Chicago parking by block · South Chicago · Ward 8

Parking at 2050 E 79th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2000–2099 E 79th St. Everything here is from City records — 13,119 parking tickets written across 124 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, November 10

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 8, section 9. 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 79th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7700 S Yates Blvd alone took 350 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,283 tickets

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

7700 S Yates Blvd — 350 tickets, 9 min walk E
7800 S Phillips Ave — 312 tickets, 9 min walk E
7800 S Cregier Ave — 183 tickets, 7 min walk W

Permit zones3,008 tickets

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

7800 S Bennett Ave — 627 tickets, 5 min walk W
7800 S Ridgeland Ave — 572 tickets, 8 min walk W
7800 S Constance Ave — 411 tickets, 6 min walk W

Plate checks5,178 tickets

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

7800 S Euclid Ave — 285 tickets, 3 min walk W
7800 S Luella Ave — 259 tickets, 4 min walk E
7800 S Oglesby Ave — 225 tickets, 7 min walk E

Metered blocks1,033 tickets

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

1900 E 79th St — 453 tickets, 3 min walk W
7900 S Phillips Ave — 297 tickets, 10 min walk E
1800 E 79th St — 180 tickets, 6 min walk W

Other enforcement1,064 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7800 S Jeffery Blvd — 420 tickets, 2 min walk NW
7700 S Jeffery Blvd — 375 tickets, 4 min walk NW
8100 S Jeffery Blvd — 96 tickets, 7 min walk S

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 8, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.