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Custom Millwork & Cabinetry on City Island
Built-ins, kitchens, aluminum & glass closets and Planika fireplaces for City Island’s wood-frame houses, cottages and waterfront homes, built in our Industry City shop and planned around one bridge, narrow side streets and salt air.
City Island homes
Built for City Island’s houses
City Island is a small island in Long Island Sound, reached by a single bridge from Pelham Bay Park. One main avenue runs its length, with short residential streets running off it toward the water on both sides.
Victorian & older wood-frame houses
Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century houses with clapboard or shingle siding, original trim and rooms that have settled over time, where built-ins are scribed to walls and floors that are not square.
Cottages & small houses
Compact former summer cottages and small houses on tight lots, where storage has to work hard: window seats, built-in closets, under-stair cabinets and kitchens that use every inch of a short wall.
Waterfront houses
Houses on the water side of the side streets, facing the Sound or Eastchester Bay, where large windows, damp air and sun shape material and finish choices for cabinetry and closets.
Condos & shops on City Island Avenue
Newer condominiums and townhouse groupings, plus the shops and storefronts along the avenue, with closets, kitchens, shelving and wall displays built to the drawings.
Nearby
Nearby areas we serve
Pelham Bay
Attached and detached houses on the mainland side of the bridge.
Pelham BayRiverdale
Prewar co-ops and large houses above the Hudson.
RiverdaleLarchmont
Sound-shore village of shingle and Tudor houses.
LarchmontAll of the Bronx
Building types and planning notes across the borough.
All of the BronxWhat we build
What we build for City Island homes
On an island of older, smaller houses, the most useful work is usually storage that fits awkward rooms and kitchens that make a modest footprint feel larger.
Custom Millwork
Kitchen cabinetry, window seats, built-in bookcases, closets fitted under eaves and stairs, and paneling, scribed to older walls and built in our Brooklyn shop.
Custom Millwork
Aluminum & Glass Systems
Aluminum-framed glass wardrobes, cabinet doors, wall displays and lit shelves, built in our shop; a slim aluminum frame keeps a closet or display light-looking in a small room.
Aluminum & Glass Systems
Indoor Fireplace Systems
Planika bioethanol fireplaces for living rooms in houses without a usable chimney: they need no chimney or gas line, and requirements for room size, air circulation and clearances vary by model.
Fireplace SystemsAluminum & glass systems: cabinet doors, modular closets, wall displays and glass shelves.
Planning
Planning millwork for a City Island house
- Truck access over the City Island Bridge and parking on narrow side streets on delivery day
- Doorways, porches and steep stairs in older houses, measured before pieces are sized
- Materials and finishes chosen with humidity and salt air near the water in mind
- Scribing to settled floors, plaster walls and original trim
How a project runs
From drawings to delivery
Project review
Send drawings, photos or a description of the space and what you need.
Dimensions & selections
Measurements, materials and product selections are confirmed before anything is made.
Fabrication & preparation
Millwork and aluminum systems are built in our Brooklyn shop; fireplaces are ordered to your selection.
Delivery & installation coordination
Delivery is scheduled and installation is coordinated with your contractor or installation team.
Selected work
From our shop
A selection of recent millwork and aluminum work. Photos are shown by type of work, not by location.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do you build for City Island houses?
Yes. We build cabinetry, built-ins and closets for older houses, cottages, waterfront homes and condominiums on City Island, from our shop in Industry City, Brooklyn.
How does delivery to City Island work?
Pieces are built in Brooklyn and delivered by truck over the City Island Bridge on a scheduled day. Street width, parking and the route into the house are reviewed beforehand, and installation is coordinated with your contractor or installation team.
Can built-ins fit an older house that is not square?
Yes. Pieces are built to final site measurements and drawings, so they can be scribed to walls, floors and ceilings that have shifted over the years.
Can a Planika fireplace go in a house without a working chimney?
Planika bioethanol fireplaces need no chimney or gas line. Requirements for room size, air circulation and clearances vary by model and are confirmed before ordering.
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Planning a project on City Island?
Share drawings, photos or measurements and tell us what you’re planning. We’ll follow up to talk through scope and next steps.