Parking at 550 E 79th St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 E 79th St. Everything here is from City records — 25,851 parking tickets written across 138 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?
1
7732 S Cottage Grove Ave (8 min walk)
Streets to watch near 550 E 79th St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Maryland Ave alone took 392 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,140 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 8000 S Maryland Ave — 392 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 8000 S Eberhart Ave — 298 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 8000 S Champlain Ave — 192 tickets, 5 min walk SE
Permit zones3,254 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 7900 S Evans Ave — 726 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 7500 S St Lawrence — 535 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 7900 S Eberhart Ave — 478 tickets, 1 min walk SW
Plate checks12,667 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 7900 S Drexel Ave — 624 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 7500 S Champlain — 514 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 7900 S Vernon Ave — 488 tickets, 2 min walk SW
Metered blocks7,333 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 700 E 79th St — 1,337 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 600 E 79th St — 1,159 tickets, 4 min walk E
- 7700 S Cottage Grove Ave — 995 tickets, 8 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 7732 S Cottage Grove Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk NE
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.
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.