The barbeque pits made with metal barrels ARE closed and they are STILL illegal. Look up the restaurant Pies N Thighs in Williamsburg. They were shut down recently for their barbeque (also likely other reasons too). There’s another barbeque restaurant that had to go way up into Harlem to open just to find enough outdoor space to have the barbeque far enough away from any buildings.
Mostly just look around all the backyards in Brooklyn. You will not find one outdoor fireplace in them. It’s not because nobody ever thought of the idea before.
Don’t get your info about fire codes from some unnamed guy on Forum.
Are you thinking of having King Kong over for ribs next summer?
I’ll bet you the streams of water from your neigbors hoses will reach your fire pit long before your guests arrive.
Smokychimp said it best. If it is covered, it is no longer an open burn. I have an outdoor fire place in my backyard, FDNY paid a visit when someone called 911 for the smell of smoke and no violations were written. Remember discretion is the better part of valor, it’s never wise to alienate your neighbors. Oh, and burning leaves is always illegal – it creates too much smoke and is really dangerous.
An open fire pit wouldn’t be legal, but an outdoor fireplace would. If what you’re proposing meets the code standards, clearances, and all that as a fireplace, you’d be fine.
It’s why restaurants aren’t allowed to have open-pit barbeque things. There is a minimum footage away from buildings for any open fire and it’s pretty far, farther than any Brooklyn backyard allows.
I’d never do it. Despite best efforts we always have at least some dry brown leaves in our backyard. It just takes a spark to set it all afire.
Burning wood is toxic, and a lot of the old buildings in Brooklyn are not sealed from the outside air so your fire-pit smoke will make it inside peoples homes.
New York State bans the open burning of leaves BTW.
In my prior house, our neighbor had a fire pit. While it made me a little nervous that he might burn the whole block down (he let the fire get out of control), the smell of the burning leaves was actually very nice.
Not sure about the regs, but I once considered this too. The smoke and odor is very overpowering especially when trapped between close together buildings.
Even if you are allowed, get ready for really pissed off neighbors and maybe even a few visits from the FDNY.
Why not be more considerate and opt for the Alcohol gel burining variety – much cleaner and less of a nuissance.
The barbeque pits made with metal barrels ARE closed and they are STILL illegal. Look up the restaurant Pies N Thighs in Williamsburg. They were shut down recently for their barbeque (also likely other reasons too). There’s another barbeque restaurant that had to go way up into Harlem to open just to find enough outdoor space to have the barbeque far enough away from any buildings.
Mostly just look around all the backyards in Brooklyn. You will not find one outdoor fireplace in them. It’s not because nobody ever thought of the idea before.
Don’t get your info about fire codes from some unnamed guy on Forum.
Bklyn Fire Alarm Guy,
Can you please clarify the outdoor fireplace rules.
Thanks
Are you thinking of having King Kong over for ribs next summer?
I’ll bet you the streams of water from your neigbors hoses will reach your fire pit long before your guests arrive.
Smokychimp said it best. If it is covered, it is no longer an open burn. I have an outdoor fire place in my backyard, FDNY paid a visit when someone called 911 for the smell of smoke and no violations were written. Remember discretion is the better part of valor, it’s never wise to alienate your neighbors. Oh, and burning leaves is always illegal – it creates too much smoke and is really dangerous.
An open fire pit wouldn’t be legal, but an outdoor fireplace would. If what you’re proposing meets the code standards, clearances, and all that as a fireplace, you’d be fine.
It’s not legal.
It’s why restaurants aren’t allowed to have open-pit barbeque things. There is a minimum footage away from buildings for any open fire and it’s pretty far, farther than any Brooklyn backyard allows.
I’d never do it. Despite best efforts we always have at least some dry brown leaves in our backyard. It just takes a spark to set it all afire.
Burning wood is toxic, and a lot of the old buildings in Brooklyn are not sealed from the outside air so your fire-pit smoke will make it inside peoples homes.
New York State bans the open burning of leaves BTW.
In my prior house, our neighbor had a fire pit. While it made me a little nervous that he might burn the whole block down (he let the fire get out of control), the smell of the burning leaves was actually very nice.
Not sure about the regs, but I once considered this too. The smoke and odor is very overpowering especially when trapped between close together buildings.
Even if you are allowed, get ready for really pissed off neighbors and maybe even a few visits from the FDNY.
Why not be more considerate and opt for the Alcohol gel burining variety – much cleaner and less of a nuissance.