Serving Islington–City Centre · about 14 km from the shop
Auto body shop serving Islington–City Centre
Islington–City Centre sits about 14 kilometres from our shop, and the trip is nearly a single road: Islington Avenue runs from the 401 straight down to Bloor in roughly 16 to 25 minutes.
- Drivable or not
- At fault or not
- Free written estimates
- Drive time
- about 16–25 min
- The route
- The 401 to Islington Ave, straight south to Bloor
Why Islington–City Centre drivers make the trip
Worth the drive, once — then it’s your shop
This corner of Etobicoke drives two very different fleets. The towers between Islington and Kipling stations keep thousands of cars in tight underground garages, where pillars and ramp walls do slow, expensive damage. East of the subway, the Kingsway parks long-owned cars under mature trees and sends them through Six Points and the 427 every day. Whichever side of Bloor your car lives on, Ontario law lets you pick your own repair shop — and picking ours means the owner writes the estimate himself, runs the claim with your insurance company, and answers the phone himself.
Around Islington–City Centre: Islington station · Bloor & Islington · Tom Riley Park · Kingsway edge
Your insurance company can’t choose your shop — in Ontario that choice is always yours. Here’s how that works.
A neighbourhood that parks underground
Between Islington and Kipling stations, Bloor has grown a skyline. The towers along Mabelle, Michael Power Place, and the Kipling end of the strip put most of the neighbourhood’s vehicles below grade, in garages designed when cars were narrower than they are now. The damage that comes out of them is a genre of its own: bumper corners dragged along the ramp wall on P2, doors opened into pillars wearing someone else’s paint stripe, mirrors clipped at the blind turn by the elevator core. Each incident is small. A few years of them, on a leased vehicle headed back to a dealer, is not.
The other common garage story is the one with no author — you come down in the morning and a crease is sitting in your rear door that was not there last night. Photograph it before you move the car and ask the property manager whether a camera covers your row, because whether the other driver is identified decides which coverage pays. Identified, the repair usually runs through DCPD with your own insurance company. Unidentified, it becomes a collision claim against your deductible, and at that point the honest move is to price the repair first. We do that from photos, in writing, before you decide anything.
Six Points, the 427, and the Kingsway’s narrow margins
For decades, Six Points was a knot of ramps where Bloor, Dundas, and Kipling crossed each other in the air. The city flattened it into ordinary intersections a few years ago, which made walking to Kipling station pleasant and left drivers relearning turns they had made on autopilot for years — the left-turn lanes there still catch people out. Add the 427 a few blocks west, where the ramp merges at Burnhamthorpe and Dundas stack up every rush hour, and you have the two reliable sources of Islington collision work: low-speed intersection contact and the classic expressway rear-end.
East of Islington station the streets change character completely. The Kingsway’s blocks are old, the trees are enormous, and the driveways were poured for 1950s sedans. Cars that live outside there collect sap and sun damage on top and windrow scrapes below, and every February the freeze–thaw cycle opens potholes along Dundas and Royal York that bend wheels outright. Islington Village’s stretch of Dundas — the mural blocks around Montgomery’s Inn — adds angle parking and a steady shuffle of door-swing and reversing contact outside the shops.
One road north to Keele & Sheppard
Getting here is simpler than most cross-town errands: Islington Avenue north from Bloor, through Rexdale, onto the 401 east for two exits, off at Keele — we are just south of Sheppard. Against the commute it runs about 16 to 25 minutes. Most Islington customers never make the trip twice for the same repair, because the estimate happens by photo first. Three pictures from the garage or the curb get a written number back fast, so drop-off day is a hand-over, not an inspection.
If the car is not safe to drive — a wheel out of line after a pothole, a headlamp hanging after a Six Points tap — leave it parked and call (647) 594-3401. We help arrange the tow, and in Ontario the destination on the tow ticket is your call to make. Rental cars run through your own coverage, timed so one arrives as your car does. Hours are Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 7 PM, Sundays by appointment, and the whole file — estimate, claim, updates — runs from one desk.
Islington–City Centre questions
Questions from Islington–City Centre drivers
Straight answers before you commit to anything — and a human on the phone when you want one.
What is the fastest way to your shop from Bloor & Islington?
Take Islington Avenue straight north through Rexdale, join the 401 east, and exit at Keele — the shop is off Keele just south of Sheppard. Plan on about 16 to 25 minutes. If Islington Ave is crawling, Kipling north to the 401 works nearly as well from the west end of the neighbourhood.
My car was scraped in my condo’s underground garage and nobody left a note. Is that covered?
It depends on whether the other driver can be identified. Ask building management to check the garage cameras and photograph the damage where it sits. With an identified driver, the repair generally runs through DCPD with your own insurance company; without one, it falls to your collision coverage and deductible. Send us photos and we will give you a written number so you can weigh the claim before filing it.
Do I need a police report for a minor collision at Six Points?
If anyone is hurt or the combined damage across both vehicles looks likely to pass $5,000, report it through a Collision Reporting Centre — and with what bumpers cost now, minor-looking damage clears that bar often. Either way, notify your insurance company promptly; Ontario’s standard policy expects notice within about seven days.
In Islington–City Centre
What we repair for Islington–City Centre drivers
Reviews
What customers say
The line we hear most: “I couldn’t tell where the damage had been.”
Honestly, I thought my car would never look the same again — but they completely proved me wrong. I couldn’t even tell where the damage had been repaired or repainted. The paint matched perfectly, and the bodywork was flawless.
My car was in an accident and the entire rear was damaged. They replaced the rear bumper and tailgate, and the paint job was perfect — matched flawlessly. The quality of work exceeded my expectations.
Very quality service and fair rates. The staff was professional, honest, and kept me updated throughout the whole process. My car looks brand new again.
Absolutely the best auto body shop I’ve ever used. The paint matched perfectly and the car looked brand new again. They handled everything smoothly and finished on time.
Get started
Two questions.
One written estimate.
First the car, then a number to reach you. A written estimate comes back within 1 hour.
Been in an accident?
We’ll take it
from here.
Mon–Sat · 8 AM–7 PM · Sundays by appointment · Keele St & Sheppard Ave W, North York