Chicago parking by block · Auburn Gresham · Ward 17

Parking at 7550 S Wood St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7500–7599 S Wood St. Everything here is from City records — 6,998 parking tickets written across 108 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

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 17, section 10. 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 Wood St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7800 S Marshfield Ave alone took 206 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,078 tickets

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

7800 S Marshfield Ave — 206 tickets, 10 min walk SE
7600 S Marshfield Ave — 169 tickets, 5 min walk SE
7700 S Marshfield Ave — 136 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Permit zones63 tickets

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

7300 S Hoyne Ave — 63 tickets, 8 min walk NW

City sticker checks69 tickets

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

7200 S Winchester Ave — 69 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Plate checks3,729 tickets

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

1600 W 78th St — 221 tickets, 8 min walk SE
1400 W 73rd St — 213 tickets, 8 min walk NE
7800 S Paulina St — 192 tickets, 9 min walk S

Posted restrictions96 tickets

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

1800 W 74th St — 96 tickets, 4 min walk NW

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 17, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.