Chicago parking by block · Greater Grand Crossing · Ward 5

Parking at 1150 E 74th

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1100–1199 E 74th. Everything here is from City records — 8,166 parking tickets written across 92 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 16

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

7157 S South Chicago Ave (9 min walk) · 819 E 71st St (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 5, section 1. 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 1150 E 74th

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7600 S Drexel Ave alone took 194 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,333 tickets

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

7600 S Drexel Ave — 194 tickets, 8 min walk SW
7100 S Ingleside Ave — 135 tickets, 7 min walk NW
7100 S Woodlawn Ave — 126 tickets, 6 min walk N

Permit zones214 tickets

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

1300 E 71st Pl — 166 tickets, 10 min walk NE
7700 S Dobson Ave — 48 tickets, 9 min walk S

City sticker checks364 tickets

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

7400 S Evans — 218 tickets, 10 min walk W
7100 S South Chicago Ave — 105 tickets, 10 min walk NW
7200 S South Chicago Ave — 41 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Plate checks3,746 tickets

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

7500 S Cottage Grove — 1,092 tickets, 9 min walk SW
7300 S University Ave — 200 tickets, 1 min walk NE
1400 E 72nd St — 175 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Posted restrictions1,581 tickets

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

700 E 75th St — 1,526 tickets, 9 min walk W
900 E 76th St — 55 tickets, 6 min walk SW

Other enforcement201 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1200 E 71st — 105 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1100 E 76th St — 96 tickets, 5 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

7157 S South Chicago Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk NW
819 E 71st St — speed camera, 10 min walk NW
7122 S South Chicago Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk NW

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 3 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 5, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.