Master masons restoring Carroll Gardens's historic façades, stoops, and ironwork since 1995. LPC-approved for Brooklyn historic districts.
Carroll Gardens is famous for one peculiar feature: extra-deep front yards. The unique 'place' streets — 1st Place through 4th Place — have residential setbacks of 30+ feet from the curb, an unusual urban planning decision that gives the neighborhood its characteristic openness.
The Carroll Gardens deep-setback streets were laid out in 1846 by Brooklyn surveyor Richard Butts, who designed them as a real-estate experiment in 'garden block' planning. The actual row houses were built in the Italianate boom of the 1860s and '70s. The neighborhood became a working-class Italian-American stronghold from 1900 through the mid-20th century — many of the original families remained, which preserved the architectural integrity better than many gentrifying neighborhoods.
Notable streets: Carroll Street, President Street, 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, 4th Place.
The unusual deep setbacks mean front gardens and pathways are part of the historic fabric — restoration projects often involve garden walls, decorative iron fencing, and original entry gates in addition to the building façade. The cast iron fence work in Carroll Gardens is particularly fine.
Italianate cornice restoration with scroll brackets; cast iron decorative fencing repair (the deep setbacks meant elaborate front fences); garden walls and area gates; bluestone path resetting; brownstone façade work.
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