Master masons restoring Brooklyn Heights's historic façades, stoops, and ironwork since 1995. LPC-approved for Brooklyn historic districts.
Brooklyn Heights is the oldest historic neighborhood in New York City and the first district ever designated by the LPC, in 1965. The architecture spans an unusually long range — from 1820s Federal row houses to 1890s Queen Anne mansions — making it the single richest concentration of pre-1900 residential architecture in Brooklyn.
Settled in the early 1800s as the first commuter suburb of Manhattan (the Fulton Ferry connected to Wall Street starting in 1814), the Heights filled out with Federal-style brick row houses in the 1820s and Greek Revival houses in the 1830s and '40s. The Italianate boom came in the 1850s and '60s. The combination is why Brooklyn Heights has the city's best surviving examples of early 19th century row house architecture.
Notable streets: Pierrepont Street, Montague Street, Willow Street, Hicks Street, Columbia Heights, Joralemon Street.
The oldest Brooklyn Heights brick row houses (1820s-1830s) were built with soft handmade brick and very soft lime-and-sand mortar. Restoration must use even softer NHL mortar (NHL 2) than the typical brownstone work. The salt air from Brooklyn Bridge Park accelerates ironwork corrosion — handrails and area gates here need more frequent zinc-rich recoating than inland properties.
Federal-era brick pointing with very soft NHL 2 mortar; cast iron and wrought iron restoration with marine-grade coatings; Greek Revival doorway and entry restoration; cornice and roof work on the older row houses; LPC compliance for the most stringent historic district in NYC.
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