Hegewisch is a long way out. Will you still come?

Yes. Hegewisch is inside our pickup area. We confirm the time on the call, and same-day pickup is often possible.

Can you take a car from a garage behind the house?

Tell us on the call how the garage is reached and whether the car rolls, and we'll plan the pickup around it.

What's across the border from Hegewisch?

Hammond, Indiana, to the east, and the village of Burnham to the south. We pick up in Hammond too.

Junk your car in Hegewisch

Junk Car Company buys junk cars in Hegewisch, Chicago's far southeast corner, with free towing and payment at pickup. It's a longer drive for the truck than the rest of the city, so we confirm the offer and the pickup time on the call. No title? Tell us what you have instead, and we'll check it on the call.

Free towing. Payment at the curb in cash or by app transfer. Often a same-day pickup.

Get an offer for your junk car

Can I junk a car in Hegewisch if the title is in a relative's name?

Only once the car is yours to sell. Tell Junk Car Company which papers you have, and we'll check them on the call against Illinois scrap-sale rules. If those papers name a relative, they or their estate need to be part of the sale.

Homes with drives and garages

Hegewisch is mostly single-family homes with driveways and garages. A car in the drive is a simple pickup. A car in a detached garage is fine too; just tell us how the truck reaches it.

Streets the driver will know

Baltimore Avenue is the main street. Torrence Avenue and the Bishop Ford Freeway mark parts of the western edge, and Brainard Avenue (138th Street) forms the southern border. Hegewisch borders Riverdale and South Deering on the west, the East Side on the north, the village of Burnham on the south and Hammond, Indiana, on the east.

Wolf Lake sits inside the neighborhood as part of the William W. Powers State Recreation Area, and Mann Park and the Powderhorn Prairie Marsh Nature Preserve are also in the community. On Torrence Avenue, at the border with South Deering, is Ford’s Torrence Avenue Assembly Plant, the company’s oldest continually operated plant. For transit, the South Shore Line stops at Hegewisch station.

A paperwork note for Hegewisch

Hegewisch sits right against the Indiana line, but this site covers Illinois paperwork only. If the car’s title or registration is in a relative’s name, read junking a car whose title isn’t in your name. If the car is in your name and just missing its title, see junking a car without a title in Chicago.

Why this page exists

The search for a junk car buyer rarely includes the word Hegewisch, but the cars here still need picking up. Junk Car Company covers it as one of six Far South Side areas, next to the East Side.

Questions people ask

Hegewisch is a long way out. Will you still come?: Yes. Hegewisch is inside our pickup area. We confirm the time on the call, and same-day pickup is often possible.
Can you take a car from a garage behind the house?: Tell us on the call how the garage is reached and whether the car rolls, and we'll plan the pickup around it.
What's across the border from Hegewisch?: Hammond, Indiana, to the east, and the village of Burnham to the south. We pick up in Hammond too.