Chicago parking by block · Greater Grand Crossing · Ward 6

Parking at 650 E 78th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 600–699 E 78th St. Everything here is from City records — 35,525 parking tickets written across 138 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

7732 S Cottage Grove Ave (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 9. 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 650 E 78th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Drexel Ave alone took 486 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,559 tickets

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

8000 S Drexel Ave — 486 tickets, 9 min walk SE
8000 S Maryland Ave — 392 tickets, 8 min walk SE
8000 S Eberhart Ave — 298 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Permit zones3,804 tickets

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

7900 S Ellis Ave — 813 tickets, 9 min walk SE
7900 S Evans Ave — 726 tickets, 4 min walk SE
7500 S St Lawrence — 535 tickets, 6 min walk N

City sticker checks449 tickets

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

7500 S Evans Ave — 231 tickets, 6 min walk N
7400 S Evans — 218 tickets, 9 min walk N

Plate checks16,433 tickets

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

500 E 75th St — 1,120 tickets, 8 min walk N
7500 S Cottage Grove — 1,092 tickets, 7 min walk NE
7900 S Drexel Ave — 624 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Posted restrictions1,672 tickets

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

700 E 75th St — 1,526 tickets, 8 min walk N
900 E 78th St — 91 tickets, 6 min walk E
900 E 76th St — 55 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Metered blocks6,819 tickets

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

700 E 79th St — 1,337 tickets, 3 min walk SE
600 E 79th St — 1,159 tickets, 3 min walk S
7700 S Cottage Grove Ave — 995 tickets, 3 min walk E

Other enforcement3,400 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

600 E 75th St — 3,400 tickets, 8 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

7732 S Cottage Grove Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk E

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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.