 7 min walk NW
- 8700 S Indiana Ave — 171, 7 min walk NW
- 9200 S Wabash Ave — 66, 10 min walk SW
City sticker checks76 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 9200 S Prairie Ave — 76, 8 min walk S
Plate checks4,665 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 400 E 87th St — 263, 7 min walk NE
- 600 E 89th St — 253, 9 min walk E
- 500 E 89th St — 239, 6 min walk E
- 600 E 90th St — 213, 8 min walk E
- 400 E 88th St — 209, 6 min walk NE
Posted restrictions325 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 8600 S Wabash Ave — 153, 10 min walk NW
- 8700 S State St — 131, 9 min walk NW
- 8800 S State St — 41, 9 min walk W
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 6, section 15. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May11Mon
May12Tue
Jul29Wed
Jul30Thu
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.
✓Cameras1 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.