Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 9050 S Prairie

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 9000–9099 S Prairie. Everything here is from City records — 6,332 parking tickets written across 86 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 23

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 18. 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 9050 S Prairie

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9300 S Indiana Ave alone took 65 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning173 tickets

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

9300 S Indiana Ave — 65 tickets, 8 min walk S
400 E 90th St — 57 tickets, 5 min walk NE
9100 S Perry Ave — 51 tickets, 9 min walk W

Permit zones1,218 tickets

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

8700 S Wabash Ave — 320 tickets, 9 min walk NW
8700 S Michigan Ave — 311 tickets, 9 min walk NW
8800 S Wabash Ave — 182 tickets, 7 min walk NW

City sticker checks76 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

9200 S Prairie Ave — 76 tickets, 5 min walk S

Plate checks4,170 tickets

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

400 E 87th St — 263 tickets, 10 min walk NE
500 E 89th St — 239 tickets, 8 min walk NE
600 E 90th St — 213 tickets, 10 min walk E

Posted restrictions114 tickets

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

0 E 94th St — 73 tickets, 10 min walk SW
8800 S State St — 41 tickets, 9 min walk NW

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 6, section 18. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.