Parking at 2850 W 72nd St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2800–2899 W 72nd St. Everything here is from City records — 9,673 parking tickets written across 90 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 18, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 2850 W 72nd St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6800 S Washtenaw Ave alone took 114 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 6800 S Washtenaw Ave — 114 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 7200 S Mozart St — 85 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 3100 W 72nd St — 83 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 7100 S Sawyer Ave — 300 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 7200 S Troy St — 264 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 7100 S Sacramento Ave — 152 tickets, 4 min walk NW
- 7100 S Albany Ave — 98 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 7300 S Whipple St — 52 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 7100 S Rockwell St — 288 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 7000 S Maplewood Ave — 238 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 7300 S Maplewood Ave — 229 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 7000 S California Ave — 309 tickets, 4 min walk NE
- 6900 S Washtenaw Ave — 140 tickets, 8 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 3182 W 71st St — red-light camera, 8 min walk W
- 7070 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 cameras nearby.
- 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.
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 18, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.