Parking at 350 E 79th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 300–399 E 79th St. Everything here is from City records — 18,856 parking tickets written across 125 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
12 E 79th St (7 min walk) · 7913 S State St (8 min walk)
Streets to watch near 350 E 79th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Eberhart Ave alone took 298 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,695 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 8000 S Eberhart Ave — 298 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 8000 S Champlain Ave — 192 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 7800 S Wabash Ave — 143 tickets, 6 min walk W
Permit zones4,216 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 7900 S Wabash Ave — 1,275 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 7500 S Michigan — 569 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 7900 S Eberhart Ave — 478 tickets, 5 min walk E
Plate checks9,477 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 7900 S Vernon Ave — 488 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 8100 S Vernon Ave — 420 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 7900 S Langley Ave — 409 tickets, 10 min walk E
Posted restrictions288 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 7900 S State Street — 288 tickets, 8 min walk W
Metered blocks2,628 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 600 E 79th St — 1,159 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 400 E 79th St — 858 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 500 E 79th St — 611 tickets, 6 min walk E
Other enforcement117 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 0 E 79th Street — 61 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 0 W 79th St — 56 tickets, 8 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 12 E 79th St — red-light camera, 7 min walk W
- 7913 S State St — red-light camera, 8 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.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.