Parking at 4950 S Dorchester Ave
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Parking at this address

4950 S Dorchester Ave

Ward 4, cleaning section 2 · 73,572 parking tickets were written across 104 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
Then Friday, September 25 · Friday, November 6 · Monday, November 9. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
None
No speed or red-light camera within a 10-minute walk.

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Woodlawn Ave alone took 409 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,010 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 4700 S Woodlawn Ave — 409, 6 min walk NW
  • 5000 S Woodlawn Ave — 400, 5 min walk SW
  • 5100 S Kimbark Ave — 387, 6 min walk SW
  • 5200 S Woodlawn Ave — 352, 8 min walk SW
  • 1400 E 48th St — 339, 4 min walk NE
Permit zones864 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 4500 S Oakenwald Ave — 864, 10 min walk N
Plate checks14,764 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5000 S Cornell Ave — 831, 8 min walk SE
  • 1400 E 52nd St — 789, 6 min walk S
  • 5200 S Kenwood Ave — 696, 7 min walk S
  • 1300 E Hyde Park Blvd — 656, 4 min walk S
  • 5100 S Dorchester Ave — 656, 5 min walk S
Posted restrictions5,807 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 4600 S Lake Park Ave — 1,188, 7 min walk N
  • 1600 E 50th Pl — 1,012, 8 min walk E
  • 5100 S Harper Ave — 728, 7 min walk SE
  • 5000 S Blackstone Ave — 642, 4 min walk SE
  • 5000 S East End Ave — 618, 8 min walk E
Metered blocks46,784 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1300 E 53rd St — 15,694, 8 min walk S
  • 1400 E 53rd St — 10,344, 9 min walk S
  • 1400 E Hyde Park Blvd — 3,832, 5 min walk SE
  • 5200 S Harper Ave — 3,600, 9 min walk SE
  • 5300 S Blackstone Ave — 2,758, 10 min walk S

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 4, section 2. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr3Fri
Apr6Mon
May15Fri
May18Mon
Jun30Tue
Jul1Wed
Aug12Wed
Aug13Thu
Sep24Thu
Sep25Fri
Nov6Fri
Nov9Mon

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, September 24.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
None nearby, but the app warns you anywhere in the city.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.