Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 7

Parking at 2550 E 72nd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2500–2599 E 72nd St. Everything here is from City records — 26,546 parking tickets written across 60 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 27

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 7, 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 2550 E 72nd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2300 E 71st St alone took 797 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,209 tickets

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

2300 E 71st St — 797 tickets, 7 min walk W
2200 E 71st St — 426 tickets, 9 min walk W
7400 S Colfax Ave — 241 tickets, 8 min walk S

Permit zones3,830 tickets

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

2600 E 74th St — 1,276 tickets, 7 min walk S
2700 E 74th St — 1,204 tickets, 5 min walk SE
2600 E 73rd St — 981 tickets, 2 min walk S

Plate checks11,682 tickets

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

2300 E 70th St — 2,135 tickets, 7 min walk NW
2400 E 72nd St — 756 tickets, 5 min walk W
2200 E 70th St — 720 tickets, 10 min walk W

Posted restrictions6,359 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

2700 E 75th St — 2,581 tickets, 8 min walk SE
7200 S Yates Blvd — 886 tickets, 6 min walk SW
2300 E 69th St — 790 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Metered blocks2,375 tickets

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

7000 S South Shore Dr — 2,375 tickets, 6 min walk NW

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 7, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.