Chicago parking by block · South Chicago · Ward 7

Parking at 7950 S Oglesby Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7900–7999 S Oglesby Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,497 parking tickets written across 132 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, November 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

8134 S Yates Blvd (5 min walk)

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.

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Streets to watch near 7950 S Oglesby Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7600 S Kingston Ave alone took 449 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,988 tickets

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

7600 S Kingston Ave — 449 tickets, 9 min walk NE
7700 S Phillips Ave — 421 tickets, 6 min walk NE
7600 S Phillips Ave — 408 tickets, 7 min walk N

Permit zones552 tickets

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

8100 S Chappel Ave — 196 tickets, 9 min walk SW
7900 S Clyde Ave — 179 tickets, 6 min walk W
7800 S Chappel Ave — 177 tickets, 8 min walk W

Plate checks4,452 tickets

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

2400 E 78th St — 295 tickets, 5 min walk NE
7800 S Luella Ave — 259 tickets, 3 min walk NW
7800 S Oglesby Ave — 225 tickets, 2 min walk N

Posted restrictions1,043 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

7700 S Essex Ave — 560 tickets, 6 min walk NE
7600 S Essex Ave — 483 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Metered blocks3,174 tickets

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

7800 S Essex Ave — 1,002 tickets, 4 min walk NE
7900 S Essex Ave — 669 tickets, 4 min walk E
1900 E 79th St — 453 tickets, 10 min walk W

Other enforcement545 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7800 S Jeffery Blvd — 420 tickets, 9 min walk W
8000 S Jeffery Blvd — 64 tickets, 9 min walk W
7900 S Jeffery Blvd — 61 tickets, 9 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

8134 S Yates Blvd — speed camera, 5 min walk S

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.

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 7, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.