Towing in Canarsie
Canarsie is the end of the line: the L terminates at Rockaway Parkway, the Belt runs along its southern edge, and the pier sits out on Jamaica Bay. It is a driving neighborhood, which means a lot of cars parked for days between uses, and that produces the morning cluster of no-starts that is most of our work here.
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How fast we reach Canarsie.
About twenty minutes east along Flatlands Avenue, or by the Belt. Fastest response of any borough. We are based here, so most Brooklyn calls are short runs back to our own shop.
What makes Canarsie different.
Not generic advice. These are the things that actually change which truck we send and how we get your car out.
Canarsie Pier and the Belt
The pier has its own exit off the Belt and its own lot, and a good number of the evening calls here are a car that will not start after a few hours parked by the water, or a lockout. The Belt shoulders nearby are narrow. If you are on the parkway, tell us the direction and the exit; if you are at the pier, tell us that and we come in the pier road.
The bus loop at the L terminal
Rockaway Parkway at the station is a turnaround for several bus routes and it does not stop moving. We cannot stage a truck in the loop, so a breakdown on that block gets walked to a side street first. Say which side of Rockaway Parkway you are on and the nearest cross street.
Low ground by Paerdegat Basin
The blocks along the basin and toward the bay flooded in Sandy and still pool in a hard rain. A car that has been in salt water should not be started: tell us it was in water and we bring the flatbed, keep it off its wheels, and get it onto a lift before anyone turns a key.
Roads and landmarks in Canarsie.
Any of these is enough to locate you. If you're on a parkway, the nearest exit number is faster than a street name.
Roads
- Rockaway Parkway
- Flatlands Avenue
- Seaview Avenue
- Remsen Avenue
- Ralph Avenue
- Avenue L
- The Belt Parkway (Rockaway Parkway exit)
Landmarks
- Canarsie Pier
- The Rockaway Parkway L terminal
- Canarsie Park
- Paerdegat Basin
- The Flatlands Avenue strip
Zip codes covered
- 11236
And it can go straight into our own bay.
Most tows end at a yard where a stranger looks at your car whenever they get to it. Our shop is at 619 Coney Island Avenue, so a Canarsie pickup can be diagnosed and repaired by the same company that towed it: one invoice, no second tow, and nobody blaming the last operator.
Other Brooklyn neighborhoods.
Kensington
Our own block: the shop is on Coney Island Avenue in Kensington.
Midwood
About ten minutes south on Coney Island Avenue.
Borough Park
Roughly ten minutes west of the shop.
Sheepshead Bay
About fifteen minutes south, straight down Coney Island Avenue.
Park Slope
Fifteen minutes north, up Prospect Park West or the Prospect Expressway.
Flatbush
Ten minutes east of the shop.
Mill Basin
About fifteen minutes east of the shop, off Flatbush Avenue.
Bergen Beach
Fifteen to twenty minutes from the shop, past Mill Basin.
Marine Park
Fifteen minutes from the shop, and on our road to Rockaway.
Ditmas Park
Minutes away: it starts where Kensington ends, on Coney Island Avenue.
Coney Island
Straight down Ocean Parkway to its southern end, about twenty minutes.
East Flatbush
About fifteen minutes east along Church Avenue or Linden Boulevard.
Flatlands
About twenty minutes southeast, out along Kings Highway or Flatlands Avenue.
Bay Ridge
About twenty minutes south-west, down Fort Hamilton Parkway or along the Belt.
Bensonhurst
About fifteen minutes: down McDonald Avenue or Ocean Parkway, then across on Bay Parkway.
Brighton Beach
Straight down Coney Island Avenue to its end, about twenty minutes.
Gravesend
Ten to fifteen minutes straight down McDonald Avenue.
Williamsburg
Thirty minutes or more on a normal day: it is across the borough from us, and we say so before the truck rolls.
Downtown Brooklyn
About twenty-five minutes up Ocean Parkway and Flatbush Avenue on a normal day; longer at rush hour, and we tell you which.
Need a tow in Canarsie?
Give us the cross streets or a landmark and what the car is doing. Towing answers 24 hours / 7 days.