Parking at 5450 S May St
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Parking at this address

5450 S May St

Ward 16, cleaning section 4 · 8,941 parking tickets were written across 123 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, November 13
Then Monday, November 16. 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?
2
1315 W Garfield Blvd (5 min walk) · 1334 W Garfield Blvd (5 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 S Bishop St alone took 177 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,256 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5400 S Bishop St — 177, 8 min walk W
  • 5700 S May St — 139, 7 min walk S
  • 5600 S May St — 127, 5 min walk S
  • 5700 S Peoria St — 110, 9 min walk SE
  • 5500 S May St — 92, 2 min walk S
City sticker checks296 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 5300 S Laflin St — 93, 9 min walk W
  • 5700 S Throop — 76, 8 min walk SW
  • 5400 S Carpenter St — 71, 3 min walk E
  • 5300 S May St — 56, 3 min walk N
Plate checks6,210 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5400 S May St — 358, 1 min walk N
  • 5600 S Throop St — 244, 6 min walk SW
  • 900 W 54th Pl — 244, 6 min walk E
  • 5700 S Aberdeen — 205, 7 min walk S
  • 5200 S Carpenter St — 186, 6 min walk NE
Posted restrictions125 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
  • 1400 W Garfield Blvd — 125, 8 min walk W
Other enforcement189 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 5100 S Racine Ave — 123, 8 min walk N
  • 1100 W 51st St — 66, 9 min walk N

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 16, section 4. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr9Thu
Apr10Fri
Jun22Mon
Jun23Tue
Sep1Tue
Sep2Wed
Nov13Fri
Nov16Mon

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, November 13.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
2 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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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.