How to get your car out of impound in Algiers

Algiers tows still route through the Claiborne Avenue Auto Pound, since Algiers is Orleans Parish. Everywhere else on this side of the river, Gretna, Harvey, Marrero, Westwego, Terrytown, and Belle Chasse, sits in Jefferson or Plaquemines Parish, so call the number on the tow-away sign or the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office at (504) 363-5500 instead.

Algiers is the only West Bank neighborhood inside Orleans Parish, and every car that needs to cross to the rest of New Orleans funnels through the Crescent City Connection, roughly 180,000 vehicles a day, so any bridge incident backs up towing calls on both banks at once. A tow here follows the same City of New Orleans fee schedule as the East Bank, $228.75 minimum for Light Duty. Algiers Point's dense historic shotgun-house streets and the Behrman/MacArthur commercial strip add a mix of tourist-adjacent tows, ferry riders parking to walk the Point, and everyday commuter demand. Release still happens at the Claiborne Avenue Auto Pound across the bridge, open 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily; call (504) 658-8100 to confirm a city tow before making that crossing, or use the Canal St Ferry as an alternative. As the only Orleans Parish neighborhood on the Mississippi's West Bank, Algiers sits on higher, drier ground than most of the city, but it depends entirely on the bridge or ferry for East Bank access, a real chokepoint during evacuations. Population was 25,995 as of 2010, down from a pre-Katrina 28,385, near the former U.S. Navy support installation established in 1901.

Algiers is the only Orleans Parish neighborhood on the Mississippi's West Bank, and that changes the towing math here in a real way. Every vehicle heading to the rest of New Orleans has to cross the Crescent City Connection or take the Canal St Ferry, so a bridge incident or heavy CCC congestion, and this bridge alone carries roughly 180,000 vehicles a day, backs up calls on both banks at once. Algiers Point's dense historic shotgun-house streets draw a steady tourist-adjacent crowd off the ferry landing, walking the Point and parking wherever they can find a spot, and the Behrman Hwy and General Meyer Ave commercial strip covers the everyday commuter and private-lot side of the work. Higher, drier ground than most of the East Bank means Algiers avoids the worst of the routine street flooding that hits the Core, our calls here run more toward bridge-adjacent breakdowns and Point-area lockouts than water rescues. We reach Algiers Point, the ferry landing, and the Behrman Hwy corridor in about 25 to 35 minutes, running flatbed for the Point's dense historic streets and wheel-lift for the ordinary Behrman Hwy commuter calls.