Parking at 1250 E 71st
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 E 71st. Everything here is from City records — 7,201 parking tickets written across 83 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
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.
Streets to watch near 1250 E 71st
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6800 S Harper Ave alone took 214 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 6800 S Harper Ave — 214 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 7000 S Dante Ave — 158 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 1500 E 73rd St — 154 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 1300 E 71st Pl — 166 tickets, 2 min walk E
- 7100 S Blackstone Ave — 137 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 6900 S Kimbark Ave — 48 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 7200 S South Chicago Ave — 41 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 1400 E 69th St — 477 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 6800 S Dorchester Ave — 264 tickets, 6 min walk NE
- 1400 E 68th St — 250 tickets, 8 min walk NE
- 1200 E 71st — 105 tickets, 1 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 819 E 71st St — speed camera, 10 min walk W
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.
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.