Yes. Aviv Glass & Mirror runs mobile auto glass to Canarsie seven days a week, 8:30 to 5:30, reaching Rockaway Parkway in about 20 to 25 minutes off the Belt Parkway. Windshields run $250 to $450 installed, chips $60 to $150, and we bill your insurance directly. Most Canarsie drivers pick the van over the drive.
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Canarsie sits far enough southeast that the drive to Borough Park is a real decision, not a quick errand. That is why our van does most of the work out here. Between the detached houses off East 105th Street and the driveways on the blocks below Flatlands Avenue, there is usually a flat, dry spot to set a windshield without anyone circling for parking. We come to you, cut the old urethane, prep the pinch weld, and lay a fresh bead so nothing weeps at the first rain off Jamaica Bay.
The shop is Aviv Glass & Mirror, 5521 Fort Hamilton Parkway, and glass was the trade long before cars were. Cutting and edging plate for South Brooklyn storefronts taught us what a clean seat looks like, and a windshield is the same discipline with a camera bracket attached. You get an honest number on the phone, OEM-quality glass that meets or beats FMVSS, and a lifetime workmanship warranty. Thirty-three Google reviews average 4.5 stars, which is a fair reflection of how the work goes. We are open every day, 8:30 to 5:30.
Rockaway Parkway is the spine here, running from the Flatlands end straight down to the Canarsie Pier, where the L train gives up and turns around at its last stop. Flatlands Avenue and Avenue L carry the crosstown traffic, Remsen Avenue and East 105th Street take the rest, and Seaview Avenue runs the industrial edge near the water. The Belt Parkway curls along the bay with Paerdegat Basin cutting a notch into it, so a lot of local trips start and end with a merge. Parking is genuinely easier than inner Brooklyn: driveways behind the detached houses, curb space on the numbered east streets, and lots around Bay View Houses and Breukelen Houses. Buses feed Rockaway Parkway all day, which means bus mirrors, truck traffic and tight curb lanes on the same block. It is Brooklyn, but it drives more like the edge of Queens.
“I called for a quote on two pieces of mirror. The lady I spoke to was very helpful. Took my measurements, offered to call me back with a price. She did promptly. Polite and professional throughout.”
Two things chew up glass in Canarsie. The first is the Belt Parkway. Cars ride the bay edge at speed behind sanitation trucks and contractor pickups, and whatever comes off a tailgate near the Paerdegat Basin crossing arrives at your windshield with real energy. Small star break, no drama, until the temperature swings. The second is salt and sun. Air off Jamaica Bay works on old moldings until they harden and lift, and a lifted molding lets water sit along the top edge where you cannot see it. Add the winter cycle of cold glass and a defroster on full, and a chip near the wiper sweep runs. Break-ins on the side streets account for the rest, and tempered door glass does not crack, it empties into the seat.
From Canarsie, the simplest run is the Belt Parkway west from the Rockaway Parkway exit, off at Bay Parkway or 65th Street, then up to Fort Hamilton Parkway and 55th Street. Roughly nine miles, 20 to 25 minutes when the Belt behaves, longer when it does not. Flatlands Avenue to Kings Highway works as a surface alternative if the parkway is stacked. Plenty of drivers out here skip the trip entirely, and we do not blame them. Tell us the address, whether the car sits in a driveway or at the curb, and we bring the glass, the urethane and the recalibration gear to you. Same price either way. Call 646-386-2253.
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No trip charge. Canarsie is inside our normal Brooklyn mobile ring, so a windshield done in your driveway off Avenue L costs what the same job costs at the counter on Fort Hamilton Parkway. What we need is a reasonably level spot and dry weather, because urethane will not cure properly in rain. If the forecast turns, we call and move you rather than set glass badly.
Usually yes. We need a parking space we can stand beside on both sides, and the lots around the developments are wide enough more often than not. If your spot is boxed in, park on a side street off Seaview Avenue and text us the cross street. The van carries everything, so we are not running back to the shop for a clip.
Fair question, since it is not a short hop. The shop sits near 55th Street, a few blocks from the D at Fort Hamilton Parkway and New Utrecht Avenue; from there it is a long ride to the L at Rockaway Parkway. Most people would rather wait, and a windshield takes 60 to 90 minutes plus safe drive-away time. Coffee and a bench beat two transfers.
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