Most Brooklyn sidewalk jobs come down to two things: mature street trees lifting flags, and brownstone frontages where stoops, cellar doors and tree pits all meet in a few feet of concrete.
Street trees and brownstone frontages
- Street-tree roots are the single most common cause of violations we see here.
- Stoops, areaways and cellar doors have to be worked around without disturbing them.
- Blocks mix 1-3 family homes with larger buildings, so free tree-programme eligibility changes house to house.
The four jobs that fill our Brooklyn calendar
- Tree-Root Sidewalk Repair Parks tree-work permit · Root-safe method · Pit rebuilt
- Sidewalk Repair Per square foot · Permit included · 1–3 days on site
- DOT Violation Removal 75-day clock · Dismissal inspection filed · Comes off the record
- Curbs & Edging Concrete curb · Reset or replace · Curb line to code
Everything else we do is on the services page.
What the tree does to the number
Brooklyn pricing usually turns on the tree. A frontage where roots have lifted three flags is a different job from one where they have lifted the whole run and cracked the areaway. Brownstone blocks also add hand-work around stoops and cellar doors that a plain frontage does not have.
Questions from Brooklyn homeowners
The tree outside my brownstone lifted the sidewalk. Who pays?
Will you damage my stoop or areaway?
Can the cellar doors stay?
One block, two answers on who pays
On a Brooklyn block the same street can hold 1-3 family houses and larger buildings side by side, and that decides whether a tree-root repair is your bill or the City's. We check the property type before you spend anything.
NYC sidewalk rules are set city-wide. The full set, with links to every City page they come from, is in our violation guide. Last checked .
Brooklyn blocks we work
- Park Slope
- Brooklyn Heights
- Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Williamsburg
- Bay Ridge
- Sunset Park
- Flatbush
- Bushwick
- Canarsie
- Sheepshead Bay
The rest of our coverage
Price my Brooklyn sidewalk
Give us the address and we will come out and measure it.
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Brooklyn tree lifted your sidewalk?
We are on Brooklyn frontages every week. Send the address and we will come measure it, free, and reply the same business day.