Custom wrought iron, steel, stainless, and cable stair railings, designed, welded, and installed for Brooklyn stoops, staircases, and balconies. Field-measured to fit. Free estimates.
View railing systems ↓Brooklyn Stair Railings is a custom metal shop, and we build for the first second you grab hold. A railing is judged by how solid it feels under your hand, and a wobbly one you never really trust again. Most of the railings we get called out to fix aren't ugly, they're loose: a stoop rail that rocks a little in its masonry, an interior run that gives when you lean on it coming down the stairs with an armful of groceries. We work in wrought iron, mild steel, stainless 316, and aluminum, with cable or tempered-glass infill where the design wants it. Every piece is cut, formed, TIG- or MIG-welded, and ground smooth in our own shop, then field-measured to your stair down to the fraction of an inch. Nothing snap-together, nothing off a big-box shelf.
Brooklyn throws a lot at a railing. We've templated prewar walk-up staircases where no two treads sit at the same height, brownstone stoops where the original ironwork is worth restoring rather than ripping out, and exterior runs right beside the fire escape that have to shrug off twenty winters of freeze-thaw and road salt. On anything outdoors, the finish is where the money is well spent: hot-dip galvanizing or a baked-on powder coat is the difference between welds that bleed rust in five years and a railing your grandkids can lean on. And if you're in a co-op or a two-family, we build to code from the first cut, with 42-inch guards, balusters a 4-inch sphere can't slip through, and graspable handrails at the right height, so the board or the inspector signs off without a fight. Getting that right up front saves everyone a headache later.
Structural-grade carbon steel for interior railings. Rigid, weldable, and classic — the workhorse of custom ironwork.
Corrosion-resistant alloy for exterior and coastal-facing installs. 316 for waterfront. Low maintenance.
Lightweight structural aluminum with a high strength-to-weight ratio — rust-free for contemporary work.
Safety-certified tempered and laminated glass panels for shoe-mount and standoff railing systems.
We come out and put a tape and a level on every tread, and in these old Brooklyn stairs we almost never find one that's dead square, then sketch out the design, material, and finish with you before we quote a single dollar.
The railing is cut, formed, and welded in our shop, then the welds are ground smooth.
We prime and powder-coat or galvanize the railing in your chosen color and sheen.
We anchor the railing into masonry or framing on site and confirm it meets code.
Marine-grade stainless cable infill on steel or aluminum posts — minimal and view-preserving, tensioned to code.
View tech data →Forged scrollwork, collars, and custom pickets — the classic Brooklyn brownstone look, powder-coated.
View tech data →Steel egress-stair railings, guards, and handrails built to the plans and to pass NYC inspection.
View tech data →They fabricated a new wrought-iron railing for our Park Slope stoop that matches the original next door perfectly. Welded clean, powder-coated black, rock solid. You'd think it was always there.
Cable railing on our Williamsburg roof deck: minimal, tight tension, and it passed inspection first try. Measured everything on site and the fit was exact.
Our brownstone's interior stair railing was rusted and wobbly. They restored the historic ironwork instead of ripping it out, re-welded the joints, and refinished it. Beautiful work.
Needed handrails added to a two-family to clear a violation. They upgraded the guard height and spacing, installed graspable handrails, and it signed off. Fast and fairly priced.
Brooklyn Stair Railings fabricates and installs for homes and businesses throughout Brooklyn, NY and the surrounding areas, including Park Slope · Bay Ridge · Brooklyn Heights · Cobble Hill · Carroll Gardens · Williamsburg · Fort Greene · Bushwick · Bed-Stuy · Crown Heights · Dyker Heights · Greenpoint.
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