Chicago street cleaning · Ward 41
Ward 41 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 41 runs April through November. In 2024, the City scheduled cleaning on 164 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 41 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 41 drivers get roughly 21,414 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 41 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 41
The City splits Ward 41 into 32 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Howard to Northwest Highway, Oriole to OverhillSection 1 · 10 cleaning days
- Howard to Touhy, Oketo to OrioleSection 2 · 10 cleaning days
- Howard to Touhy, Harlem to OketoSection 3 · 10 cleaning days
- Touhy to Pratt, Harlem to OsceolaSection 4 · 10 cleaning days
- Touhy to Pratt, Osceola to OverhillSection 5 · 10 cleaning days
- Pratt to Northwest Highway, Harlem to OshkoshSection 6 · 10 cleaning days
- Northwest Highway to Devon, Harlem to CanfieldSection 7 · 10 cleaning days
- Devon to Peterson, Oriole to CanfieldSection 8 · 10 cleaning days
- Devon to Overhill, Harlem to OrioleSection 9 · 10 cleaning days
- Glenlake to Bryn Mawr, Oriole to CanfieldSection 10 · 8 cleaning days
- Everell to Bryn Mawr, Harlem to OrioleSection 11 · 10 cleaning days
- Bryn Mawr to Catherine, Cumberland to East River RoadSection 12 · 10 cleaning days
- Cathrine to Argyle, Cumberland to East River RoadSection 13 · 12 cleaning days
- Seminole to Memory Lane, Cumberland to CanfieldSection 14 · 10 cleaning days
- Bryn Mawr to Foster, Oriole to CanfieldSection 15 · 12 cleaning days
- Catalpa to Argyle, Ottawa to HarlemSection 16 · 10 cleaning days
- Talcott to Catalpa, Oriole to SayreSection 17 · 10 cleaning days
- Avondale to Talcott, Harlem to East CircleSection 18 · 10 cleaning days
- Avondale to Talcott, East Circle to NagleSection 19 · 10 cleaning days
- Gregory to Foster, Harlem to NewlandSection 20 · 10 cleaning days
- Gregory to Foster, Normandy to NewlandSection 21 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Gunnison, Harlem to SayreSection 22 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Gunnison, Sayre to RutherfordSection 23 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Gunnison, Rutherford to NatchezSection 24 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Giddings, Natchez to AustinSection 25 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Gregory, Mulligan to NeenahSection 26 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Gregory, Neenah to NormandySection 27 · 10 cleaning days
- Northwestern Highway to Newburg, Raven to NagleSection 28 · 10 cleaning days
- Raven to Devon, Newark to HarlemSection 29 · 10 cleaning days
- Devon to Raven, Natoma to NewarkSection 30 · 10 cleaning days
- Albion to Devon, Milwaukee Avenue to NewarkSection 31 · 10 cleaning days
- Albion to Devon, Newark to HarlemSection 32 · 10 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.