Parking at 9850 S Carpenter St
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 9800–9899 S Carpenter St. Everything here is from City records — 5,303 parking tickets written across 98 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 21, section 15. 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 9850 S Carpenter St
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9900 S Carpenter St alone took 71 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.
- 9900 S Carpenter St — 71 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 9900 S Morgan St — 53 tickets, 4 min walk S
- 9400 S Morgan St — 168 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 1300 W 98th St — 157 tickets, 7 min walk W
- 1200 W 97th Pl — 149 tickets, 6 min walk NW
- 1300 W 97th Pl — 145 tickets, 8 min walk W
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 813 W 99th St — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
- 9901 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
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 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.