When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
Then Thursday, October 1. 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?
None
No speed or red-light camera within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8100 S Drexel Ave alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,760 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 8100 S Drexel Ave — 553, 9 min walk E
- 8000 S Drexel Ave — 486, 9 min walk NE
- 8000 S Maryland Ave — 392, 8 min walk NE
- 8000 S Eberhart Ave — 298, 4 min walk NW
- 8000 S Champlain Ave — 192, 4 min walk NE
Permit zones2,112 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 7900 S Evans Ave — 726, 8 min walk NE
- 7900 S Eberhart Ave — 478, 7 min walk N
- 7800 S Evans Ave — 414, 10 min walk NE
- 7800 S Langley Ave — 290, 9 min walk N
- 7900 S Maryland Ave — 204, 10 min walk NE
Plate checks14,338 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 8100 S Ingleside Ave — 685, 10 min walk E
- 8200 S Ingleside Ave — 589, 10 min walk E
- 8200 S Maryland Ave — 573, 7 min walk E
- 8200 S Drexel Ave — 568, 9 min walk E
- 8100 S Maryland Ave — 557, 7 min walk E
Metered blocks7,376 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 8200 S Cottage Grove Ave — 1,695, 6 min walk E
- 700 E 79th St — 1,337, 9 min walk NE
- 600 E 79th St — 1,159, 8 min walk N
- 400 E 79th St — 858, 8 min walk NW
- 500 E 79th St — 611, 8 min walk N
Other enforcement82 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 8400 S Cottage Grove — 82, 8 min walk SE
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 6, section 10. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr27Mon
Apr28Tue
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Sep30Wed
Oct1Thu
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, September 30.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
–CamerasNone nearby, but the app warns you anywhere in the city.
✓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.