Chicago parking by block · Englewood · Ward 16

Parking at 7050 S May St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7000–7099 S May St. Everything here is from City records — 7,163 parking tickets written across 113 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 29

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 16, section 24. 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 7050 S May St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7000 S Sangamon St alone took 201 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,116 tickets

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

7000 S Sangamon St — 201 tickets, 5 min walk E
7000 S Carpenter St — 153 tickets, 3 min walk E
6800 S Throop St — 145 tickets, 7 min walk NW

City sticker checks170 tickets

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

7200 S Green St — 68 tickets, 9 min walk SE
7300 S Carpenter St — 61 tickets, 7 min walk S
7000 S May St — 41 tickets, 1 min walk N

Plate checks4,195 tickets

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

1400 W 72nd Pl — 226 tickets, 8 min walk SW
6900 S Green St — 187 tickets, 8 min walk NE
6900 S Peoria St — 182 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Other enforcement40 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7100 S Loomis — 40 tickets, 7 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 16, section 24. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.