When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, November 4
Then Thursday, November 5. 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?
4
1215 E 83RD ST (8 min walk) · 7850 S Stony Island Ave (8 min walk) · 7901 S South Chicago Ave (9 min walk) +1 more
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Drexel Ave alone took 486 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,703 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 8000 S Drexel Ave — 486, 10 min walk W
- 7800 S Ellis Ave — 213, 8 min walk NW
- 7800 S Avalon Ave — 146, 4 min walk N
- 8000 S Dobson Ave — 136, 6 min walk W
- 7600 S Dante Ave — 116, 9 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, 10 min walk E
- 7900 S Greenwood Ave — 372, 5 min walk W
- 8100 S Dobson Ave — 80, 8 min walk SW
City sticker checks58 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 8100 S Harper Ave — 58, 8 min walk SE
Plate checks6,270 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 8100 S Ingleside Ave — 685, 9 min walk SW
- 7900 S Drexel Ave — 624, 10 min walk W
- 8100 S Ellis Ave — 453, 8 min walk SW
- 7900 S Ingleside Ave — 408, 9 min walk W
- 8000 S Ellis Ave — 403, 7 min walk W
Metered blocks41 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 900 E 79th St — 41, 9 min walk W
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 8, section 7. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr17Fri
Apr20Mon
Jun24Wed
Jun25Thu
Aug28Fri
Aug31Mon
Nov4Wed
Nov5Thu
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, November 4.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras4 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.