Chicago parking by block · Kenwood · Ward 5

Parking at 1550 E 47th

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 E 47th. Everything here is from City records — 11,569 parking tickets written across 48 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, November 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

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

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Streets to watch near 1550 E 47th

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Woodlawn Ave alone took 409 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,080 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

4700 S Woodlawn Ave — 409 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1400 E 48th St — 339 tickets, 4 min walk SW
1300 E 50th St — 325 tickets, 10 min walk S

Permit zones1,098 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

4500 S Oakenwald Ave — 864 tickets, 5 min walk NW
4400 S Oakenwald Ave — 234 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Plate checks4,740 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

1300 E 47th St — 479 tickets, 5 min walk W
4900 S East End Ave — 441 tickets, 9 min walk SE
1400 E 49th St — 382 tickets, 7 min walk S

Posted restrictions3,383 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

4600 S Lake Park Ave — 1,188 tickets, 4 min walk W
1600 E 50th Pl — 1,012 tickets, 10 min walk SE
4800 S Chicago Beach Dr — 582 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Metered blocks105 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

4700 S Cornell Dr — 105 tickets, 2 min walk SW

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 17. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.