Parking at 9250 S Merrill Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 9200–9299 S Merrill Ave. Everything here is from City records — 5,085 parking tickets written across 101 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 7, section 17. 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 9250 S Merrill Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9500 S Bennett Ave alone took 81 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
- 9500 S Bennett Ave — 81 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 9300 S Essex Ave — 65 tickets, 9 min walk E
- 9000 S Phillips Ave — 48 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 9200 S Yates Blvd — 174 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 9300 S Oglesby Ave — 173 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 9300 S Crandon Ave — 132 tickets, 4 min walk SE
- 9300 S Yates Blvd — 169 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 9500 S Euclid Ave — 160 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 9200 S Merrill Ave — 145 tickets, 1 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 9450 S Jeffery Blvd — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
- 1951 E 95th St — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
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 2 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.
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 7, section 17. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.