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?
5
7850 S Stony Island Ave (6 min walk) · 1608 E 79th St (7 min walk) · 7901 S South Chicago Ave (7 min walk) +2 more
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7700 S East End Ave alone took 316 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,513 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 7700 S East End Ave — 316, 10 min walk E
- 7800 S Ellis Ave — 213, 9 min walk W
- 7800 S Avalon Ave — 146, 2 min walk W
- 8000 S Dobson Ave — 136, 9 min walk SW
- 7600 S Dante Ave — 116, 6 min walk NE
Permit zones2,880 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 7900 S Ellis Ave — 813, 9 min walk W
- 7900 S Dobson Ave — 655, 8 min walk W
- 7800 S Cornell Ave — 407, 8 min walk E
- 7900 S Greenwood Ave — 372, 6 min walk W
- 7800 S East End Ave — 319, 9 min walk E
City sticker checks58 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 8100 S Harper Ave — 58, 9 min walk SE
Plate checks4,374 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 7900 S Ingleside Ave — 408, 10 min walk W
- 8000 S Ellis Ave — 403, 10 min walk SW
- 7700 S Cornell Ave — 272, 9 min walk E
- 1000 E 80th St — 189, 8 min walk SW
- 8200 S Kenwood Ave — 154, 9 min walk S
Other enforcement96 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 1100 E 76th St — 96, 8 min walk NW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 8, section 3. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr7Tue
Apr8Wed
Jun11Thu
Jun12Fri
Aug18Tue
Aug19Wed
Oct23Fri
Oct26Mon
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.
✓Cameras5 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.