Chicago parking by block · Kenwood · Ward 4

Parking at 4550 S Oakenwald Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 S Oakenwald Ave. Everything here is from City records — 14,161 parking tickets written across 67 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

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 4, section 7. 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 4550 S Oakenwald Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Woodlawn Ave alone took 409 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,747 tickets

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

4700 S Woodlawn Ave — 409 tickets, 6 min walk SW
900 E 46th St — 377 tickets, 9 min walk W
1400 E 48th St — 339 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Permit zones1,956 tickets

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

4500 S Oakenwald Ave — 864 tickets, 1 min walk N
4300 S Oakenwald Ave — 360 tickets, 6 min walk NW
4100 S Oakenwald Ave — 277 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Plate checks6,613 tickets

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

4600 S Ellis Ave — 607 tickets, 8 min walk W
900 E 47th St — 571 tickets, 9 min walk SW
4700 S Ellis Ave — 488 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,546 tickets

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

4600 S Lake Park Ave — 1,188 tickets, 3 min walk S
4800 S Lake Park Ave — 196 tickets, 9 min walk SE
900 E 45th St — 162 tickets, 9 min walk W

Metered blocks105 tickets

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

4700 S Cornell Dr — 105 tickets, 6 min walk SE

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 4, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.