Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 7

Parking at 7450 S Baldwin Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7400–7499 S Baldwin Ave. Everything here is from City records — 21,199 parking tickets written across 123 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

1901 E 75th St (2 min walk) · 7609 S Stony Island Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 7, section 1. 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 7450 S Baldwin Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7200 S Bennett Ave alone took 500 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,065 tickets

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

7200 S Bennett Ave — 500 tickets, 4 min walk N
7100 S Bennett Ave — 494 tickets, 7 min walk N
1900 E 73rd Pl — 360 tickets, 3 min walk NE

Permit zones2,420 tickets

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

7400 S Chappel Ave — 660 tickets, 4 min walk E
7200 S Constance Ave — 585 tickets, 6 min walk N
7600 S Euclid Ave — 310 tickets, 6 min walk S

Plate checks7,965 tickets

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

7000 S Clyde Ave — 566 tickets, 10 min walk NE
7000 S Chappel Ave — 481 tickets, 9 min walk NE
7100 S East End Ave — 464 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Posted restrictions312 tickets

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

7500 S Stony Island Ave — 208 tickets, 8 min walk W
7000 S Constance Ave — 104 tickets, 8 min walk N

Metered blocks3,316 tickets

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

1900 E 71st St — 1,539 tickets, 8 min walk N
1800 E 71st St — 816 tickets, 8 min walk N
1700 E 71st St — 540 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Other enforcement2,500 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7100 S Jeffery Blvd — 1,016 tickets, 7 min walk N
7300 S Jeffery Blvd — 567 tickets, 3 min walk NE
7700 S Jeffery Blvd — 375 tickets, 9 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

1901 E 75th St — speed camera, 2 min walk S
7609 S Stony Island Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
7598 S Stony Island Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW

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 3 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 7, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.