Boro Park Snapshot: Perfect Collision
Eli Berger worked for Prima Collision before opening his own
shop 12 years ago with Yanky Lipschitz at 1555 60th street.
This isn’t just a repair shop, when someone gets into an
accident Perfect Collision takes care of everything. They will send a tow truck
to have your car picked up, they will find you a rental and make the call to your
insurance. The only thing you need to do is have their number programmed in
your phone.
Once the insurance company does an inspection it will take
between 10 and 15 days to have the car repaired.
With a consistent 15 employees working every day, you are
guaranteed the quickest and most efficient service.
There are full time on-site painters and cleaning services
that will have your car looking brand new.
“Whether we can fix it or not, whether we will make money,
you can count on us to be there.” Yanky told Heshy Rubinstein of Boropark24.com
“Not always will we make a profit, if we send a tow truck somewhere far and the
damage cost a lot to repair we won’t be earning much, but either way we will always
service you.”
He recently had a man from Flatbush call. The guy was
driving to Chicago and got into an accident more than three hours out, Yanky
had his car picked up, found him something to rent and had the vehicle repaired
and returned less than two weeks later.
“This wasn’t a money-making situation, we promise you our service
and we will always pull through with that.” Yanky stated.
Perfect Collision’s exposure is run by word of mouth making
it crucial for them to please their customers and they definitely do.
On Chol Hamoed Pesach, a man was on his way to the shiva of
his brother who passed away from the novel coronavirus. “This guy got into an
accident on the Belt Parkway, he called us and we were immediately at the
scene, we took his car, got him something new to drive and within 15 minutes he
was back on his way.” Mr. Lipschitz said. Two weeks later, when he came to pick
up his car, he told Yanky he was a “malach fun Himmel.”
Perfect Collision was open during the coronavirus lockdown
as an essential business. Proper precautions were in place to ensure safety
such as face masks, use of disinfectant sprays and social distancing. They weren’t
too busy but Yanky said that when they did get jobs, it was always something
big. “I guess people were very antsy because the cars that came in during that
time were extremely damaged.”
Perfect Collision works directly with rental car companies like Enterprise and others so you can conveniently rent a car through them.
You know you can trust Yanky when you ask him about car
parts and he starts to name every last screw and nail that goes into its
production.
It is a very interesting business because every car that
comes in has a story. “We once repaired a car that hit a deer, the deer flew
over the windshield and into the car through the sunroof. It was a mess. If it weren’t
terrifying it would be funny. Definitely one of my more interesting days at
work.”
Years ago, tow trucks would race to accidents in order to pick
up cars. It was chaos, these big trucks would speed through streets and a lot
of the time their service did more harm than good. The city made it illegal for
them to come within 1500 ft of an accident and the madness slowed down.
In Boro Park and Flatbush most people have a company to call
when they are in trouble, towing businesses know this and because of that they aren’t
around and our neighborhoods remain safe.
The way it works now is, the police use DARP, a list of
towing companies, for service at the scene of an accident. If the crash is
minor, the victim can call the company of their choice. “People know us and our
service, so they choose to reach out to us and like I said, once they make that
phone call their work is done, we take care of everything.”
Getting into an accident can be very nerve-wracking, Perfect
Collision is here to make it as easy and stress-free as possible.
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