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During the coronavirus pandemic, Jimmy Packes provided free car maintenance to frontline workers at the Riverdale Auto Clinic. Packes, who also ran Kingsdale Service Center right across the street for some 40 years, died in December. He was 83.

Jimmy Packes — the general of Kingsdale Service Center

For more than a half century, if motorists in this corner of the Bronx needed their car serviced, they knew to take it to Jimmy Packes. Whether it was a routine oil check or an engine overhaul, drivers could count on Jimmy. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 1/16/22

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