Street sweeping in Hillcrest & Uptown
The city wrote 22,961 parking tickets on Hillcrest & Uptown's swept streets in 2025, but only 1,000 were for street sweeping. Here's what actually gets people ticketed here, and the sweeping schedule for its most-ticketed blocks.
Hillcrest, Mission Hills and Bankers Hill get plenty of tickets, but mostly at meters. Sweeping is a smaller share here than in North Park next door.
Most-ticketed streets
Sweeping tickets written on each street in 2025, and the weekdays most of them were written.
| Street | Tickets | Busiest ticket days |
|---|---|---|
| Park Blvd | 388 | Wednesday & Monday |
| Adams Ave | 181 | Wednesday & Monday |
| Washington St | 107 | Wednesday & Tuesday |
| University Ave | 60 | Tuesday & Wednesday |
| W University Ave | 44 | Tuesday & Wednesday |
| W Washington St | 40 | Wednesday & Tuesday |
| State St | 32 | Thursday & Wednesday |
| Elm St | 28 | Wednesday & Thursday |
| Eagle St | 27 | Thursday |
| Fir St | 24 | Thursday |
| Normal St | 19 | Wednesday |
| W Grape St | 18 | Wednesday & Thursday |
The most-ticketed blocks, and when they're swept
Schedules are the city's own record for each block. Signs on the block are always the final word.
| Block | Between | Sweeping schedule | 2025 tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Blvd 3650–3699 | Cypress Ave & Pennsylvania Ave | 7am–8am · West side: Monday · East side: Wednesday | 86 |
| Adams Ave 2000–2099 | Florida St & Alabama St | 7am–8am · North side: Monday · South side: Wednesday | 76 |
| Park Blvd 3500–3599 | Myrtle Ave & Brookes Ave | 7am–8am · West side: Monday · East side: Wednesday | 70 |
| Washington St 800–899 | 08th Ave & 09th Ave | 3am–6am · every Tuesday & Wednesday | 65 |
| Park Blvd 3400–3499 | Upas St & Myrtle Ave | 7am–8am · West side: Monday · East side: Wednesday | 60 |
| Adams Ave 1800–1899 | Park Blvd & Georgia St | 7am–8am · North side: Monday · South side: Wednesday | 54 |
| Adams Ave 1900–1999 | Georgia St & Florida St | 7am–8am · North side: Monday · South side: Wednesday | 51 |
| Park Blvd 3600–3649 | Brookes Ave & Cypress Ave | 7am–8am · West side: Monday · East side: Wednesday | 42 |
| Park Blvd 3900–3999 | University (N Ftg) Ave & Lincoln Ave | 7am–8am · West side: Monday · East side: Wednesday | 39 |
| Park Blvd 3750–3799 | Indiana St & Essex St | 7am–8am · West side: Monday · East side: Wednesday | 38 |
When the sweeper comes
Sweeping hours on the signs here are usually 3am–6am, 7am–8am, 2am–6am. Many blocks are swept on different days for each side of the street, so the side you parked on tonight matters.
Sweeping skips city holidays and picks up on the next scheduled day. A ticket is $83.50.
Other tickets on these streets
- Expired meter9,363
- Sign violation (time limits, no-parking hours)1,807
- Red curb1,582
- Residential permit zone1,388
- Registration tag not displayed1,325
2025 tickets on Hillcrest & Uptown's swept streets, excluding sweeping.
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Other neighborhoods
- North Park 16,665
- Mid-City: City Heights, Normal Heights & Kensington 15,445
- Pacific Beach 12,264
- Downtown 8,576
- Ocean Beach 5,907
- Southeastern San Diego 5,447
- Mission Beach 4,265
- Golden Hill 2,657
- College Area (SDSU) 253
Where these numbers come from. The City of San Diego's open parking-citation data for 2025 (data.sandiego.gov), matched by block address to the city's GeoSweep street-sweeping map, which also supplies each block's schedule and planning area. "Hillcrest & Uptown" is the city's own community planning area. About 92% of sweeping tickets could be matched to a block; the rest are left out, so real totals are slightly higher. The $83.50 fine is the amount on sweeping tickets written in 2026. ParkGuard isn't affiliated with the City of San Diego. Updated 2026-09-27.