Voted Best Junkyard

Best of Baltimore, 2001

                        Photo By Michelle Gienow

We are open 7 days a week. 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

No One Admitted After 4:30 P.M.

Must 18 years or older to enter the yard

  CITY PAPER 2001

September 19-September 25, 2001 Edition

Crazy Ray's

6201 Erdman Ave., Baltimore (410) 488-6650

8125 Washington Blvd., Jessup, (410) 799-6630

2801 Hawkins Point Rd., Baltimore (410) 354-4800

3923 Twin Arch Rd., Mt. Airy, (410) 795-9830

A car-enthusiast friend once said, "It's a parts garden, not a junkyard." Graceful words for an auto scrap yard. But as anyone who's called a dealership for a replacement window or radiator can attest, car parts are mighty pricey. And if you're cheap and drive old cars, like we do, salvage yards are the places to go. That in mind, the best parts garden around is Crazy Ray's, the kind of scrap yard you have to explore yourself--they don't log every vehicle towed into their gates. Pick a location--there's a yard off Pulaski Highway on the east side and another off Washington Boulevard southwest of town, in Jessup. You pay your buck to get in (paradise has its price), lug in your toolbox, and set out to find that radiator (all radiators, $40), windshield (all windshields, $50, and they pull it for you), or, if you're a true motorhead, a full engine ($150). Mercedes Benzes and Escorts alike are jammed together, Jaguars ignobly gutted, and an iron curtain of crushed cars surrounds the lot. It's not for the timid or those uncomfortable with grease, mud, and weeds, but Crazy Ray's is a godsend for folks who don't mind getting a little dirty to save some money. For the rest, the dealership parts counter will be glad to take your money.

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