When a New York building needs masonry work that actually lasts repointed mortar joints, a restored brownstone facade, a rebuilt parapet wall, or corrective repairs to pass a Local Law 11 inspection — the only thing standing between you and a job done twice is the contractor you hire. New York Contracting Corporation is a licensed and fully insured masonry firm built around a single standard: every brick we set, every joint we cut, and every facade we restore is built to outlast the next generation of New York winters
We work with homeowners, co-op boards, condo associations, property managers, and commercial real estate teams across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. Whether your project is a single cracked lintel above a Park Slope brownstone window or a full FISP-compliant facade restoration on a 12-story Midtown commercial building, our masons handle the work end to end — including DOB permits, NYC DOT filings, and final close-out inspection.
New York buildings face conditions most cities never deal with: 30+ freeze-thaw cycles a year, century-old soft pre-war brick that won't tolerate modern Portland cement, dense urban scaffolding constraints, landmarked districts with strict LPC oversight, and a regulatory environment that punishes anyone who cuts corners. Our service catalog is built around the real problems New York buildings actually have.
ortar joints fail long before bricks do. Once they crack, water gets behind the wall, freezes, expands, and the damage cascades from cosmetic to structural within two or three winters. Our brick pointing service begins with a hands-on wall inspection, identifies the correct mortar specification for your building's age —
The decorative two-color technique that creates the illusion of fine, perfectlythin joints — is reserved for landmark restorations where historical authenticity matters. Most New York properties need repointing, not true tuckpointing. We will tell you honestly which one yours requires before quoting the work.
f your building is six stories or taller, you fall under the Façade Inspection & Safety Program (FISP) — the program the industry still calls Local Law 11. Cycle 10 is now active, running February 21, 2025 through February 21, 2030, with sub-cycles 10A, 10B, and 10C staggered by the last digit of your building's block number
Under Local Law 126, NYC now requires annual parapet inspections for buildings with parapet walls visible from the public right-of-way. Failed coping stones, deteriorated mortar joints, leaning sections, and water infiltration at the roofline are the most common findings — and the most common precursors to falling-debris emergencies. We repair, rebuild, and reinforce parapet walls to current code with new coping stones, fresh through-wall flashing, properly anchored connections, and full waterproofing detail
The brownstones of Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Heights, the Upper West Side, and Harlem are New York's most beloved housing stock — and the most demanding to maintain properly. Brownstone is a soft Triassic-Jurassic sandstone that flakes, spalls, and erodes when neglected or repaired with the wrong material. Our brownstone work covers facade resurfacing, cornice restoration, stoop rebuild, window lintel and sill replacement, brick repointing with historically appropriate mortar, and LPC-compliant exterior restoration for landmarked properties.
A NYC DOT sidewalk violation will not go away on its own — the fine clock keeps ticking until the violation is cleared. We perform full sidewalk replacement to NYC DOT specification: 4-inch concrete with welded wire mesh reinforcement, expansion joints, 4,000 PSI ready-mix concrete, professional broom finish, and caulked joints. We file the violation removal paperwork and stay through the city's re-inspection so the violation actually clears your record.
Most building problems we get called about are water problems wearing a masonry disguise. We provide exterior wall waterproofing, basement and foundation waterproofing, parapet flashing, and traffic-bearing membrane installation for plaza decks, parking decks, and balconies — using systems from Sika, BASF, and Henry Blueskin
Loose bricks at the chimney crown, failed flashing, and deteriorated mortar joints don't just look bad — they cause roof leaks and create real fire hazards. We rebuild chimneys from the roofline up, replace crowns, and install new flashing. We also handle traditional stucco, synthetic EIFS finishes, and Thorocoat / Thoroseal exterior wall protection systems that hold up to NYC weather without chalking, cracking, or peeling within two seasons.
Call (929) 837-3820 and we schedule a walk-through within 24 to 48 hours. You get a real diagnosis, not a sales pitch.
Line-item pricing, materials specified byASTM standard, timeline, and warranty terms — in writing, before any work begins
If your scope requires it, we handle DOB filings, expediter coordination, sidewalk shed permits, and LPC approvals for landmarked properties
We walk the work with you, file closeout paperwork with the city, and stand behind the result with a written warranty
rick pointing replaces failed mortar with new, properly-matched mortar — it is structural maintenance. Tuckpointing is a decorative two-color technique designed to mimic the look of very fine joints, typically reserved for historic or landmark facades. Most NYC buildings need pointing; very few actually need true tuckpointing.
A properly executed brick pointing job in NYC’s climate should last 20 to 30 years before re-treatment is needed. Brownstone restoration with correctly-specified mortar can hold for a generation. The difference is almost entirely in the contractor — wrong mortar on the wrong brick can fail in two winters.
We work with homeowners, co-op boards, condo associations, property managers, and commercial real estate teams across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.