Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 7

Parking at 7550 S Oglesby Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7500–7599 S Oglesby Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,466 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

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 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 7550 S Oglesby Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7500 S Essex Ave alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,045 tickets

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

7500 S Essex Ave — 553 tickets, 4 min walk E
7600 S Kingston Ave — 449 tickets, 5 min walk E
7700 S Phillips Ave — 421 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Permit zones2,904 tickets

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

2600 E 74th St — 1,276 tickets, 9 min walk E
7400 S Chappel Ave — 660 tickets, 8 min walk W
2400 E 74th St — 369 tickets, 6 min walk NE

Plate checks8,204 tickets

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

2400 E 72nd St — 756 tickets, 9 min walk N
7300 S Coles Ave — 535 tickets, 9 min walk NE
7200 S Phillips Ave — 468 tickets, 8 min walk N

Posted restrictions2,904 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

7200 S Yates Blvd — 886 tickets, 8 min walk N
7700 S Essex Ave — 560 tickets, 6 min walk SE
7600 S Essex Ave — 483 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Metered blocks1,187 tickets

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

7800 S Essex Ave — 1,002 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2400 E 79th St — 185 tickets, 9 min walk S

Other enforcement783 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7300 S Jeffery Blvd — 567 tickets, 10 min walk NW
7400 S Jeffery — 168 tickets, 9 min walk W
7500 S Jeffery Blvd — 48 tickets, 9 min walk W

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 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.