Chicago parking by address · Hyde Park · Ward 4

Parking at 5250 S Blackstone Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 S Blackstone Ave. Everything here is from City records — 100,043 parking tickets written across 115 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, September 22
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
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 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jun
26
Fri
Jun
29
Mon
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
22
Tue
Sep
23
Wed
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 5250 S Blackstone Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 S Hyde Park Blvd alone took 600 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,908 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5400 S Hyde Park Blvd — 600 tickets, 8 min walk SE
  • 1700 E 53rd St — 535 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 5000 S Woodlawn Ave — 400 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Permit zones365 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 5500 S Harper Ave — 365 tickets, 8 min walk S
Plate checks19,325 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5400 S Cornell Ave — 1,140 tickets, 8 min walk SE
  • 5000 S Cornell Ave — 831 tickets, 6 min walk NE
  • 1400 E 52nd St — 789 tickets, 1 min walk NW
Posted restrictions4,788 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1600 E 50th Pl — 1,012 tickets, 8 min walk NE
  • 5200 S Cornell Ave — 751 tickets, 5 min walk E
  • 5100 S Harper Ave — 728 tickets, 2 min walk NE
Metered blocks69,442 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1300 E 53rd St — 15,694 tickets, 3 min walk W
  • 1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 1 min walk SW
  • 1600 E 53rd St — 6,805 tickets, 6 min walk E
Other enforcement107 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 5000 S Lake Park Ave — 107 tickets, 5 min walk NE

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 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.