Shalom Auto Glass repairs windshield chips and cracks in Brooklyn, typically in fifteen to thirty minutes at our Mapleton shop on 47th Street. We inject resin into stars, bullseyes, and short cracks to stop them spreading and restore strength to the glass. A repair costs a fraction of a full replacement, and many insurance policies cover it with no deductible.
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Brooklyn roads are hard on windshields. A truck kicks up gravel on the BQE, a stone snaps off a tire on the Belt Parkway, and suddenly there's a little crater in your glass. The good news is that a fresh chip is usually fixable. As long as it's smaller than a quarter and not sitting dead-center in your view, we can clean it out, force resin into the break under pressure, and cure it so it holds. Caught early, the repair is quick and cheap.
What you don't want to do is wait. A chip that looks harmless on Monday can run into a foot-long crack by Friday after a cold night, a pothole, or a blast of defroster heat — and once it spreads, repair is off the table and you're buying a whole windshield. If you've got a chip right now, swing by the shop or send us a photo. We'll tell you honestly whether a fill will do the job or not.
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Every glass job we do carries a lifetime workmanship warranty — leaks, wind noise or trim issues from our install are fixed free for as long as you own the vehicle.
This is exactly the kind of job where an honest shop saves you money. Plenty of places would rather sell you a full windshield; our customers in their reviews specifically call out that we don't push extras we don't need. If your chip can be repaired, we repair it — that's cheaper for you and keeps the factory seal on your glass intact. A good repair is nearly invisible and stops the damage cold.
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We clean the break, inject and UV-cure optical resin under vacuum, then polish the surface flush.
The spread stops, strength returns, and the repair blends in — most are barely visible when done.
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As a rough rule, we can repair chips up to about the size of a quarter and cracks up to roughly six inches, as long as the damage isn't directly in the driver's sightline or right at the edge of the glass. Bigger or badly branched damage usually means replacement. Send a photo and we'll tell you which it is.
A little, sometimes. Resin repair restores the strength of the glass and stops the crack from spreading, but it doesn't always make the mark vanish completely — you may see a faint blemish if you look for it. What matters is that the structure is sound again and you're not staring at a spreading crack every time you drive.
A single-chip repair runs in the low tens of dollars in most cases — a small fraction of what a new windshield costs — with additional chips priced modestly on top. Many comprehensive insurance policies cover chip repair outright with no deductible, since it's cheaper for them than a later replacement. We'll confirm your exact price before we start.
Yes. Chip repair is one of the quickest jobs we do — usually fifteen to thirty minutes from start to finish. Most people wait in the shop and drive off right after, since there's no long cure time like a full replacement. Stop in during our hours and we'll get you back on the road fast.
For damage that's within repairable range, yes — a properly done resin repair returns the glass to sound structural strength and keeps your original factory seal, which a replacement can't. The catch is that repair only works while the chip is still small and contained. Once a crack spreads, we stop recommending repair and switch to replacement for safety.
Updated July 2026 · Shalom Auto Glass, Brooklyn, NY
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| Monday – Thursday | 09:00 – 17:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 – 14:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | 09:00 – 14:00 |