Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 5

Parking at 6850 S Harper Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6800–6899 S Harper Ave. Everything here is from City records — 17,173 parking tickets written across 94 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

6717 S Stony Island Ave (5 min walk) · 6715 S Cornell Dr (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 5, section 2. 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 6850 S Harper Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 E 67th St alone took 1,190 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,868 tickets

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

1700 E 67th St — 1,190 tickets, 7 min walk NE
6700 S East End Ave — 700 tickets, 6 min walk NE
1600 E 67th St — 556 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Permit zones303 tickets

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

1300 E 71st Pl — 166 tickets, 7 min walk SW
7100 S Blackstone Ave — 137 tickets, 7 min walk S

City sticker checks48 tickets

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

6900 S Kimbark Ave — 48 tickets, 7 min walk W

Plate checks9,618 tickets

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

1400 E 69th St — 477 tickets, 1 min walk SW
7100 S East End Ave — 464 tickets, 8 min walk SE
6600 S Kenwood Ave — 463 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Posted restrictions1,321 tickets

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

1700 E 68th St — 668 tickets, 7 min walk E
1600 E 68th St — 549 tickets, 4 min walk NE
7000 S Constance Ave — 104 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Metered blocks540 tickets

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

1700 E 71st St — 540 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Other enforcement148 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1200 E 71st — 105 tickets, 8 min walk SW
6500 S Stony Island Ave — 43 tickets, 8 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

6717 S Stony Island Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk NE
6715 S Cornell Dr — red-light camera, 5 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 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.

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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 5, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.