Chicago parking by block · Greater Grand Crossing · Ward 6

Parking at 7750 S Calumet Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7700–7799 S Calumet Ave. Everything here is from City records — 28,922 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

12 E 79th St (9 min walk) · 7913 S State St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 8. 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 7750 S Calumet Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Eberhart Ave alone took 298 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,436 tickets

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

8000 S Eberhart Ave — 298 tickets, 9 min walk SE
7800 S Wabash Ave — 143 tickets, 7 min walk W
8000 S Calumet Ave — 135 tickets, 8 min walk S

Permit zones6,506 tickets

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

7900 S Wabash Ave — 1,275 tickets, 8 min walk SW
7400 S Michigan — 1,223 tickets, 9 min walk NW
7500 S Michigan — 569 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Plate checks13,215 tickets

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

500 E 75th St — 1,120 tickets, 9 min walk NE
7400 S Eberhart Ave — 555 tickets, 9 min walk NE
7500 S Champlain — 514 tickets, 10 min walk NE

Metered blocks2,628 tickets

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

600 E 79th St — 1,159 tickets, 9 min walk E
400 E 79th St — 858 tickets, 4 min walk SE
500 E 79th St — 611 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Other enforcement4,709 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

600 E 75th St — 3,400 tickets, 10 min walk NE
0 E 75th Street — 1,192 tickets, 9 min walk NW
0 E 79th Street — 61 tickets, 7 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

12 E 79th St — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
7913 S State St — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW

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 2 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 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.