Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 5

Parking at 1750 E 70th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1700–1799 E 70th St. Everything here is from City records — 30,427 parking tickets written across 120 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

6715 S Cornell Dr (8 min walk) · 6717 S Stony Island Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 5, section 3. 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 1750 E 70th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 E 67th St alone took 1,190 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,623 tickets

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

1700 E 67th St — 1,190 tickets, 8 min walk N
6700 S East End Ave — 700 tickets, 7 min walk N
1600 E 67th St — 556 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones722 tickets

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

7200 S Constance Ave — 585 tickets, 6 min walk S
7100 S Blackstone Ave — 137 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Plate checks12,697 tickets

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

7000 S Clyde Ave — 566 tickets, 9 min walk E
6700 S Chappel Ave — 500 tickets, 9 min walk NE
6800 S Clyde Ave — 497 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Posted restrictions3,639 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

6700 S Jeffery Blvd — 1,107 tickets, 9 min walk NE
6900 S Clyde Ave — 873 tickets, 9 min walk E
1700 E 68th St — 668 tickets, 5 min walk N

Metered blocks3,316 tickets

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

1900 E 71st St — 1,539 tickets, 6 min walk SE
1800 E 71st St — 816 tickets, 4 min walk SE
1700 E 71st St — 540 tickets, 4 min walk S

Other enforcement2,108 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7100 S Jeffery Blvd — 1,016 tickets, 7 min walk SE
6900 S Jeffery Blvd — 408 tickets, 6 min walk E
6800 S Jeffery Blvd — 358 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

6715 S Cornell Dr — red-light camera, 8 min walk NW
6717 S Stony Island Ave — red-light camera, 8 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 2 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 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.