Chicago parking by block · Greater Grand Crossing · Ward 17

Parking at 7850 S Wallace

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7800–7899 S Wallace. Everything here is from City records — 10,363 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
7854 S Halsted St (5 min walk) · 811 W 79th St (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 17, section 15. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon

Streets to watch near 7850 S Wallace

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7600 S Stewart Ave alone took 258 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,200 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones329 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks7,211 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Metered blocks159 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement864 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 7854 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 5 min walk W
  • 811 W 79th St — red-light camera, 5 min walk W
  • 341 W 76th St — speed camera, 9 min walk NE
  • 346 W 76th St — speed camera, 9 min walk NE

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 4 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 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.