Parking at 5050 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S Lake Shore Dr. Everything here is from City records — 63,338 parking tickets written across 59 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
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.
Streets to watch near 5050 S Lake Shore Dr
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 S Hyde Park Blvd alone took 600 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 5400 S Hyde Park Blvd — 600 tickets, 9 min walk S
- 1700 E 53rd St — 535 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 5300 S Hyde Park Blvd — 380 tickets, 7 min walk S
- 5000 S Cornell Ave — 831 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 1400 E 52nd St — 789 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 5000 S Lake Shore Dr — 778 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 1600 E 50th Pl — 1,012 tickets, 3 min walk NW
- 5200 S Cornell Ave — 751 tickets, 5 min walk SW
- 5100 S Harper Ave — 728 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1600 E 53rd St — 6,805 tickets, 5 min walk S
- 1500 E 53rd St — 4,870 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 5000 S Lake Park Ave — 107 tickets, 5 min walk W
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.
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.