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General Contractor Maspeth, Brooklyn NY

Your Brooklyn Home Deserves Better Than a Guess

From Maspeth to Greenpoint, Brooklyn’s older homes demand a contractor who actually knows what’s behind the walls. We handle the permits, the process, and the work so you don’t have to figure it out alone.
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Top 1% in New York

Our BuildZoom score of 120 ranks us in the top 1% of 77,888 licensed New York contractors verified independently, not self-reported.

State-Verified MWBE Certified

We hold New York State WBE certification (License #MWCERT2018-175) a credential that requires documentation, not just a claim on a website.

Superintendent of Construction Licensed

Principal Michael Palmisano Jr. holds a Superintendent of Construction license plus five additional licenses well above what most Brooklyn contractors carry.

Over a Decade of NYC Projects

More than ten years completing residential and commercial renovations across Brooklyn, Queens, and the tri-state area with the permit history to show for it.

Construction Company Maspeth, Brooklyn

Full-Service Renovation for Brooklyn's Real Buildings

Brooklyn homes aren’t built like the rest of the country. Pre-war row houses, brownstones, century-old co-ops, two-family walk-ups they each come with their own structural quirks, their own permit requirements, and their own set of things that can go sideways if a contractor doesn’t know what they’re dealing with. At New Era Development Group LLC, we work across the full spectrum of residential and commercial renovation. Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, full gut renovations, brownstone restorations, commercial build-outs we handle it all in-house, and we’ve been doing it in Brooklyn for over a decade. If you’re near Maspeth, in Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick, or anywhere along the Brooklyn-Queens corridor, we’re already working in your neighborhood.
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Home Renovation Maspeth, Brooklyn

What You Actually Get From the Right Contractor

Hiring the wrong contractor in Brooklyn doesn’t just cost money it can cost you your co-op board approval, your DOB sign-off, and months of your life.
  • Your permits get filed correctly the first time, so you're not chasing paperwork after the work is done.
  • You'll know what your project costs before we start not halfway through when it's too late to change course.
  • Your co-op or condo board gets exactly the documentation they require, without you having to translate between us and them.
  • Your kitchen or bathroom renovation gets handled by the same accountable team from demo to final walkthrough no handoff confusion.
  • You get a contractor who picks up the phone, responds to messages, and tells you what's happening before you have to ask.
  • Your finished space reflects what you actually wanted not a compromise that happened because no one communicated along the way.

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Kitchen and Bathroom Remodeling Maspeth, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Kitchens and Bathrooms Done Right

Kitchen remodeling and bathroom remodeling are the two most requested renovation projects we handle near Maspeth and throughout Brooklyn and for good reason. These are the rooms that drive resale value, rental income, and honestly, your daily quality of life. If your kitchen is still running on 1970s cabinetry and a layout that makes no sense, you already know it needs to change. What most homeowners don’t realize is how much complexity hides inside a Brooklyn kitchen or bathroom renovation. Older buildings often have cast iron plumbing, knob-and-tube electrical behind the walls, and load-bearing walls where you’d least expect them. We’ve renovated co-ops in 100-year-old walk-ups and brownstones that haven’t been touched since the Eisenhower administration. We know what we’re getting into before we open a wall and we know how to handle what we find when we do. From design through final inspection, we manage the whole job.
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House Renovation Maspeth, Brooklyn NY

We Handle the Permits That's Half the Job in Brooklyn

In most parts of the country, a renovation is between you and your contractor. In Brooklyn and the surrounding Queens neighborhoods like Maspeth, it’s between you, your contractor, the NYC Department of Buildings, your co-op or condo board, and sometimes the Landmarks Preservation Commission if your block falls within a historic district. That’s not a complaint it’s just the reality of renovating in this city. And it’s exactly why experience in this specific market matters more than it does almost anywhere else. A contractor who hasn’t navigated NYC DOB filings, co-op board renovation packages, or the specific insurance minimums buildings require will create delays that cost you real money and real time. We’ve been through this process hundreds of times. We know what needs to be filed, when it needs to be filed, and how to keep your project moving through the approvals without stalling out.
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Free On-Site Estimate

We visit your property, assess the scope, and give you a clear, honest picture of what the project involves and what it will cost.

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Scope, Design, and Permits

We finalize the project plan, handle permit applications with NYC DOB, and coordinate any required co-op or condo board documentation before a single wall is touched.

3

Build, Inspect, and Close Out

Our crew completes the work, passes inspections, and delivers a properly closed-out project no loose ends, no missing paperwork.

Maspeth FAQs

Common Questions About Our Service

In most cases, yes. Any renovation involving changes to plumbing, electrical, or structural elements requires permits filed with the NYC Department of Buildings. Even work that looks purely cosmetic can trigger permit requirements depending on the scope. In Brooklyn co-ops and condos, your building board will typically require proof that permits were pulled before they release your renovation deposit. Unpermitted work can also create serious problems when you go to sell buyers’ attorneys and title companies look for open permits and violations. We handle all DOB filings as part of our process, so you’re never left trying to sort that out after the fact.
The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) requires any contractor performing home improvement work in New York City to hold a Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) license. You can verify a contractor’s license status directly on the DCWP website using their license number. If a contractor can’t give you a license number, that’s a red flag not just for legal reasons, but because a lapsed or missing HIC license means they can’t legally enforce the contract if a dispute arises. Our licensing is active, verifiable, and publicly listed. We also hold a Superintendent of Construction license and five additional credentials through the New York license board.
Start with the basics: an active NYC HIC license, liability insurance, and workers’ compensation coverage. From there, look for a contractor with a verifiable permit history BuildZoom lets you see what permits a contractor has pulled and closed out, which tells you a lot about how they actually operate. Beyond credentials, pay attention to communication. More Brooklyn renovation projects go sideways because of poor communication than poor workmanship. Ask how they handle change orders, how they communicate progress, and whether they’ve worked in your specific building type before whether that’s a brownstone, a co-op, or a pre-war row house near the Maspeth border.
It depends on the scope, but a standard kitchen remodel in Brooklyn generally runs anywhere from four to eight weeks once work begins. Bathroom remodels are often shorter two to four weeks for a full gut renovation in a typical apartment. What extends timelines in New York City isn’t usually the construction itself it’s the front-end work. Permit approvals, co-op board review periods, and material lead times all add time before a single tool comes out. We account for all of that in the project schedule upfront, so the timeline we give you at the start is the one we’re actually working toward not an optimistic guess.
Yes, and yes. Co-op renovations in Brooklyn require a specific set of documentation insurance certificates meeting the building’s minimums, a detailed scope of work, sometimes an alteration agreement signed by the contractor, and in many buildings, a renovation deposit held until the work is completed and inspected. We’ve been through this process many times, including in buildings with strict renovation windows and elevator pad requirements. We know what co-op boards are looking for, and we put together the documentation package correctly the first time. One of our clients specifically described hiring us to renovate a co-op in a 100-year-old Brooklyn walk-up a project they called as daunting as it gets and we delivered on time.
We do. Our commercial work includes office renovations, restaurant build-outs, retail environments, and salon transformations across Brooklyn, Queens, and the broader NYC tri-state area. Commercial projects come with their own permit requirements, occupancy considerations, and timeline pressures especially for businesses that can’t afford extended downtime. We approach commercial jobs the same way we approach residential ones: with a clear scope, a realistic schedule, and consistent communication throughout. If you’re planning a commercial renovation near Maspeth or anywhere in Brooklyn, we’re set up to handle the full project from design through final inspection.