Chicago parking by address · Hyde Park · Ward 5

Parking at 1450 E 53rd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1400–1499 E 53rd St. Everything here is from City records — 101,166 parking tickets written across 117 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 27
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 5, section 15. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jul
13
Mon
Jul
14
Tue
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 1450 E 53rd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 S Cornell Ave alone took 692 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,523 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5500 S Cornell Ave — 692 tickets, 10 min walk SE
  • 5400 S Hyde Park Blvd — 600 tickets, 8 min walk SE
  • 1700 E 53rd St — 535 tickets, 10 min walk E
Permit zones365 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 5500 S Harper Ave — 365 tickets, 7 min walk S
Plate checks20,285 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5400 S Cornell Ave — 1,140 tickets, 7 min walk SE
  • 5000 S Cornell Ave — 831 tickets, 7 min walk NE
  • 1400 E 52nd St — 789 tickets, 2 min walk N
Posted restrictions4,354 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1600 E 50th Pl — 1,012 tickets, 9 min walk NE
  • 5200 S Cornell Ave — 751 tickets, 5 min walk E
  • 5100 S Harper Ave — 728 tickets, 3 min walk NE
Metered blocks69,442 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1300 E 53rd St — 15,694 tickets, 3 min walk W
  • 1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 1600 E 53rd St — 6,805 tickets, 6 min walk E
Other enforcement107 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 5000 S Lake Park Ave — 107 tickets, 6 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
  • The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 5, section 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.