Along NW 31st Ave and the stretch of State Road 7 near Oakland Park Blvd, it's block after block of garden apartments and condo buildings that went up in the sixties and seventies — Hawaiian Gardens, the edge of Lakes of Inverrary, a hundred smaller courts with numbered spaces and a decal rule nobody reads until they get towed. That's a big share of our work here: private-property and permit-parking calls, plus the owner side of it, getting a car released and back to whoever needs it Monday morning.
The other half is older cars. Plenty of households out here run one vehicle and lean on the 441 Breeze the rest of the week, so when that car quits it usually quits for good — no-start in a lot, dead in the turn lane, or overheating outside Florida Medical Center. We do jump starts, lockouts, tire changes, winch-outs of the soft-shoulder variety, and flatbed transport when the thing isn't going anywhere on its own. The city's only about three and a half square miles, which helps.
Working the 441 and Oakland Park corridors
My car got towed from my apartment lot. Can you help me get it back?
Call us and we'll tell you straight whether it was our truck. If it wasn't, we'll still point you toward the right yard — the sign at the lot entrance lists the towing company by law. If we do have it, we'll walk you through what to bring for the release.
Do you tow on State Road 7 during rush hour?
Yes. Breakdowns and fender-benders on 441 near Oakland Park are routine for us. Stay in the car with your belt on if traffic's moving, hazards on, and let dispatch know which side of the intersection you're on — that stretch is easy to misjudge over the phone.