Chicago parking by address · Hyde Park · Ward 5

Parking at 1650 E 55th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1600–1699 E 55th St. Everything here is from City records — 91,486 parking tickets written across 95 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, October 19
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 12. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 1650 E 55th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 S Everett Ave alone took 812 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,115 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5500 S Everett Ave — 812 tickets, 5 min walk E
  • 5500 S Cornell Ave — 692 tickets, 2 min walk SE
  • 5400 S Hyde Park Blvd — 600 tickets, 4 min walk NE
Permit zones365 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 5500 S Harper Ave — 365 tickets, 1 min walk SW
Plate checks11,521 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5400 S Cornell Ave — 1,140 tickets, 2 min walk NE
  • 1400 E 52nd St — 789 tickets, 9 min walk NW
  • 5200 S Kenwood Ave — 696 tickets, 9 min walk NW
Posted restrictions2,718 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 5200 S Cornell Ave — 751 tickets, 7 min walk N
  • 5100 S Harper Ave — 728 tickets, 9 min walk N
  • 1600 E 56th St — 688 tickets, 4 min walk SE
Metered blocks69,621 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 NW
  • 1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 7 min walk NW
  • 1600 E 53rd St — 6,805 tickets, 7 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 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.