Parking at 550 W 74th
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Parking at this address

550 W 74th

Ward 6, cleaning section 4 · 24,464 parking tickets were written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
Then Tuesday, September 15. 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?
5
441 E 71st St (8 min walk) · 7122 S South Chicago Ave (9 min walk) · 7082 S South Chicago Ave (9 min walk) +2 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7200 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr alone took 141 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning933 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 7200 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 141, 6 min walk NW
  • 7000 S Rhodes Ave — 94, 8 min walk N
  • 7400 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 85, 5 min walk SW
  • 7100 S Prairie Ave — 77, 10 min walk NW
  • 7700 S St Lawrence Ave — 76, 9 min walk S
Permit zones831 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 7500 S St Lawrence — 535, 4 min walk S
  • 7500 S Eberhart Ave — 296, 5 min walk SW
City sticker checks943 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 7500 S Evans Ave — 231, 6 min walk SE
  • 7400 S Evans — 218, 5 min walk E
  • 7300 S Champlain Ave — 186, 2 min walk NE
  • 7100 S South Chicago Ave — 105, 9 min walk NE
  • 600 E 72nd St — 60, 5 min walk N
Plate checks15,705 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 500 E 75th St — 1,120, 3 min walk S
  • 7500 S Cottage Grove — 1,092, 7 min walk SE
  • 7400 S Eberhart Ave — 555, 3 min walk SW
  • 7500 S Champlain — 514, 5 min walk SE
  • 7400 S St Lawrence — 490, 2 min walk S
Posted restrictions1,633 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 700 E 75th St — 1,526, 6 min walk SE
  • 400 E 73rd St — 107, 4 min walk NW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 4. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr9Thu
Apr10Fri
Jun26Fri
Jun29Mon
Sep14Mon
Sep15Tue

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, September 14.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
5 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.