Recent skylight work
Bed-Stuy holds one of the largest stretches of intact brownstone anywhere in the city, and those houses all share the same problem. They are long, narrow and dark through the middle. A skylight over the stair, or over the top floor rear, is usually the answer, and it is the work we do most in this part of Brooklyn.
The roofs are flat, so the correct unit is curb mounted, set on a proper curb and flashed into the roof membrane. A lot of what we replace here is decades old: acrylic domes that have yellowed and hazed over, and steel framed units that fogged, cracked and gave up. Replacement on a sound curb starts at $2,079 installed. A new opening cut and finished starts at $3,500.
Parts of Bed-Stuy sit in historic districts, Stuyvesant Heights and Bedford among them. That does not stop skylight work. It means the Landmarks question gets answered first, and the test is whether the unit can be seen from the street. We tell you where your roof falls before anything is ordered.
Yes, and we will also tell you honestly what is under it. If the curb and flashing are sound we can drop a new dome or a glass unit onto the same curb, starting at $2,079 installed. On a lot of Bed-Stuy houses the curb is what is actually leaking, and a new dome alone will not hold. We look first.
We install both and we will steer you toward glass. Acrylic yellows and hazes with age, glass stays clear, it is quieter in heavy rain and it insulates better. Acrylic still has its place on bigger spans. We show you both prices and let you choose.
Large parts of Bed-Stuy are, including Stuyvesant Heights and Bedford, and the boundaries run block by block rather than neighborhood wide. If your skylight will be visible from the street there is an approval step first. We check before anything is ordered.
A straight replacement on an existing curb is usually a single day. Cutting a new opening through the roof and finishing the shaft below is normally two to three days depending on how deep the house is and what is in the ceiling.
All of it, from Classon Avenue across to Broadway and from Flushing Avenue down to Atlantic. That covers 11216, 11221, 11233 and 11238, including Stuyvesant Heights, Ocean Hill and the Bedford blocks.
Where a permit is needed, yes. What matters is whether the work stops at the roof covering or opens the deck itself, and landmark status can add a separate filing even when nothing shows from the sidewalk. We tell you which one your job is before you commit.
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We cover every part of the borough. See skylights in Brooklyn, our published prices, or NYC permits and landmark rules. Serving 11216, 11221, 11233 and 11238.