Do you pick up vans and trucks in Garfield Ridge, not just cars?

Yes. Pickups, cargo vans, SUVs and box trucks are all fine. For anything larger than a full-size van, tell us the size and weight class on the call so we arrange the right tow.

Is Garfield Ridge too far for a same-day pickup?

Not usually. It's about 5 miles from our base, mostly one straight drive on 55th Street, so a same-day pickup is often possible. We just can't promise a set time.

Can I sell two old cars from the same Garfield Ridge house at once?

Yes. One pickup can take several vehicles. Tell us about each one on the call so we can quote them together and plan the tow.

Junk Vehicle Removal in Garfield Ridge

ZIP codes: 60638, 60632. About 5 miles by road: west on 55th Street to Central Avenue, then north to 51st Street.

How do I get rid of a junk vehicle in Garfield Ridge?

Call Cash For Junk Cars Tim's LLC with the vehicle's details and its Garfield Ridge address. We quote it on the phone, drive about 5 miles from our base on Western Avenue, and handle the junk vehicle removal ourselves with free towing. You're paid by cash, Zelle or Cash App before we leave.

Call (872) 356-9663

Midway International Airport takes up a big piece of Garfield Ridge, and the neighborhood grew because of it. Wikipedia’s Garfield Ridge article says the population surged in the 1920s after the airport was built, and fell again when traffic shifted to O’Hare. Today it’s about 10 miles from the Loop on the city’s far southwest side. From our base on Western Avenue it’s about 5 miles: straight out 55th Street for roughly 4 of them, then north on Central Avenue to 51st Street.

Named for a boulevard and a ridge

The name combines Garfield Boulevard with a ridge left behind when the glacial lake retreated. For most of the nineteenth century, the land was too soggy to farm well, and people mostly passed through: along Archer Road, the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Chicago and Alton Railroad. William B. Archer, the man Archer Avenue is named for, bought 240 acres here in 1835. Chicago annexed the area in pieces, in 1889, 1915 and 1921, and it was once known as Archer Limits. The airport itself opened in 1926 as Chicago Municipal Airport and was renamed Midway in 1942. A streetcar line on Archer Avenue and new industry arrived in the same years, which is when Polish families began settling here in numbers. The population peaked at 42,998 in 1970.

As late as 1936, Wikipedia notes, the area west of Central Avenue still had dirt roads and farms with grazing animals. The single-story bungalows came in the western part during the building boom after World War II, when the population more than tripled in the 1950s.

Neighborhoods inside Garfield Ridge

Sleepy Hollow, the early residential pocket in the northeast corner.
LeClaire Courts, built in 1950 as Chicago’s first integrated low-rise public housing. The complex was demolished in 2011.
Vittum Park and Archer Limits, both listed as neighborhoods in the area.

South of Garfield Ridge is Clearing, which holds the southern part of Midway. To the northeast is Archer Heights and to the east West Elsdon. The suburbs of Stickney, Summit and Bedford Park sit along the north, west and southwest sides.

Two ZIP codes, split near Cicero

On the city’s ZIP boundary file, matched to 2020 census blocks, about 89 percent of Garfield Ridge residents are in 60638. The rest, roughly 11 percent, are in 60632, in a narrow strip along the eastern edge near Cicero Avenue north of 55th Street. Tell us the cross streets and the ZIP takes care of itself.

Archer Avenue, 55th Street and the winter bans

Archer Avenue crosses Garfield Ridge on its way to the suburbs, and it’s on the city’s winter overnight parking restrictions. Streets and Sanitation’s notice for the 2025 to 2026 season says cars that break the ban are towed to Pound 2 at 10301 South Doty Avenue or Pound 6 at 701 North Sacramento, both a long way from a Garfield Ridge driveway.

55th Street and 47th Street are two-inch snow routes here too, along with Archer, according to the city’s snow route data. If the car you want to sell is parked on any of those, sell it before the first real snowfall, not after.

Markers around the airport

The Midway Orange Line station at 4612 West 59th Street is the end of the line and sits inside Garfield Ridge, according to its Wikipedia page. It opened with the rest of the Orange Line on October 31, 1993. Its turnstiles are wider than most, built to fit travelers’ luggage, and it doubles as a transit hub for the southwest suburbs. Telling us which side of the airport your car is on, and the nearest numbered street, gets us to you without a detour around the runways.

Work vehicles, total losses and older cars

Garfield Ridge started out as a transportation corridor, and it isn’t only family cars that wear out here. Pickups, cargo vans and SUVs are on our trucks, vans and SUVs page, and box trucks or semis are covered on our box trucks and semis page. If an insurer has written off your car after a crash, read our total loss guide for Illinois first, then call us for a number. And if you just want to know what an old car is worth, start with our guide to junk car value.

On the map

Open in Google Maps

Questions people ask us

Do you pick up vans and trucks in Garfield Ridge, not just cars?: Yes. Pickups, cargo vans, SUVs and box trucks are all fine. For anything larger than a full-size van, tell us the size and weight class on the call so we arrange the right tow.
Is Garfield Ridge too far for a same-day pickup?: Not usually. It's about 5 miles from our base, mostly one straight drive on 55th Street, so a same-day pickup is often possible. We just can't promise a set time.
Can I sell two old cars from the same Garfield Ridge house at once?: Yes. One pickup can take several vehicles. Tell us about each one on the call so we can quote them together and plan the tow.