Chicago parking by block · Hyde Park · Ward 5

Parking at 5650 S Kimbark Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5600–5699 S Kimbark Ave. Everything here is from City records — 38,839 parking tickets written across 102 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 15

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 11. 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 5650 S Kimbark Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 S Drexel Ave alone took 577 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,323 tickets

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

5600 S Drexel Ave — 577 tickets, 9 min walk W
5400 S Ingleside Ave — 389 tickets, 10 min walk NW
5400 S Ellis Ave — 333 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, 7 min walk NE

Plate checks9,046 tickets

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

5700 S Drexel Ave — 1,133 tickets, 9 min walk W
5400 S Harper Ave — 519 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1400 E 55th St — 491 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Posted restrictions1,127 tickets

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

900 E 57th St — 889 tickets, 9 min walk W
5800 S University Ave — 128 tickets, 6 min walk SW
1200 E 58th St — 110 tickets, 4 min walk S

Metered blocks20,420 tickets

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

1600 E 55th St — 4,151 tickets, 9 min walk NE
5700 S Ellis Ave — 3,767 tickets, 7 min walk W
5800 S Ellis Ave — 3,336 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Other enforcement452 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1400 E Midway Plaisance — 203 tickets, 9 min walk SE
1000 E 59th St — 150 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1400 E 60th St — 99 tickets, 9 min walk SE

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 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.