Chicago parking by block · Greater Grand Crossing · Ward 6

Parking at 7450 S St Lawrence

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7400–7499 S St Lawrence. Everything here is from City records — 25,669 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 14

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

7732 S Cottage Grove Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, 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 St Lawrence

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7600 S Drexel Ave alone took 194 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,067 tickets

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

7600 S Drexel Ave — 194 tickets, 9 min walk SE
7200 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 141 tickets, 8 min walk NW
7800 S St Lawrence Ave — 92 tickets, 10 min walk S

Permit zones831 tickets

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

7500 S St Lawrence — 535 tickets, 2 min walk S
7500 S Eberhart Ave — 296 tickets, 3 min walk SW

City sticker checks745 tickets

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

7500 S Evans Ave — 231 tickets, 4 min walk SE
7400 S Evans — 218 tickets, 4 min walk E
7300 S Champlain Ave — 186 tickets, 3 min walk N

Plate checks15,992 tickets

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

500 E 75th St — 1,120 tickets, 1 min walk SW
7500 S Cottage Grove — 1,092 tickets, 6 min walk SE
7400 S Eberhart Ave — 555 tickets, 3 min walk W

Posted restrictions1,688 tickets

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

700 E 75th St — 1,526 tickets, 4 min walk E
400 E 73rd St — 107 tickets, 6 min walk NW
900 E 76th St — 55 tickets, 10 min walk E

Metered blocks1,515 tickets

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

7700 S Cottage Grove Ave — 995 tickets, 9 min walk SE
7600 S Cottage Grove Ave — 520 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Other enforcement3,400 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

600 E 75th St — 3,400 tickets, 1 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

7732 S Cottage Grove Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SE

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 1 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 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.