When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 29
Then Friday, October 30. 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: 7500 S Essex Ave alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning5,075 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 7500 S Essex Ave — 553, 10 min walk W
- 7600 S Kingston Ave — 449, 9 min walk W
- 2900 E 78th St — 429, 4 min walk SE
- 7600 S Coles Ave — 393, 1 min walk SW
- 7700 S Kingston Ave — 365, 10 min walk SW
Permit zones3,947 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2600 E 74th St — 1,276, 7 min walk NW
- 2700 E 74th St — 1,204, 8 min walk NW
- 2900 E 77th St — 950, 2 min walk E
- 3000 E 78th St — 303, 5 min walk SE
- 3100 E Cheltenham Pl — 214, 8 min walk SE
Plate checks4,460 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 7300 S Coles Ave — 535, 9 min walk NW
- 2800 E 77th St — 505, 1 min walk SE
- 2800 E 76th St — 500, 2 min walk NW
- 7400 S Coles Ave — 413, 7 min walk NW
- 3000 E Cheltenham Pl — 372, 8 min walk SE
Posted restrictions3,510 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2700 E 75th St — 2,581, 5 min walk NW
- 7600 S Essex Ave — 483, 10 min walk W
- 3100 E 77th St — 185, 5 min walk E
- 2500 E 76th St — 141, 8 min walk W
- 2500 E 75th St — 80, 8 min walk W
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 7, section 8. 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 Thursday, October 29.
–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.