Parking at 1550 E 96th
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1500–1599 E 96th. Everything here is from City records — 1,466 parking tickets written across 38 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 8, section 23. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Streets to watch near 1550 E 96th
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9200 S Avalon Ave alone took 57 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
- 9200 S Avalon Ave — 57 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 9500 S University Ave — 55 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 9200 S Blackstone Ave — 54 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 9500 S Constance Ave — 55 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 9700 S University Ave — 43 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 9800 S Woodlawn Ave — 42 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 9500 S Greenwood Ave — 113 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 9500 S Avalon Ave — 72 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 9200 S Harper Ave — 69 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 1600 E 95th St — 47 tickets, 5 min walk NE
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.
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 8, section 23. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.