When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
Then Monday, October 26. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
1
8134 S Yates Blvd (8 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
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.
Street cleaning8,905 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 7500 S Essex Ave — 553, 9 min walk N
- 7600 S Kingston Ave — 449, 6 min walk N
- 7700 S Phillips Ave — 421, 5 min walk NW
- 7600 S Phillips Ave — 408, 6 min walk NW
- 7600 S Coles Ave — 393, 9 min walk NE
Plate checks4,098 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 7500 S Phillips Ave — 298, 9 min walk NW
- 2400 E 78th St — 295, 3 min walk NW
- 7700 S Coles Ave — 264, 10 min walk NE
- 7800 S Luella Ave — 259, 8 min walk W
- 7800 S Oglesby Ave — 225, 6 min walk W
Posted restrictions1,264 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
- 7700 S Essex Ave — 560, 4 min walk NW
- 7600 S Essex Ave — 483, 6 min walk N
- 2500 E 76th St — 141, 7 min walk N
- 2500 E 75th St — 80, 10 min walk N
Metered blocks2,721 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 7800 S Essex Ave — 1,002, 2 min walk W
- 7900 S Essex Ave — 669, 2 min walk SW
- 7800 S Colfax Ave — 323, 1 min walk NE
- 7900 S Phillips Ave — 297, 4 min walk SW
- 2500 E 79th St — 245, 1 min walk SW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 7, section 6. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
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What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, October 23.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras1 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
✓City sticker & platesA missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
✓The tickets you still getContested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
✓What it costsThe average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.