Chicago parking by block · Kenwood · Ward 4

Parking at 4950 S Ellis Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 S Ellis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 30,231 parking tickets written across 115 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

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 3. 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 4950 S Ellis Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 S Evans Ave alone took 416 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,509 tickets

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

4600 S Evans Ave — 416 tickets, 9 min walk NW
4700 S Woodlawn Ave — 409 tickets, 7 min walk NE
5000 S Woodlawn Ave — 400 tickets, 5 min walk E

Plate checks21,700 tickets

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

4600 S Drexel Blvd — 1,281 tickets, 8 min walk N
4800 S Drexel Blvd — 797 tickets, 4 min walk NW
5200 S Drexel Ave — 787 tickets, 9 min walk S

Posted restrictions659 tickets

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

5000 S Champlain Ave — 356 tickets, 9 min walk W
5300 S Ingleside Ave — 303 tickets, 9 min walk S

Metered blocks2,092 tickets

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

700 E 47th St — 1,289 tickets, 8 min walk NW
4700 S Cottage Grove Ave — 482 tickets, 7 min walk NW
1000 E 53rd St — 321 tickets, 8 min walk S

Other enforcement69 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5100 S Cottage Grove Ave — 69 tickets, 8 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 4, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.