Chicago parking by block · Greater Grand Crossing · Ward 6

Parking at 7150 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7100–7199 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr. Everything here is from City records — 19,289 parking tickets written across 121 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 (2 min walk) · 7082 S South Chicago Ave (10 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 7150 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7000 S Michigan Ave alone took 239 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,749 tickets

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

7000 S Michigan Ave — 239 tickets, 7 min walk W
7000 S Indiana Ave — 168 tickets, 6 min walk NW
7200 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 141 tickets, 2 min walk S

Permit zones1,496 tickets

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

7400 S Michigan — 1,223 tickets, 10 min walk SW
6900 S Wabash Ave — 273 tickets, 10 min walk NW

City sticker checks348 tickets

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

7300 S Champlain Ave — 186 tickets, 8 min walk SE
600 E 72nd St — 60 tickets, 6 min walk E
7000 S South Chicago Ave — 52 tickets, 9 min walk E

Plate checks13,935 tickets

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

500 E 75th St — 1,120 tickets, 10 min walk SE
7400 S Eberhart Ave — 555 tickets, 8 min walk S
7400 S St Lawrence — 490 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, 4 min walk S

Metered blocks1,335 tickets

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

7100 S State St — 1,198 tickets, 10 min walk W
0 E 71st St — 137 tickets, 7 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

441 E 71st St — speed camera, 2 min walk NE
7082 S South Chicago Ave — red-light camera, 10 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 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 6, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.