Parking at 1250 E 79th
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 E 79th. Everything here is from City records — 10,066 parking tickets written across 95 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 8, section 7. 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 79th
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.
- 7800 S Ellis Ave — 213 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 7800 S Drexel Ave — 175 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 7800 S Avalon Ave — 146 tickets, 2 min walk NW
- 7900 S Ellis Ave — 813 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 7900 S Dobson Ave — 655 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 7800 S Cornell Ave — 407 tickets, 10 min walk E
- 8100 S Harper Ave — 58 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 7900 S Drexel Ave — 624 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 8100 S Ellis Ave — 453 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 7900 S Ingleside Ave — 408 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 900 E 78th St — 91 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 900 E 79th St — 41 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 1100 E 76th St — 96 tickets, 8 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 7850 S Stony Island Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
- 7901 S South Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
- 1608 E 79th St — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
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.
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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.