Chicago parking by address · Hyde Park · Ward 5

Parking at 1650 E 53rd St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 E 53rd St. Everything here is from City records — 98,714 parking tickets written across 87 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 29
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 16. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 1650 E 53rd St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 S Everett Ave alone took 812 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,271 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5500 S Everett Ave — 812 tickets, 8 min walk S
  • 5500 S Cornell Ave — 692 tickets, 8 min walk S
  • 5400 S Hyde Park Blvd — 600 tickets, 4 min walk S
Permit zones365 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 5500 S Harper Ave — 365 tickets, 8 min walk SW
Plate checks15,691 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5400 S Cornell Ave — 1,140 tickets, 5 min walk S
  • 5000 S Cornell Ave — 831 tickets, 5 min walk N
  • 1400 E 52nd St — 789 tickets, 7 min walk W
Posted restrictions6,094 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1600 E 50th Pl — 1,012 tickets, 7 min walk N
  • 5200 S Cornell Ave — 751 tickets, 2 min walk NW
  • 5100 S Harper Ave — 728 tickets, 5 min walk NW
Metered blocks71,053 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1300 E 53rd St — 15,694 tickets, 9 min walk W
  • 1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 6 min walk W
  • 1600 E 53rd St — 6,805 tickets, 1 min walk N
Other enforcement107 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 5000 S Lake Park Ave — 107 tickets, 6 min walk NW

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 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.