Built for driving, so cars pile up
Mount Greenwood has no Metra stop of its own. The closest stations are on the Rock Island line over in Beverly and Morgan Park, and nearly nine in ten commuters drive to work. Housing is mostly single-family homes built between the 1940s and the 1970s.
When a household runs on cars, one of them eventually stops being worth fixing. It moves to the back of the driveway, then into the garage, and stays there while it rusts and the registration lapses.
Pickup on 111th Street blocks and side streets
A driveway pickup is the simple case: the truck backs up and loads. Let us know if the car is behind a gate or inside a garage with a low door, and whether the tires still hold air.
If the car is on the street, move fast. Inside Chicago, a car that can’t be driven counts as abandoned on the public way, and 311 reports lead to tickets and a tow at the owner’s expense. Winter adds snow route closures after 2 inches.
If you’re not sure the car is on the city side of the line, check your property tax bill or water bill. A Merrionette Park or Evergreen Park address follows that village’s code instead.
City Sticker and paperwork after the sale
Because Mount Greenwood is inside the city, the car carried a Chicago City Sticker. Our guide to the Chicago City Sticker after you sell a car explains what the City Clerk allows once a vehicle is gone.
Have the title in hand if you can find it. If not, tell us what you have, like the registration card, proof of insurance or a receipt from when you bought the car, along with your ID. Illinois rules govern which papers can be used for a scrap sale, and we’ll confirm yours before the tow.
The suburbs on every side
Mount Greenwood is wrapped by suburbs with their own codes. We cover Evergreen Park, across 103rd Street, Oak Lawn, past Pulaski and Merrionette Park on the south side. The rest of the region is on our service area map page.
Selling a car in Mount Greenwood: common questions
I'm on the Oak Lawn side of Pulaski. Is that still Mount Greenwood?
Pulaski Road is roughly the western edge of Mount Greenwood, and Oak Lawn lies to the west. Chicago's rules and City Sticker apply on the city side; Oak Lawn has its own village code. We pick up on both sides at no charge, so just give us the full address.
Does a car that's stored in my garage still need a City Sticker?
Chicago's wheel tax applies to vehicles residents use on city streets. A dead car that never leaves the garage is a question for the City Clerk, not us. What we can do is take the car off your hands, which ends the question for good.