Chicago parking by block · Hyde Park · Ward 5

Parking at 5150 S Woodlawn Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 S Woodlawn Ave. Everything here is from City records — 73,856 parking tickets written across 116 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 23

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 14. 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 5150 S Woodlawn Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Woodlawn Ave alone took 409 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,539 tickets

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

4700 S Woodlawn Ave — 409 tickets, 9 min walk N
5000 S Woodlawn Ave — 400 tickets, 3 min walk N
5100 S Kimbark Ave — 387 tickets, 2 min walk E

Plate checks19,349 tickets

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

1400 E 52nd St — 789 tickets, 6 min walk E
5200 S Drexel Ave — 787 tickets, 8 min walk SW
4900 S Drexel Blvd — 774 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Posted restrictions1,673 tickets

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

5100 S Harper Ave — 728 tickets, 8 min walk E
5000 S Blackstone Ave — 642 tickets, 7 min walk E
5300 S Ingleside Ave — 303 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Metered blocks46,961 tickets

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

1300 E 53rd St — 15,694 tickets, 4 min walk SE
1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 7 min walk SE
1400 E Hyde Park Blvd — 3,832 tickets, 6 min walk E

Other enforcement107 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5000 S Lake Park Ave — 107 tickets, 9 min walk E

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 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.