Parking at 9450 S Emerald Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 9400–9499 S Emerald Ave. Everything here is from City records — 6,181 parking tickets written across 118 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 21, section 16. 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 9450 S Emerald Ave
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9700 S Lowe Ave alone took 104 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 9700 S Lowe Ave — 104 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 9400 S Lowe Ave — 70 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 9100 S Lowe Ave — 65 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 9300 S Normal Ave — 240 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 9400 S Morgan St — 168 tickets, 6 min walk W
- 400 W 95th Pl — 93 tickets, 7 min walk E
- 9300 S Emerald Ave — 66 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 9600 S Wallace St — 63 tickets, 6 min walk SE
- 9500 S Parnell Ave — 48 tickets, 5 min walk E
- 9100 S Normal Ave — 156 tickets, 10 min walk NE
- 9400 S Union Ave — 146 tickets, 1 min walk E
- 9600 S Carpenter St — 124 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 9513 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 1 min walk SW
- 9480 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 1 min walk W
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 21, section 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.