Chicago parking by block · Greater Grand Crossing · Ward 6

Parking at 450 E 73rd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 400–499 E 73rd St. Everything here is from City records — 27,015 parking tickets written across 131 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 16

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

441 E 71st St (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 5. 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 450 E 73rd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7000 S Michigan Ave alone took 239 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,542 tickets

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

7000 S Michigan Ave — 239 tickets, 10 min walk NW
7000 S Indiana Ave — 168 tickets, 8 min walk NW
7200 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 141 tickets, 2 min walk NW

Permit zones3,362 tickets

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

7400 S Michigan — 1,223 tickets, 8 min walk SW
7500 S Michigan — 569 tickets, 10 min walk SW
7500 S St Lawrence — 535 tickets, 8 min walk SE

City sticker checks514 tickets

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

7400 S Evans — 218 tickets, 9 min walk SE
7300 S Champlain Ave — 186 tickets, 6 min walk E
600 E 72nd St — 60 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Plate checks16,448 tickets

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

500 E 75th St — 1,120 tickets, 6 min walk SE
7400 S Eberhart Ave — 555 tickets, 4 min walk SE
7500 S Champlain — 514 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Posted restrictions107 tickets

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

400 E 73rd St — 107 tickets, 1 min walk N

Metered blocks137 tickets

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

0 E 71st St — 137 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Other enforcement4,592 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

600 E 75th St — 3,400 tickets, 7 min walk SE
0 E 75th Street — 1,192 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

441 E 71st St — speed camera, 5 min walk N

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 1 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.

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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 6, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.