Chicago parking by block · Hyde Park · Ward 5

Parking at 5450 S Ellis Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5400–5499 S Ellis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 47,328 parking tickets written across 109 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, October 21
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
5330 S Cottage Grove Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 5, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
25
Tue
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu

Streets to watch near 5450 S Ellis Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 S Drexel Ave alone took 577 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,707 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Plate checks16,911 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions5,637 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks19,840 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement69 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5330 S Cottage Grove Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 cameras nearby.
  • 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 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.