Parking at 7950 S Essex Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7900–7999 S Essex Ave. Everything here is from City records — 17,074 parking tickets written across 137 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 7, section 9. 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 7950 S Essex Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7500 S Essex Ave alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 7500 S Essex Ave — 553 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 7600 S Kingston Ave — 449 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 7700 S Phillips Ave — 421 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 7500 S Phillips Ave — 298 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 2400 E 78th St — 295 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 7800 S Luella Ave — 259 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 7700 S Essex Ave — 560 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 7600 S Essex Ave — 483 tickets, 7 min walk N
- 2500 E 76th St — 141 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 7800 S Essex Ave — 1,002 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 7900 S Essex Ave — 669 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 7800 S Colfax Ave — 323 tickets, 3 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 8134 S Yates Blvd — speed camera, 6 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 1 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 7, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.