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Custom Millwork & Cabinetry in Cobble Hill
Parlor-floor bookcases, brownstone kitchens, closets and fireplaces for Cobble Hill’s 19th-century rowhouses and apartments, built a short drive away in our Industry City shop and sized for stoops, narrow stairs and old floors.
Cobble Hill buildings
Built for Cobble Hill’s rowhouses
Most of Cobble Hill is a historic district of brick and brownstone rowhouses from the mid-1800s, with a few early apartment complexes, carriage houses and small walk-ups mixed in.
Brownstones & brick rowhouses
Greek Revival and Italianate houses with high-stoop entries, parlor floors with tall ceilings and original moldings, where bookcases and cabinetry are fitted around mantels, pocket doors and windows.
Garden & top-floor rentals
Rowhouses split into a duplex and rental floors, where closets and kitchens have to work in narrow rooms and every piece goes up the same tight stair.
Carriage houses & mews
Small converted stables and mews houses on the side streets, with low ceilings, odd footprints and storage built into stair runs and eaves.
Walk-ups & early apartment blocks
Late-1800s apartment buildings and mixed-use walk-ups along Court Street and Henry Street, with compact rooms and no elevator for deliveries.
Nearby
Nearby areas we serve
Carroll Gardens
Rowhouses with deep front gardens, just south.
Carroll GardensBrooklyn Heights
Landmarked rowhouses and prewar co-ops to the north.
Brooklyn HeightsPark Slope
Brownstones and limestones by Prospect Park.
Park SlopeAll of Brooklyn
Building types and planning notes across the borough.
All of BrooklynWhat we build
What we build for Cobble Hill homes
In a rowhouse, the walls are narrow and the ceilings are tall, so storage goes up. Each of our lines fits that in a different way.
Custom Millwork
Parlor-floor bookcases, built-ins in chimney-breast alcoves, kitchen cabinetry and paneling, built in sections that fit through the stoop door and up the stair.
Custom Millwork
Aluminum & Glass Systems
Slim aluminum-framed glass closets, cabinet doors and lit shelves that make narrow bedrooms and garden-floor rooms feel lighter, built in our shop.
Aluminum & Glass Systems
Indoor Fireplace Systems
Planika bioethanol fireplaces need no chimney or gas line, an option where an old flue is sealed. 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 in a Cobble Hill rowhouse
- Stoop, front door, stair and landing clearances for every piece
- Out-of-plumb walls, sloping floors and original moldings
- Street parking for the delivery truck on narrow one-way blocks
- Landmarks review for any street-facing changes in the historic district
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
How do large pieces get into a Cobble Hill brownstone?
Cabinets and built-ins are built in sections sized to the narrowest point on the way in, whether that is the stoop door, a stair turn or a landing. Those clearances are confirmed with the final measurements before anything is made.
Can built-ins be fitted to walls that are not straight?
Yes. Pieces are built to site measurements and scribed on site to uneven walls, floors and ceilings, which is normal in 19th-century rowhouses.
How far is Cobble Hill from your shop?
Our shop is at 4014 1st Avenue in Industry City, Sunset Park, a short drive from Cobble Hill. Pieces are delivered by truck on a scheduled day.
Which of your services suit a rowhouse?
Custom millwork for kitchens, bookcases and alcove built-ins; aluminum & glass systems for closets and cabinet doors; and Planika bioethanol fireplaces for rooms without a working chimney.
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Planning a project in Cobble Hill?
Share drawings, photos or measurements and tell us what you’re planning. We’ll follow up to talk through scope and next steps.