Hammond, neighborhood by neighborhood

Cash for Junk Cars Hammond picks up junk cars in every part of Hammond, Indiana, from Robertsdale on the lakefront to South Hammond on the Little Calumet River. The tow is free on every block of the city, and payment comes at pickup. Each neighborhood page below has its own pickup notes: which road to name, where the ZIP codes get confusing, and what to tell us about the block.

Find your neighborhood

1. Hessville

   Southeast Hammond between Woodmar and the Gary line: Kennedy Avenue, the Borman exit, and what to tell us for a Hessville pickup.

2. Robertsdale

   Hammond's north end between Wolf Lake and Lake Michigan, where addresses use the Whiting post office and ZIP 46394; pickup notes and the Toll Road exit.

3. Woodmar

   Woodmar, between Columbia and Kennedy Avenues and home to Purdue University Northwest's Hammond campus: what to tell us about a pickup from an older house or a campus-area street.

4. Downtown and Central Hammond

   Central Hammond from the state line to White Oak Avenue, north of 165th Street: State Street, Hohman Avenue, Harrison Park, and pickup notes for commercial blocks.

5. North Hammond

   North Hammond between the Grand Calumet River and Wolf Lake: the residential blocks off Calumet Avenue, the Toll Road exit, and what to tell us about industrial sites.

6. South Hammond

   South Hammond between the state line and Columbia Avenue, south of 165th Street: the Munster line and the shared ZIP 46321, the new South Hammond station, and driveway pickups.

Schleicher and the smaller pockets in between are covered too. If you're not sure which neighborhood you're in, the street address is all we need.

Hammond at a glance, for the tow truck

Hammond runs from Lake Michigan south to the Little Calumet River. Its western edge is the Illinois state line, which makes it the only Indiana city that borders Chicago, and its street grid follows Chicago's.

• Toll Road (I-90) exits: Indianapolis Boulevard, Calumet Avenue and Cline Avenue.
• Borman Expressway (I-80/94) exits: Calumet Avenue, Indianapolis Boulevard, Kennedy Avenue and Cline Avenue.
• ZIP codes: 46320 to 46325 and 46327. 46321 and 46322 are shared with Munster and Highland, and Robertsdale uses Whiting's 46394.
• Rail: South Shore Line stations at Hammond Gateway and South Hammond, and Amtrak at Hammond-Whiting.
• Colleges: Purdue University Northwest's main campus and Calumet College of St. Joseph.

Pickup notes that apply everywhere

Whatever the neighborhood, the same three details make a pickup go smoothly: the full street address with a cross street, where the car is sitting (street, driveway, garage, alley slab or lot), and whether it rolls. If the car is on someone else's property, get their okay before the tow. The junk car removal page has the full pickup-day checklist.