Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 5

Parking at 2350 E 72nd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2300–2399 E 72nd St. Everything here is from City records — 36,214 parking tickets written across 112 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

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 7. 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 2350 E 72nd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 E 71st St alone took 797 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,770 tickets

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

2300 E 71st St — 797 tickets, 2 min walk N
2200 E 71st St — 426 tickets, 3 min walk NW
1900 E 73rd Pl — 360 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Permit zones2,609 tickets

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

2600 E 73rd St — 981 tickets, 8 min walk E
7400 S Chappel Ave — 660 tickets, 10 min walk SW
2400 E 74th St — 369 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Plate checks18,494 tickets

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

2300 E 70th St — 2,135 tickets, 5 min walk N
2400 E 72nd St — 756 tickets, 3 min walk E
2200 E 70th St — 720 tickets, 5 min walk N

Posted restrictions4,900 tickets

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

7200 S Yates Blvd — 886 tickets, 2 min walk E
6900 S Clyde Ave — 873 tickets, 9 min walk NW
2300 E 69th St — 790 tickets, 8 min walk N

Metered blocks4,335 tickets

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

7000 S South Shore Dr — 2,375 tickets, 5 min walk NE
1900 E 71st St — 1,539 tickets, 9 min walk W
7000 S Jeffery Blvd — 421 tickets, 9 min walk W

Other enforcement1,909 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7100 S Jeffery Blvd — 1,016 tickets, 8 min walk W
7300 S Jeffery Blvd — 567 tickets, 9 min walk SW
7200 S Jeffery Blvd — 326 tickets, 9 min walk W

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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.