Chicago parking by block · Greater Grand Crossing · Ward 6

Parking at 7150 S Lafayette Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7100–7199 S Lafayette Ave. Everything here is from City records — 13,171 parking tickets written across 120 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, November 4

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 64

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

4 E 75th St (8 min walk) · 7501 S State St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 22. 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 Lafayette Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7000 S Michigan Ave alone took 239 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,700 tickets

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

7000 S Michigan Ave — 239 tickets, 6 min walk NE
7000 S Indiana Ave — 168 tickets, 7 min walk NE
6800 S Wabash Ave — 158 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones2,345 tickets

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

7400 S Michigan — 1,223 tickets, 9 min walk SE
7400 S Wabash — 407 tickets, 8 min walk SE
7500 S Wabash Ave — 317 tickets, 10 min walk S

Plate checks5,566 tickets

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

6800 S Perry Ave — 542 tickets, 8 min walk N
7100 S Wabash Ave — 256 tickets, 3 min walk E
7000 S Vincennes Ave — 235 tickets, 4 min walk N

Posted restrictions172 tickets

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

0 W 71st St — 110 tickets, 2 min walk N
7400 S State — 62 tickets, 8 min walk S

Metered blocks1,405 tickets

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

7100 S State St — 1,198 tickets, 2 min walk NE
0 E 71st St — 137 tickets, 5 min walk NE
6900 S State St — 70 tickets, 6 min walk N

Other enforcement1,291 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

0 E 75th Street — 1,192 tickets, 9 min walk SE
0 W 69th Street — 99 tickets, 7 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4 E 75th St — red-light camera, 8 min walk S
7501 S State St — red-light camera, 9 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 64 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 22. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.