Chicago parking by block · Hyde Park · Ward 20

Parking at 5850 S Cottage Grove Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 S Cottage Grove Ave. Everything here is from City records — 30,483 parking tickets written across 87 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

536 E Morgan Dr (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 20, 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 5850 S Cottage Grove Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 S Drexel Ave alone took 577 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,571 tickets

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

5600 S Drexel Ave — 577 tickets, 5 min walk NE
5500 S Ellis Ave — 236 tickets, 9 min walk NE
6000 S Eberhart Ave — 206 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Permit zones1,450 tickets

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

6100 S Drexel Ave — 381 tickets, 7 min walk S
6100 S Ellis Ave — 296 tickets, 9 min walk SE
6100 S Ingleside Ave — 278 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Plate checks7,260 tickets

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

5700 S Drexel Ave — 1,133 tickets, 4 min walk NE
5700 S Cottage Grove Ave — 956 tickets, 2 min walk N
800 E Midway Plaisance — 559 tickets, 4 min walk SE

Posted restrictions7,773 tickets

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

700 E 57th St — 1,894 tickets, 4 min walk N
5600 S Maryland Ave — 1,301 tickets, 5 min walk N
5800 S Cottage Grove Ave — 919 tickets, 1 min walk N

Metered blocks10,916 tickets

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

5700 S Ellis Ave — 3,767 tickets, 6 min walk NE
5800 S Ellis Ave — 3,336 tickets, 5 min walk E
900 E 59th St — 2,738 tickets, 4 min walk E

Other enforcement243 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1000 E 59th St — 150 tickets, 6 min walk E
5800 S Russell Dr — 48 tickets, 9 min walk W
6000 S Cottage Grove Ave — 45 tickets, 5 min walk S

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

536 E Morgan Dr — speed camera, 9 min walk NW

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 20, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.