Upstate Auto & Mobile Truck RepairAuto & Truck Repair in Valley Falls, NY
Four minutes west on NY 67, the shop fixes cars, light trucks and fleet vehicles for Valley Falls and the Village Annex.
The post office in Valley Falls. Photo: Dougtone, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Valley Falls // Rensselaer County
Valley Falls, four minutes out.
Head west out of Valley Falls on NY 67 and the shop is about two miles away, a 4-minute drive.
Leaving a vehicle with the shop does not mean a long trip across the county.
The garage has roll-up bays and a lift, and brakes, oil changes, engine work and diagnostics are done in house.
Suspension repair and AC repair are on the list too, along with pre-purchase inspections for anyone buying a used car.
Work trucks and fleet vehicles that cannot be driven in are a job for the mobile service truck.
Call (518) 441-6283 with the vehicle and where it is sitting.
Know the area
Around Valley Falls.
The Hoosic River splits Valley Falls unevenly. Most of the village sits on the south bank, in the Town of Pittstown.
The Village Annex on the north bank belongs to the Town of Schaghticoke.
James Thompson built a textile mill here in 1871, and in its day nearly all the villagers worked in it.
The mill burned in 2009, and the Hoosic still has a dam at Valley Falls, as it does at Johnsonville and Schaghticoke.
The village is only about half a square mile, with a Free Library, a post office and a Community Hall of its own.
Homes are mostly frame houses, with farms around the edges and Johnsonville the next village east.
- The Hoosic RiverThe river divides the village unequally: most of it on the south bank in Pittstown, the Village Annex on the north.
- Thompson textile mill siteJames Thompson built the mill in 1871 and nearly all villagers worked there. It burned in April 2009, so it is a past landmark.
- Valley Falls Free LibraryA small pale-brick library with a stepped front gable inscribed “FREE LIBRARY”.
- Adams-Myers-Bryan FarmsteadA farmstead in Valley Falls listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Services in Valley Falls
What we fix for Valley Falls.
From the shop, take Main Street (NY 40 and NY 67) to the fairgrounds, then follow NY 67 east for about two miles.
The road crosses the Hoosic River and enters the village as Albany Road, then meets State Street (CR 117).
Coming from farther out along NY 67 through Buskirk, the same road brings you back to the shop.
A work truck that will not start in a Valley Falls yard is a call for the mobile service truck, so phone (518) 441-6283.
The roads you drive
Short trips and salted roads.
Village driving means short hops, and short trips keep an engine from fully warming up.
That is hard on oil, so regular oil changes matter just as much on a quiet village street as on a highway.
NY 67 over the Hoosic and out through Buskirk adds winter salt, which works on brake lines and frames.
Questions
Questions from Valley Falls.
How far is the shop from Valley Falls?
It is a 4-minute drive, about two miles. Take NY 67 west to the fairgrounds, then Main Street to Pleasant Avenue.
Will the mobile truck come to Valley Falls?
The mobile service truck goes out to fleet vehicles and trucks.
Call (518) 441-6283 with the vehicle and the location, and the shop will tell you whether it can reach you.
Can a Valley Falls buyer get a used car checked first?
Yes, the shop does pre-purchase inspections. Call (518) 441-6283 to set one up before you hand over the money.
Get a quote
In Valley Falls? Tell Eric.
Call or text Eric. Say what the vehicle is, where it is, and what it is doing.
One number for the shop and the mobile truck.
Shop: Mon–Fri 9 AM–5:30 PM, half days Saturday.
On-site shift: weeknights 5 PM to about midnight.
- Pleasant Ave, Schaghticoke, NY 12154
- NYS DMV registered repair shop, facility 7120230
- Official NYS public inspection station