Chicago parking by block · Auburn Gresham · Ward 17

Parking at 1150 W 79th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1100–1199 W 79th St. Everything here is from City records — 15,404 parking tickets written across 133 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, November 17

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 214

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

811 W 79th St (8 min walk) · 7854 S Halsted St (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 17, section 5. 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 W 79th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7900 S Sangamon St alone took 227 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,392 tickets

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

7900 S Sangamon St — 227 tickets, 5 min walk E
8000 S Carpenter St — 205 tickets, 4 min walk SE
7700 S May St — 179 tickets, 4 min walk N

Permit zones1,131 tickets

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

7800 S Aberdeen St — 323 tickets, 1 min walk NE
7800 S Carpenter St — 245 tickets, 2 min walk E
7600 S Peoria St — 208 tickets, 8 min walk NE

City sticker checks56 tickets

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

1100 W 82nd St — 56 tickets, 8 min walk S

Plate checks11,759 tickets

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

7900 S Green St — 247 tickets, 7 min walk E
7800 S Morgan St — 239 tickets, 3 min walk E
7700 S Morgan St — 235 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Other enforcement554 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7800 S Halsted St — 415 tickets, 8 min walk E
8000 S Racine — 88 tickets, 4 min walk SW
1300 W 79th Street — 51 tickets, 4 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

811 W 79th St — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
7854 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
1306 W 76th St — speed camera, 9 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 214 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 17, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.