Chicago parking by block · Auburn Gresham · Ward 17

Parking at 7850 S Union Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7800–7899 S Union Ave. Everything here is from City records — 11,866 parking tickets written across 117 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

7854 S Halsted St (3 min walk) · 811 W 79th St (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 17, section 14. 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 7850 S Union Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7600 S Stewart Ave alone took 258 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,230 tickets

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

7600 S Stewart Ave — 258 tickets, 9 min walk NE
7900 S Sangamon St — 227 tickets, 7 min walk SW
7900 S Harvard Ave — 152 tickets, 9 min walk E

Permit zones514 tickets

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

7800 S Carpenter St — 245 tickets, 9 min walk W
7600 S Peoria St — 208 tickets, 7 min walk NW
7900 S Lowe Ave — 61 tickets, 2 min walk SE

Plate checks8,423 tickets

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

7900 S Green St — 247 tickets, 5 min walk SW
7800 S Morgan St — 239 tickets, 8 min walk W
7700 S Morgan St — 235 tickets, 8 min walk W

Metered blocks159 tickets

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

700 W 79th St — 159 tickets, 1 min walk SW

Other enforcement864 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7800 S Halsted St — 415 tickets, 3 min walk W
600 W 79th Street — 389 tickets, 1 min walk S
8100 S Halsted — 60 tickets, 8 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

7854 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 3 min walk W
811 W 79th St — red-light camera, 3 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 17, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.