Towing in Kensington
Kensington is where the shop is. 619 Coney Island Avenue sits in the middle of it, which makes this the fastest response area we have: a breakdown here is usually a few minutes away, and the tow and the repair happen the same afternoon.
- Since 1977 · 49 years in Brooklyn
- Towing 24 hours / 7 days · our own trucks
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- All major insurance accepted
- Spoken here: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian
How fast we reach Kensington.
Our own block: the shop is on Coney Island Avenue in Kensington. Fastest response of any borough. We are based here, so most Brooklyn calls are short runs back to our own shop.
What makes Kensington different.
Not generic advice. These are the things that actually change which truck we send and how we get your car out.
The F train viaduct on McDonald Avenue
McDonald Avenue runs under the elevated F line for most of its length, and the steel columns down the centre leave narrow lanes either side. A loaded flatbed cannot turn there comfortably, so we usually work off Coney Island Avenue and bring the vehicle out on a wheel-lift.
Alternate-side parking, twice a week
Most Kensington side streets are double-parked solid on cleaning days. Wheel-lift is often the only way to extract a car from the middle of a row without touching the vehicles either side.
Church Avenue congestion
Church is the main east-west artery and it backs up badly through the middle of the day. If you are stuck on it, tell us which side of Coney Island Avenue you are on: it changes our approach completely.
Roads and landmarks in Kensington.
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
- Coney Island Avenue
- Church Avenue
- Fort Hamilton Parkway
- Ocean Parkway
- Caton Avenue
- McDonald Avenue
Landmarks
- Kensington Plaza
- The F train at Church Avenue
- Greenwood Cemetery's southern edge
- Ocean Parkway malls
Zip codes covered
- 11218
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 Kensington 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.
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.
Canarsie
About twenty minutes east along Flatlands Avenue, or by the Belt.
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 Kensington?
Give us the cross streets or a landmark and what the car is doing. Towing answers 24 hours / 7 days.