Chicago parking by block · Gage Park · Ward 15

Parking at 5450 S Maplewood Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5400–5499 S Maplewood Ave. Everything here is from City records — 16,374 parking tickets written across 114 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
2513 W 55th St (1 min walk) · 2409 W 55th St (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 15, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 5450 S Maplewood Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 S Claremont Ave alone took 279 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,969 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,533 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks61 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks4,553 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,453 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks1,614 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2513 W 55th St — speed camera, 1 min walk SE
  • 2409 W 55th St — red-light camera, 3 min walk E
  • 5486 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk E
  • 5520 S Western Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk SE
  • 5529 S Western Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk SE
  • 2445 W 51st St — speed camera, 9 min walk N

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 6 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 15, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.