Chicago parking by block · Greater Grand Crossing · Ward 8

Parking at 1050 E 76th

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1000–1099 E 76th. Everything here is from City records — 14,759 parking tickets written across 99 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

7732 S Cottage Grove Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 8, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 1050 E 76th

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7800 S Ellis Ave alone took 213 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,350 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

7800 S Ellis Ave — 213 tickets, 7 min walk S
7600 S Drexel Ave — 194 tickets, 3 min walk W
7800 S Drexel Ave — 175 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Permit zones2,506 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

7900 S Ellis Ave — 813 tickets, 9 min walk S
7900 S Dobson Ave — 655 tickets, 9 min walk S
7800 S Evans Ave — 414 tickets, 10 min walk SW

City sticker checks449 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

7500 S Evans Ave — 231 tickets, 7 min walk W
7400 S Evans — 218 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Plate checks6,222 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

7500 S Cottage Grove — 1,092 tickets, 6 min walk W
7900 S Drexel Ave — 624 tickets, 9 min walk S
7500 S Champlain — 514 tickets, 10 min walk W

Posted restrictions1,672 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

700 E 75th St — 1,526 tickets, 7 min walk W
900 E 78th St — 91 tickets, 6 min walk SW
900 E 76th St — 55 tickets, 1 min walk W

Metered blocks1,807 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

7700 S Cottage Grove Ave — 995 tickets, 7 min walk SW
7600 S Cottage Grove Ave — 520 tickets, 6 min walk W
800 E 79th St — 205 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Other enforcement96 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1100 E 76th St — 96 tickets, 4 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

7732 S Cottage Grove Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 cameras nearby.
Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.

The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.

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Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 8, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.