Parking at 9850 S Damen Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 9800–9899 S Damen Ave. Everything here is from City records — 4,664 parking tickets written across 80 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 19, section 4. 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 Damen Ave
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 9500 S Hoyne Ave alone took 149 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
- 9500 S Hoyne Ave — 149 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 9500 S Hamilton Ave — 140 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 9500 S Winchester Ave — 133 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 9700 S Hamilton Ave — 42 tickets, 4 min walk NW
- 9900 S Walden Pkwy — 48 tickets, 5 min walk SE
- 2100 W 95th St — 1,349 tickets, 9 min walk N
- 1800 W 95th St — 609 tickets, 10 min walk N
- 9500 S Vanderpoel Ave — 313 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 1732 W 99th St — speed camera, 6 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 12 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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 19, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.