Brooklyn Stair Railings fabricates modern glass railings that guard a drop while keeping the view and the light. A glass railing sets tempered glass panels into a welded metal frame or on standoffs, giving a solid, transparent barrier that suits new condos, roof decks, and open interiors. We fabricate the stainless or steel frame in the shop, template the openings precisely, and set tempered panels that meet the guard requirements. The result is a clean, nearly invisible railing that reads far more open than balusters or cable.
The glass in a railing is never ordinary glass. We use tempered safety glass, and often laminated tempered glass, which is heat-treated to be far stronger and, if it ever does break, crumbles into small blunt pieces rather than shards. Laminated panels add an interlayer that holds the glass together and keeps the barrier standing even if a pane is cracked, which is why they are specified where the glass itself acts as the guard. Each panel is sized and ordered to the exact opening after we template it, since glass cannot be trimmed on site the way metal can. Getting the glass spec and the measurements right is the core of a safe, code-compliant glass railing.
There are a few ways to carry the glass, and we fabricate all of them. A framed system captures the panel on its edges in a welded metal channel for a solid, traditional-feeling barrier. A standoff system fixes the glass to the floor or the side of a slab with polished stainless button standoffs, leaving the top edge free for the most minimal, frameless look. A post system runs the glass between stainless or steel posts, often with a metal top rail (or cap rail) across the glass for a graspable edge. We match the system to the look you want and to what the structure can carry, then fabricate and grind the metal so it complements the glass rather than competing with it.
Glass is a natural fit for the roof decks, terraces, and open stairs going into new and gut-renovated Brooklyn homes, where the whole point is to keep the light and the skyline. On a roof deck it doubles as a wind screen while still meeting the roughly 42-inch guard height. On an open interior stair it keeps a small space feeling large. For exterior installations we frame or fix the glass in stainless steel so the metalwork itself resists the weather, and we detail the connections to stay watertight on a roof. The finished railing gives a safe barrier that all but disappears against the view.
Tempered-glass railings suit the borough's modern lofts and roof decks, and we install them across Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Fort Greene, Bushwick, and Cobble Hill.