Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 7

Parking at 7450 S Colfax Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7400–7499 S Colfax Ave. Everything here is from City records — 27,886 parking tickets written across 105 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, October 19

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 7, section 4. 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 Colfax Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7500 S Essex Ave alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,520 tickets

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

7500 S Essex Ave — 553 tickets, 3 min walk SW
7600 S Kingston Ave — 449 tickets, 4 min walk S
7700 S Phillips Ave — 421 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Permit zones4,901 tickets

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

2600 E 74th St — 1,276 tickets, 2 min walk NE
2700 E 74th St — 1,204 tickets, 6 min walk NE
2600 E 73rd St — 981 tickets, 6 min walk N

Plate checks9,870 tickets

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

2400 E 72nd St — 756 tickets, 8 min walk NW
2500 E 71st St — 557 tickets, 10 min walk N
7300 S Coles Ave — 535 tickets, 4 min walk N

Posted restrictions5,988 tickets

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

2700 E 75th St — 2,581 tickets, 5 min walk E
7200 S Yates Blvd — 886 tickets, 8 min walk NW
7700 S Essex Ave — 560 tickets, 7 min walk S

Metered blocks323 tickets

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

7800 S Colfax Ave — 323 tickets, 10 min walk S

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 7, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.