Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 5

Parking at 2050 E 71st St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2000–2099 E 71st St. Everything here is from City records — 40,196 parking tickets written across 132 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 5, 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 2050 E 71st St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 E 71st St alone took 797 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,103 tickets

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

2300 E 71st St — 797 tickets, 8 min walk E
7200 S Bennett Ave — 500 tickets, 6 min walk SW
7100 S Bennett Ave — 494 tickets, 4 min walk SW

Permit zones1,723 tickets

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

7400 S Chappel Ave — 660 tickets, 9 min walk S
7200 S Constance Ave — 585 tickets, 6 min walk SW
7300 S Chappel Ave — 212 tickets, 6 min walk S

Plate checks18,053 tickets

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

2300 E 70th St — 2,135 tickets, 9 min walk E
2200 E 70th St — 720 tickets, 6 min walk NE
6900 S Oglesby Ave — 714 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Posted restrictions4,522 tickets

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

6700 S Jeffery Blvd — 1,107 tickets, 9 min walk N
6900 S Clyde Ave — 873 tickets, 4 min walk NE
2300 E 69th St — 790 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Metered blocks5,691 tickets

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

7000 S South Shore Dr — 2,375 tickets, 10 min walk E
1900 E 71st St — 1,539 tickets, 1 min walk W
1800 E 71st St — 816 tickets, 4 min walk W

Other enforcement2,843 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7100 S Jeffery Blvd — 1,016 tickets, 2 min walk S
7300 S Jeffery Blvd — 567 tickets, 7 min walk S
6900 S Jeffery Blvd — 408 tickets, 4 min walk N

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.