Parking at 7550 S Racine
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7500–7599 S Racine. Everything here is from City records — 9,945 parking tickets written across 100 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 17, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 7550 S Racine
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7700 S May St alone took 179 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.
- 7700 S May St — 179 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 7700 S Carpenter St — 141 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 7200 S Carpenter St — 114 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 7800 S Aberdeen St — 323 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 7800 S Carpenter St — 245 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 7600 S Peoria St — 208 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 7300 S Carpenter St — 61 tickets, 7 min walk NE
- 7800 S Morgan St — 239 tickets, 9 min walk SE
- 7700 S Morgan St — 235 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 1400 W 72nd Pl — 226 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 1300 W 79th Street — 51 tickets, 9 min walk S
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1306 W 76th St — speed camera, 3 min walk W
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.
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 17, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.