Contact
We're on Communipaw Avenue six days a week. The fastest way to reach us is the phone — a real person, usually Doreen, not a menu.
Right on Communipaw Avenue in Bergen-Lafayette — street parking out front, bays open from 8 AM.
Finding us
We're at 781 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304, in Bergen-Lafayette — a few minutes from the West Side, Greenville, McGinley Square, and Lafayette. Coming from Route 440, head east toward Communipaw and follow it into the neighborhood; from downtown, Grand Street and Garfield Avenue both bring you within a couple of turns. If you use GPS, searching "Adel's Auto Repair" gets you to the door.
Parking & access: street parking sits right out front and on the surrounding blocks, and the entrance is wheelchair accessible. If you're dropping the car for the day, hand us the keys and tell us where it's parked — we'll take it from there.
Commuting? The location is built for it. Drop your car at 8 AM, catch your bus up Communipaw or your connection toward Journal Square, and pick the car up on your way home. Most routine work is finished the same day, and we call the moment it's ready.
Coming by transit to pick up or drop off? Communipaw Avenue is a bus corridor, and the Liberty State Park and Garfield Avenue light rail stops are both a short ride away, so a one-car household can manage a repair day without borrowing a ride. Plenty of our customers drop the car in the morning, do the whole day on transit, and swing back before close. If your timing is tight against our 4:30 weekday close, call ahead and we'll sort out the handoff — we've yet to meet a pickup problem a two-minute phone call couldn't solve.
Make it quick & easy
A phone number where we can actually reach you — we call before any work beyond the estimate, so a reachable number keeps your repair moving.
When the noise happens, what the light did, when it started. Two sentences from you can save an hour of hunting.
Old invoices or the maintenance log help us see what's been done and what's due — nothing gets repeated, nothing gets missed.
Come early. The 8 AM hour is the quietest in the shop, and same-day turnaround is most likely when your car is first on the lift.
Before you come
Early morning, hands down. The doors open at 8 AM Monday through Saturday, and the first cars on the lift are the ones most likely to be done the same day. Afternoons work too — just know that Saturday ends at 1 PM, so Saturday visits should start early.
For quick jobs like oil changes, tire rotation, or a battery — yes, most people wait and are gone within the hour. For bigger repairs, drop the car and go about your day; we call the moment it's ready, and the neighborhood has plenty of coffee within walking distance.
A person answers — usually Doreen, not a phone tree. Tell her what's going on, and you'll hear whether to come straight in, whether to stop driving the car, or whether it can wait until tomorrow morning. If the shop is under a car and misses you, leave a message; we call back.
Yes — 8 AM to 1 PM. Saturday fills up faster than weekdays, so earlier is better, and a quick call ahead never hurts if you want to be in and out.
Street parking sits right out front on Communipaw Avenue and on the side blocks. Dropping the car for the day? Park anywhere close, hand us the keys, and tell us where it sits — we handle the rest.
Our service area: most of our customers come from Bergen-Lafayette, the West Side, Greenville, McGinley Square, and Journal Square — but anyone in Jersey City is welcome. If you're not sure whether we handle your car or your problem, the answer is one quick call away: (201) 451-9833. A real person picks up during shop hours, and if we're under a car, leave a message — we call back. And if your problem turns out to be something we don't handle, we'll say so plainly and point you somewhere honest, because sending you to the right place is part of being the neighborhood shop.