Chicago parking by address · Hyde Park · Ward 5

Parking at 5750 S Ellis Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5700–5799 S Ellis Ave. Everything here is from City records — 37,949 parking tickets written across 99 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 6
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
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 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed

Streets to watch near 5750 S Ellis Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 S Drexel Ave alone took 577 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,303 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5600 S Drexel Ave — 577 tickets, 3 min walk NW
  • 5400 S Ingleside Ave — 389 tickets, 8 min walk N
  • 5400 S Ellis Ave — 333 tickets, 8 min walk N
Permit zones1,853 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1100 E 61st St — 403 tickets, 10 min walk SE
  • 6100 S Drexel Ave — 381 tickets, 10 min walk S
  • 6100 S Ellis Ave — 296 tickets, 10 min walk S
Plate checks9,484 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5700 S Drexel Ave — 1,133 tickets, 3 min walk W
  • 5700 S Cottage Grove Ave — 956 tickets, 5 min walk W
  • 800 E Midway Plaisance — 559 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Posted restrictions7,883 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 700 E 57th St — 1,894 tickets, 6 min walk W
  • 5600 S Maryland Ave — 1,301 tickets, 4 min walk NW
  • 5800 S Cottage Grove Ave — 919 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Metered blocks14,066 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 5700 S Ellis Ave — 3,767 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 5800 S Ellis Ave — 3,336 tickets, 2 min walk S
  • 1300 E 57th St — 3,150 tickets, 9 min walk E
Other enforcement195 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 1000 E 59th St — 150 tickets, 4 min walk S
  • 6000 S Cottage Grove Ave — 45 tickets, 9 min walk SW

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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.