Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 7

Parking at 2850 E 78th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 E 78th St. Everything here is from City records — 11,675 parking tickets written across 88 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 23

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 6. 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 2850 E 78th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7600 S Kingston Ave alone took 449 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,624 tickets

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

7600 S Kingston Ave — 449 tickets, 10 min walk NW
2900 E 78th St — 429 tickets, 3 min walk NE
7600 S Coles Ave — 393 tickets, 5 min walk N

Permit zones1,467 tickets

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

2900 E 77th St — 950 tickets, 6 min walk N
3000 E 78th St — 303 tickets, 4 min walk NE
3100 E Cheltenham Pl — 214 tickets, 6 min walk E

Plate checks3,198 tickets

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

2800 E 77th St — 505 tickets, 4 min walk N
2800 E 76th St — 500 tickets, 7 min walk N
3000 E Cheltenham Pl — 372 tickets, 4 min walk E

Posted restrictions366 tickets

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

3100 E 77th St — 185 tickets, 8 min walk NE
2500 E 76th St — 141 tickets, 10 min walk NW
7500 S South Shore Dr — 40 tickets, 8 min walk N

Metered blocks568 tickets

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

7800 S Colfax Ave — 323 tickets, 8 min walk W
2500 E 79th St — 245 tickets, 8 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 7, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.