Handyman in Brooklyn

I’m an independent handyman working across Brooklyn — Park Slope, Williamsburg, Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Sunset Park, and everywhere between. The most common calls: furniture assembly, TV mounting, shelving, and furniture anchoring for families with kids. Minimum visit is $90, every job gets a flat quote from a photo before I arrive, and I take evening and Sunday slots.

Brooklyn houses are their own animal

A big share of my Brooklyn work happens in brownstones and townhouses, and they change how a job goes. The staircases are gorgeous and narrow — a queen bed frame or a PAX wardrobe often has to come up in pieces, so I assemble upstairs instead of wrestling a built box around a landing. Original plaster walls and old brick mean the anchors that work in new-construction drywall won’t cut it; I carry hardware for all three.

Brooklyn also has a lot of young families, which is why furniture anchoring is one of my most-booked jobs here — from $90 to strap dressers and bookcases to the wall, with renter-friendly methods if you don’t own the place. Same visit can knock out outlet covers, cabinet latches, and a wobbly gate at the top of those townhouse stairs.

And unlike Manhattan, plenty of Brooklyn homes come with a backyard — which means deck boards that lift, gates that sag, and exterior caulking that gave up two winters ago. Small outdoor fixes are fair game; send a photo and I’ll tell you if it’s a handyman job or a contractor job. I’ll be honest either way.

The newer condo towers in Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn run more like Manhattan buildings: front-desk sign-in, freight elevator reservations, work-hour rules. Tell me your building’s process when you text and I’ll plan the visit around it, so the front desk waves me through instead of turning me around.

What Brooklyn clients book most

• Furniture assembly — IKEA dresser from $90, bed frame from $110, PAX from $180. I break down the boxes and take them out.
• TV mounting — from $120 on drywall, from $160 on exposed brick. And yes, mounting on that brick wall you love is doable without cracking it.
• Shelving and storage — floating shelves from $60 each, the fastest fix for apartments with exactly zero closets.
• Drywall repair — patch plus paint from $140, the move-out security-deposit special.
• Window A/C install — from $90, done with brackets your landlord and the building code will both approve of.

Every number is on the pricing page. Nearby pages if you want the neighborhood view: Park Slope and Williamsburg.

How booking works

1. Text photos of the job. I reply myself — no call center, no “a technician will be assigned.”
2. Get a flat price before the visit. That number doesn’t grow when I see your stairs. Materials extra, agreed upfront.
3. Pick a slot — weekday evenings and Sundays included. Sunday is when everyone else in Brooklyn is closed, which is exactly why I’m not.

Cleanup is part of the job, not a favor. Send a photo and I’ll send a price back — usually within the hour.