Chicago parking by block · Kenwood · Ward 5

Parking at 4950 S Lake Shore Dr

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4900–4999 S Lake Shore Dr. Everything here is from City records — 38,470 parking tickets written across 49 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 4950 S Lake Shore Dr

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 E 53rd St alone took 535 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,895 tickets

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

1700 E 53rd St — 535 tickets, 8 min walk S
5300 S Hyde Park Blvd — 380 tickets, 9 min walk S
1400 E 48th St — 339 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Plate checks7,361 tickets

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

5000 S Cornell Ave — 831 tickets, 5 min walk SW
5000 S Lake Shore Dr — 778 tickets, 3 min walk S
5100 S Blackstone Ave — 632 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Posted restrictions5,370 tickets

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

1600 E 50th Pl — 1,012 tickets, 3 min walk SW
5200 S Cornell Ave — 751 tickets, 7 min walk S
5100 S Harper Ave — 728 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Metered blocks23,646 tickets

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

1600 E 53rd St — 6,805 tickets, 8 min walk S
1500 E 53rd St — 4,870 tickets, 9 min walk SW
1400 E Hyde Park Blvd — 3,832 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Other enforcement107 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5000 S Lake Park Ave — 107 tickets, 6 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.