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General Contractor Sunnyside Queens

Sunnyside Renovations Done Right, Start to Finish

From co-op kitchens to gut renovations, we handle every trade under one contract so you’re not managing five different contractors while living in your apartment. One team, one point of contact, one finished space that actually works.
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NYC Licensed and MWBE Certified

We hold a verified NYC DCA Construction Superintendent License and official MWBE Certification credentials you can look up before you call us.

OSHA Certified for Occupied Buildings

Working in a live building means your neighbors matter too. Our OSHA certification keeps every job site safe, clean, and compliant throughout the project.

Owner on Every Project

Michael is directly involved in every job not a dispatcher, not a project manager you've never met. You get a real point of contact from day one.

Over a Decade Building in Brooklyn and Queens

More than ten years working in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and New Jersey means we've seen what's behind pre-war walls and we know how to handle it.

Home Renovation Sunnyside Queens

Sunnyside Has Specific Needs. We Know Them.

Sunnyside isn’t a generic Queens neighborhood. It’s a dense, pre-war market full of co-op apartments, century-old walk-up buildings, and rowhouses that have been accumulating deferred maintenance for decades. Renovating here isn’t the same as renovating in a new construction suburb and not every contractor understands that. We’re a Brooklyn-based general contracting and design-build firm that serves Sunnyside regularly. We handle everything from framing and electrical to plumbing, tile, and luxury finishes all under one contract. Whether you’re updating a co-op kitchen or doing a full gut renovation, we manage every trade so you don’t have to.
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Construction Company Sunnyside Queens

What You Actually Get When You Hire New Era Development Group

One contractor, every trade, no finger-pointing just a finished space that looks and works exactly the way you planned.
  • You won't spend weekends chasing down three separate contractors asking why no one showed up.
  • Your co-op board gets a contractor who already understands alteration agreements and building house rules.
  • Every permit, DOB filing, and inspection gets handled on our end not handed off to you to figure out.
  • You get a written estimate with real detail, so there are no surprises buried in the fine print later.
  • Problems that come up mid-project and in pre-war buildings, they always do get solved without drama or delay.
  • When the job is done, the space is finished, not "mostly done" with a punch list that stretches into the following year.

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Co-Op Renovation Sunnyside Queens

Co-Op Renovations Are a Different Animal

If you own a co-op in Sunnyside, you already know that renovating isn’t as simple as calling a contractor and scheduling a start date. Before anyone touches a wall, you need board approval. That means submitting an alteration package often including architectural drawings, contractor credentials, proof of insurance, and a signed alteration agreement and then waiting for the board’s review cycle, which can take four to eight weeks depending on when they meet. Hiring a contractor who doesn’t know this process is how projects get stalled before they start. We’ve worked in co-ops throughout Brooklyn and Queens, including a complete renovation of a fourth-floor unit in a 100-year-old walk-up building. We understand what boards ask for, what buildings require, and how to keep your project moving through the approval process without blowing up your timeline. If your building has specific house rules around work hours, elevator use, or debris removal, we plan around them not through them.
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Kitchen Remodeling Sunnyside Queens

Kitchen Remodeling: Every Trade, One Contract, Zero Gaps

Most contractors specialize. They do kitchens, or bathrooms, or electrical and when something falls outside their lane, they hand it off to someone else. That’s where coordination breaks down, timelines slip, and nobody takes ownership of the problem. We handle framing, flooring, electrical, plumbing, tile, and finishes in-house. When you hire us for a kitchen remodeling project in Sunnyside, you’re not also hiring a separate plumber and electrician and hoping they show up on the same days. The same goes for bathroom remodeling, gut renovations, basement finishing, and home additions. One team, one contract, one person to call when you have a question. That’s how we’ve built a five-star track record across Angi, Houzz, and Nextdoor not by overpromising, but by actually finishing what we start.
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Free On-Site Estimate

We come to your Sunnyside apartment or home, assess the space, and give you a written estimate at no cost or obligation.

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Scope, Plan, and Approvals

We finalize the project scope, handle any required permits or co-op board submissions, and set a realistic start date before work begins.

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Build, Finish, and Hand Over

Our crew executes every phase framing through finishes and we don't consider the job done until you're satisfied with the result.

Sunnyside FAQs

Common Questions About Our Service

Yes and this is one of the most important things to get right before you spend a dollar on anything else. In a Sunnyside co-op, you don’t own the walls or the structure outright, which means the board has authority over what gets changed and how. Most boards require a formal alteration package that includes your contractor’s license and insurance documentation, a description of the planned work, and sometimes architectural drawings. The review process typically takes four to eight weeks, depending on when the board meets. If you miss a monthly meeting deadline, you’re waiting another month. We help our clients put together complete, board-ready submissions so the approval process moves as quickly as possible not because we cut corners, but because we know exactly what boards in this market ask for.
Renovation costs in the NYC area vary based on scope, finishes, and building type but it helps to have real numbers as a starting point. In Queens and Brooklyn, a mid-range kitchen renovation typically runs between $25,000 and $50,000 depending on the size of the space and the materials involved. Bathroom remodels generally fall in the $35,000 to $50,000 range for standard work, and higher for luxury finishes. Full gut renovations covering multiple rooms or an entire floor will run significantly more. We don’t quote a number until we’ve actually seen your space, because pre-war buildings in Sunnyside can have surprises behind the walls old plumbing, knob-and-tube wiring, or structural quirks that affect the scope. We give you a detailed written estimate so you know what you’re paying for before anything starts.
This is one of the most important checks you can do before signing anything. In NYC, contractors performing home improvement work are required to hold a license from the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP). You can search the NYC Business portal by contractor name or license number to confirm their status. Performing home improvement work without a license is a Class A misdemeanor in New York, and unlicensed contractors often carry no insurance which means you’re on the hook if something goes wrong. Our DCA NYC Construction Superintendent License number is publicly listed and searchable. We encourage anyone considering us to look it up. A contractor who won’t give you a license number is a contractor you shouldn’t hire.
It does, and most homeowners find this out too late. The Sunnyside Gardens Historic District is a 77-acre planned community built between 1924 and 1928 the first garden city development in the United States. Because it carries historic designation, exterior alterations to homes within the district may require review by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission in addition to standard DOB filings and co-op board approvals. This can affect window replacements, facade work, roofline changes, and certain structural modifications. If your property falls within the historic district, it’s critical that your contractor understands these layers of oversight before any work begins. We factor this into our planning process so you don’t end up with a stop-work order after construction has already started.
A gut renovation means stripping a space down to the studs removing all existing finishes, flooring, fixtures, and sometimes walls before rebuilding from scratch. It’s the most comprehensive type of renovation and is often the right call when a space has outdated electrical, old plumbing, water damage, or a layout that simply doesn’t work. A standard remodel, by contrast, works with the existing structure and updates surfaces, fixtures, and finishes without touching what’s behind the walls. In Sunnyside’s pre-war buildings, gut renovations are common because the bones of the building are sound but the systems inside are decades past their useful life. We’ve completed gut renovations of full ground floors, cellars, and co-op apartments throughout Brooklyn and Queens, so we know what to expect and how to handle what we find.
It’s a fair question. Our base in Brooklyn puts us roughly ten to fifteen minutes from Sunnyside via the Queensboro Bridge or the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway close enough for same-day responsiveness when something comes up. But proximity is only part of it. We’ve worked across Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and New Jersey, which means we understand how NYC’s DOB filing requirements, co-op board processes, and building codes work across boroughs not just in one neighborhood. A lot of Sunnyside homeowners have Brooklyn connections, whether they moved from there or still commute through it, and they want a contractor who understands that market. We do. The work we do in Sunnyside is the same standard we hold ourselves to everywhere else we build.