When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
Then Friday, September 25. 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?
3
7854 S Halsted St (7 min walk) · 811 W 79th St (7 min walk) · 1306 W 76th St (8 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7900 S Sangamon St alone took 227 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,553 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 7900 S Sangamon St — 227, 7 min walk S
- 8000 S Carpenter St — 205, 9 min walk S
- 7700 S May St — 179, 4 min walk SW
- 7700 S Carpenter St — 141, 2 min walk SW
- 7700 S Lowe Ave — 133, 9 min walk E
Permit zones980 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 7800 S Aberdeen St — 323, 5 min walk SW
- 7800 S Carpenter St — 245, 5 min walk S
- 7600 S Peoria St — 208, 3 min walk E
- 7700 S Ada St — 204, 8 min walk W
City sticker checks61 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 7300 S Carpenter St — 61, 9 min walk N
Plate checks9,782 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 7900 S Green St — 247, 8 min walk SE
- 7800 S Morgan St — 239, 4 min walk S
- 7700 S Morgan St — 235, 2 min walk S
- 7800 S Green St — 233, 6 min walk SE
- 1300 W 78th St — 223, 9 min walk W
Metered blocks159 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 700 W 79th St — 159, 9 min walk SE
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 17, section 12. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May1Fri
May4Mon
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Sep24Thu
Sep25Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, September 24.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras3 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.