Chicago street cleaning · Ward 39
Ward 39 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 39 runs April through November. In 2024, the City scheduled cleaning on 163 days across the ward. Leave your car on the block during the posted hours on a cleaning day and it's a $60 ticket — $120 if you don't catch it in time.
Ward 39 has scheduled cleaning days in April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November. There's no street cleaning in winter, but the overnight snow ban can still apply — Autopilot alerts you for both.
Find your exact cleaning days
Cleaning dates depend on your specific block, and the City sets new dates every season — so a ward-wide season isn't enough to keep you safe. Look up your street and get a free text the night before cleaning on your block, so you can move your car and never get the ticket.
Ward 39 drivers get roughly 18,070 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 39 ticket data →
Got a street-cleaning ticket?
A street-cleaning ticket can be contested by mail — the signs must be posted and the sweeper actually scheduled that day. Here's the full cost and how to fight it →
Exact dates by section in Ward 39
The City splits Ward 39 into 17 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Montrose to Irving Park, Ridgeway to KedvaleSection 1 · 10 cleaning days
- Leland to Irving Park, Keystone to KennethSection 2 · 10 cleaning days
- Lawrence to Montrose, Lowell to CiceroSection 3 · 10 cleaning days
- Lawrence to Montrose, Pulaski to KennethSection 4 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Lawrence, Lowell to CiceroSection 5 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Lawrence, Avers to LowellSection 6 · 10 cleaning days
- Devon to Bryn Mawr, Saint Louis to LowellSection 7 · 10 cleaning days
- Peterson to Bryn Mawr, Jersey to Saint LouisSection 8 · 10 cleaning days
- Bryn Mawr to Foster, Kedzie to Saint LouisSection 9 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Ainslie, Kedzie to AversSection 10 · 8 cleaning days
- Bryn Mawr to Foster, California to Chicago RiverSection 11 · 8 cleaning days
- Devon to Peterson, Pulaski to KostnerSection 12 · 8 cleaning days
- Peterson to Devon, Kostner to CiceroSection 14 · 8 cleaning days
- Devon to Caldwell, Cicero to CentralSection 15 · 8 cleaning days
- Caldwell to Elston, Cicero to LegettSection 16 · 8 cleaning days
- Devon to Berwyn, Forest Glen to AustinSection 17 · 8 cleaning days
- Devon to Peterson, Austin to NagleSection 18 · 8 cleaning days
Other wards
Schedule figures from the City of Chicago street-sweeping schedule (FOIA F143238, 2024). Exact cleaning dates vary by block and change each season — always follow the posted signs on your street.