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Columbus · Weinland Park

Towing in Weinland Park, Columbus

Summit and Fourth Street rentals, the South Campus Gateway and I-71 close by, served 24/7.

Call (740) 812-9489

Weinland Park covers about 217 acres between North High Street and the railroad tracks, running from Fifth Avenue north to Chittenden Avenue, just south of Ohio State. It grew as a streetcar suburb between 1900 and 1920, and its grid is lined with American Foursquares, single-family homes and row houses, most of them rentals. Factories such as Columbus Coated Fabrics once stood nearby, and the South Campus Gateway, finished in 2005, now anchors its High Street side. Our calls come from renters and students with cars that sat through a semester, lockouts on Summit and Fourth streets and breakdowns off I-71. Trucks leaving Harrisburg Pike tend to arrive within 20–40 minutes.

Local Guide: Towing Around Weinland Park

Landmarks

  • Weinland Park (the park) — 3.92-acre park at 1280 Summit St. with picnic space, a playground and a basketball court.
  • Orton Memorial Laboratory — Laboratory building at 1445 Summit St., built in 1929.
  • St. Sophia Orthodox Cathedral — Orthodox cathedral at 1493 Indianola Ave., founded in 1990.
  • Huckleberry House — Youth shelter at 1421 Hamlet St.
  • Godman Guild — Community agency housed in the former Sixth Avenue Elementary, which closed in 1974.
  • Joyce Hughes Park — A 0.8-acre park at Grant Avenue and East Sixth Avenue named for longtime civic leader Joyce Hughes.
  • Grant Park — New-home area on the cleaned-up Columbus Coated Fabrics brownfield along the neighborhood’s eastern edge.
  • Northside Branch Library — Columbus Metropolitan Library branch that moved into a new building at 1423 N. High St. in June 2017.
  • Northside Neighborhood Pride Center — Opened in 2008 on East 11th Avenue with a police substation inside.
  • Grant Commons — Renovated historic apartment buildings on East 11th Avenue that won a 2016 state preservation merit award.
  • Terrace Place — A 60-unit apartment building on East Ninth Avenue that opened in October 2016 with an OSU Extension office.

Schools

  • Weinland Park Elementary School — Columbus City Schools elementary at 211 E. Seventh Ave., opened in 1952.
  • Schoenbaum Family Center — Ohio State early-childhood lab school that opened in fall 2007 beside Weinland Park Elementary.

Colleges

  • The Ohio State University — Campus lies directly north, and the university partners with Weinland Park Elementary on STEM programs.

Main Routes

  • Summit Street — Runs the length of the neighborhood past the park at 1280 Summit St., carrying COTA's Number 4 bus.
  • North Fourth Street — Paired with Summit Street as the Number 4 bus corridor through the neighborhood.
  • East Fifth Avenue — Southern boundary, shared with Italian Village.
  • Chittenden Avenue — Weinland Park's northern boundary, where the University District's rental blocks begin.
  • Interstate 71 (exits 110A and 110B) — Fifth Avenue and 11th Avenue exits east of the neighborhood; Fifth Avenue has no northbound exit.
  • Grant Avenue — Street whose east side is lined with Wagenbrenner’s Grant Park housing, begun in 2017.
  • East Eighth Avenue — Five new single-family homes went up at East Eighth Avenue and North Fourth Street starting in 2013.
  • North Sixth Street — NRP Group finished 40 new houses along North Sixth Street on the former factory site in 2012.

Major Employers & Projects

  • South Campus Gateway — Retail and residential complex completed in 2005, home to restaurants and the Gateway Film Center.
  • The Mound brownfield — 20-acre former Columbus Coated Fabrics site cleaned up with a Clean Ohio grant.
  • Weinland Park Collaborative — Revitalization partnership formed in 2010 and phased out in 2019.
  • Former Kroger site redevelopment — The old neighborhood Kroger was redeveloped as part of the Weinland Park Collaborative.

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Frequently asked questions

How does a tow truck reach Weinland Park from Harrisburg Pike?

The usual path is I-70 east to I-71 north and off at the 11th Avenue exit, then west toward Summit Street and the heart of the neighborhood. Northbound drivers cannot use the Fifth Avenue exit, which only has a southbound ramp, so the truck comes in from the north side. Plan on 20–40 minutes. Give dispatch your street and nearest numbered avenue, for example Summit and Seventh, and whether the car is at the curb or behind the house.

Can the driver work safely on Summit Street with the COTA bus going by?

Yes, with some planning. The Number 4 bus runs the length of Summit Street and North Fourth Street through Weinland Park, so the driver avoids stopping in a bus zone and looks for a side street or a legal gap at the curb to load. If your car died in the travel lane, turn on the flashers and step onto the sidewalk while you wait. A quick jump start often means the truck is only there for a few minutes, which keeps buses and traffic moving.

I'm moving out of my rental near campus and my car hasn't run all semester. What now?

Weinland Park is mostly rental housing next to Ohio State, so this is a regular request around move-out. First we check whether the car only needs a charge or a battery; our mobile battery replacement can swap a dead one where it sits. If it truly will not run, a flatbed can take it to a shop, to your family's house or on a long-distance tow home. For a car you are giving up on, ask about junk car removal.

What should I do if my car stalls on I-71 near the Fifth or 11th Avenue exits?

Those interchanges sit just east of the neighborhood and handle a lot of commuter and downtown traffic. If you can still steer, get onto the right shoulder or all the way down the ramp, turn on the hazards and stay belted inside. When the car stops in a live lane, call 911 first so police can protect you. Then call us with your direction and the last exit number, and a truck will come for an emergency tow off the freeway.

Someone left a car in the lot behind my Weinland Park building. Can it be towed?

If the car is on a city street or public alley, removing it is a matter for the Columbus Division of Police, so contact their non-emergency line. Landlords and businesses that own a lot can have unauthorized cars removed when proper signs are posted as Ohio law requires, and we handle private-property towing for those owners with a record of each tow. Renters should bring the problem to the property manager, who holds the account and can authorize the removal.

Where can you drop my car after a Weinland Park tow, and how do I know the price?

Pick any destination that works for you, such as your parking spot, a dealership, an independent shop or one of our repair partners. If you are between apartments and have nowhere to keep it, the car can be stored at our Harrisburg Pike yard for a daily fee. Before hooking up, the dispatcher quotes the job from our rate card so there are no surprises. Card or cash both work, and a detailed receipt comes with every job.

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Roadside Towing & Recovery Inc (dba Columbus Roadside Towing).
Corporate office (private, no walk-ins): 3879 Regatta Ct, Lewis Center, OH 43035
Tow yard & impound lot: 1620 Harrisburg Pike, Columbus, OH 43223
(740) 812-9489 · chris@columbusroadsidetowing.com

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