Parking at 7850 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7800–7899 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr. Everything here is from City records — 23,378 parking tickets written across 131 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
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.
Streets to watch near 7850 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Eberhart Ave alone took 298 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
- 8000 S Eberhart Ave — 298 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 8000 S Champlain Ave — 192 tickets, 8 min walk SE
- 7800 S Wabash Ave — 143 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 7900 S Wabash Ave — 1,275 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 7900 S Evans Ave — 726 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 7500 S St Lawrence — 535 tickets, 9 min walk NE
- 7500 S Champlain — 514 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 7900 S Vernon Ave — 488 tickets, 2 min walk SE
- 200 E 75th St — 435 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 700 E 79th St — 1,337 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 600 E 79th St — 1,159 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 400 E 79th St — 858 tickets, 1 min walk SE
- 0 E 79th Street — 61 tickets, 8 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 12 E 79th St — red-light camera, 10 min walk W
- 7913 S State St — red-light camera, 10 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 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.
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.