Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 8

Parking at 2050 E 78th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2000–2099 E 78th St. Everything here is from City records — 14,811 parking tickets written across 132 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 29

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1664

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

Cameras nearby?

1901 E 75th St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 8, 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 78th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7700 S Phillips Ave alone took 421 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,289 tickets

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

7700 S Phillips Ave — 421 tickets, 10 min walk E
7700 S Yates Blvd — 350 tickets, 8 min walk E
7700 S East End Ave — 316 tickets, 10 min walk W

Permit zones3,687 tickets

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

7400 S Chappel Ave — 660 tickets, 9 min walk N
7800 S Bennett Ave — 627 tickets, 5 min walk SW
7800 S Ridgeland Ave — 572 tickets, 8 min walk W

Plate checks5,222 tickets

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

7800 S Euclid Ave — 285 tickets, 4 min walk SW
7800 S Luella Ave — 259 tickets, 5 min walk SE
7800 S Oglesby Ave — 225 tickets, 7 min walk E

Metered blocks736 tickets

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

1900 E 79th St — 453 tickets, 4 min walk SW
1800 E 79th St — 180 tickets, 6 min walk SW
1700 E 79th St — 103 tickets, 9 min walk W

Other enforcement1,232 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7800 S Jeffery Blvd — 420 tickets, 2 min walk SW
7700 S Jeffery Blvd — 375 tickets, 2 min walk NW
7400 S Jeffery — 168 tickets, 8 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1901 E 75th 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 1664 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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.

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 8, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.