When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, November 19
Then Friday, November 20. 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: 7900 S Sangamon St alone took 227 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,708 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 7900 S Sangamon St — 227, 7 min walk E
- 8000 S Carpenter St — 205, 5 min walk E
- 7700 S May St — 179, 6 min walk N
- 8000 S Justine St — 143, 9 min walk W
- 8300 S Elizabeth St — 142, 9 min walk S
Permit zones923 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 7800 S Aberdeen St — 323, 4 min walk NE
- 7800 S Carpenter St — 245, 5 min walk NE
- 7700 S Ada St — 204, 6 min walk NW
- 7900 S Laflin St — 151, 7 min walk W
City sticker checks190 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 8200 S Ada St — 134, 8 min walk SW
- 1100 W 82nd St — 56, 6 min walk SE
Plate checks12,725 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 7900 S Green St — 247, 9 min walk E
- 7800 S Morgan St — 239, 6 min walk NE
- 7700 S Morgan St — 235, 8 min walk NE
- 7800 S Green St — 233, 10 min walk E
- 8300 S May St — 223, 10 min walk S
Posted restrictions217 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 8100 S Laflin St — 133, 8 min walk SW
- 8300 S Racine Ave — 84, 9 min walk S
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 17, section 6. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr15Wed
Apr16Thu
Jun26Fri
Jun29Mon
Sep8Tue
Sep9Wed
Nov19Thu
Nov20Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, November 19.
–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.