Chicago parking by block · Hyde Park · Ward 5

Parking at 5450 S University Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5400–5499 S University Ave. Everything here is from City records — 74,468 parking tickets written across 121 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?

5330 S Cottage Grove Ave (9 min 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 5450 S University Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 S Drexel Ave alone took 577 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,281 tickets

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

5600 S Drexel Ave — 577 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5400 S Ingleside Ave — 389 tickets, 5 min walk W
5100 S Kimbark Ave — 387 tickets, 9 min walk N

Plate checks18,937 tickets

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

5700 S Drexel Ave — 1,133 tickets, 9 min walk SW
5200 S Drexel Ave — 787 tickets, 8 min walk NW
5200 S Kenwood Ave — 696 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Posted restrictions3,676 tickets

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

5600 S Maryland Ave — 1,301 tickets, 9 min walk SW
900 E 57th St — 889 tickets, 8 min walk SW
800 E 57th St — 553 tickets, 10 min walk SW

Metered blocks45,513 tickets

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

1300 E 53rd St — 15,694 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1400 E 53rd St — 10,344 tickets, 9 min walk NE
5700 S Ellis Ave — 3,767 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

5330 S Cottage Grove Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W

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 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.