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?
3
7850 S Stony Island Ave (8 min walk) · 7901 S South Chicago Ave (9 min walk) · 1608 E 79th St (9 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7800 S Ellis Ave alone took 213 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,331 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 7800 S Ellis Ave — 213, 7 min walk W
- 7800 S Drexel Ave — 175, 10 min walk W
- 7800 S Avalon Ave — 146, 1 min walk NW
- 8000 S Dobson Ave — 136, 8 min walk SW
- 7600 S Dante Ave — 116, 7 min walk NE
Permit zones2,375 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 7900 S Ellis Ave — 813, 7 min walk W
- 7900 S Dobson Ave — 655, 6 min walk W
- 7800 S Cornell Ave — 407, 9 min walk E
- 7900 S Greenwood Ave — 372, 5 min walk SW
- 8100 S Dobson Ave — 80, 9 min walk SW
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 checks5,569 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 7900 S Drexel Ave — 624, 10 min walk W
- 7900 S Ingleside Ave — 408, 9 min walk W
- 8000 S Ellis Ave — 403, 9 min walk SW
- 8000 S Ingleside Ave — 339, 10 min walk SW
- 7700 S Cornell Ave — 272, 10 min walk E
Posted restrictions91 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 900 E 78th St — 91, 9 min walk W
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.
✓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.