Chicago parking by block · Hyde Park · Ward 5

Parking at 5450 S Lake Park Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5400–5499 S Lake Park Ave. Everything here is from City records — 100,618 parking tickets written across 101 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 27

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 15. 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 5450 S Lake Park Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 S Everett Ave alone took 812 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,689 tickets

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

5500 S Everett Ave — 812 tickets, 6 min walk SE
5500 S Cornell Ave — 692 tickets, 4 min walk SE
5400 S Hyde Park Blvd — 600 tickets, 3 min walk E

Permit zones365 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

5500 S Harper Ave — 365 tickets, 3 min walk SW

Plate checks15,248 tickets

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

5400 S Cornell Ave — 1,140 tickets, 2 min walk E
5000 S Cornell Ave — 831 tickets, 9 min walk N
1400 E 52nd St — 789 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Posted restrictions2,835 tickets

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

5200 S Cornell Ave — 751 tickets, 6 min walk N
5100 S Harper Ave — 728 tickets, 7 min walk N
1600 E 56th St — 688 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Metered blocks75,232 tickets

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

1300 E 53rd St — 15,694 tickets, 8 min walk NW
1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 6 min walk NW
1600 E 53rd St — 6,805 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Other enforcement107 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

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

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 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.