Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 17

Parking at 2450 W 71st St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2400–2499 W 71st St. Everything here is from City records — 13,671 parking tickets written across 128 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 17, section 24. 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 2450 W 71st St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6800 S Campbell Ave alone took 187 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,279 tickets

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

6800 S Campbell Ave — 187 tickets, 6 min walk N
6900 S Artesian Ave — 182 tickets, 4 min walk N
6700 S Claremont Ave — 177 tickets, 10 min walk N

Permit zones1,720 tickets

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

6700 S Campbell Ave — 628 tickets, 10 min walk N
6900 S Rockwell St — 367 tickets, 6 min walk NW
6700 S Maplewood Ave — 345 tickets, 10 min walk N

City sticker checks303 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

6800 S Artesian Ave — 126 tickets, 6 min walk N
2200 W 69th St — 79 tickets, 7 min walk NE
2200 W 71st St — 55 tickets, 4 min walk E

Plate checks8,230 tickets

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

7100 S Rockwell St — 288 tickets, 4 min walk W
7000 S Maplewood Ave — 238 tickets, 3 min walk W
7300 S Maplewood Ave — 229 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Posted restrictions502 tickets

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

7000 S California Ave — 309 tickets, 9 min walk W
6900 S Washtenaw Ave — 140 tickets, 8 min walk NW
7300 S Western Ave — 53 tickets, 6 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 17, section 24. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.