Bay Ridge Ironworks - contact info? Still in business? Other recs?

Hi all, We’re in the midst of our search for a contractor to restore our original railings and fence. I wanted to call Bay Ridge Ironworks for an estimate but the number I see online appears to no longer be in service. Anyone have updated contact information? Have you recently done your stoop railings and want to recommend someone (with photos)? I’ve called Rafael, but he was unable to give me any comparable work so I’m a bit uneasy. I called Piscopo but after repeated contacts, he couldn’t give me an estimate. I’ve met with Arc Iron Works, who seems very competent, but I wanted at least one more actual estimate. I’ve combed the forum and there are SO many questions requested recommendations with a limited response, so here’s another. Thanks in advance for any contact info or recommendations.

theoperadiva

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Citysilver | 9 years and 6 months ago

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Ramon, who owns his own corp.is an awesome iron works business who works on a coordinated schedule arranged by Susan B Hager-the wood terrace and deck furniture builder known in The Brooklyn Brownstone Belt. Ramon apprenticed 25 years ago for PUMA who was a well respected iron worker in south Brooklyn. (sketchandhammer@yahoo.com)

theoperadiva | 9 years and 6 months ago

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Thank you both for the recommendations. In case anyone else is combing the archives in the future, here is the complete list I’ve compiled from collected recommendations: 1\. Piscopo Iron Works restored our cast iron rails and fence this past Spring. Piscopo did a professional job, started work when they promised and completed work within the promised time frame. www.pironworks.com 2\. In the end I had one guy dennis hawkes do it when his quote was less than that of the others – after I had seen some of his other woodwork and other work, and two years later our railings still look great. he stripped and painted our peeling railings. (check the Park Slope Parents archives if you are interested) 3\. have you tried lopopolo ironworks? Joe lopopolo is great. He did our steel deck and steel decks on half the block plus does ironwork. Easy to google him. Best to call early in the day. Mention my name and 77/4th bay Ridge 2013 and how much I gushed about him (We love Lopopolo too as they also did a great job on our deck but I was told by Joe that they don’t actually do restoration work for railings like ours) 4\. have you tried picolo ironworks? 5\. a contractor I trust also swears by gabriel ironworks. 6\. One other name I have is: Emanuele Castelli is the owner of a first-class ironworks shop, Manny Iron Works 7\. Piccolo Iron Restoration Piccollo_Iron_Restoration@hotmail.com 7 Woodcrest Road Staten Island NY 10303 United States of America Ricardo (917) 359-5447 From Architectural Iron Company (who sadly no longer does this kind of work): 1\. Armand Petrillo Petrillo Iron Works 15 West 9th Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 (718) 254-0333 petrilloiron@gmail.com 2\. Aldo?s Iron works, 75 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn NY 718-834-0408 3\. Forerunner Creations, 250 E 88th St, Brooklyn NY 718-209-7030 4\. HNL Construction, 595 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn NY 212-227-6286, Patrick Tam. And here are the original ones from my list: 1\. Petrillo ironworks – recommended by Architectural Iron Company (never gave us a quote after months of calls) 2\. Arc Iron – Found on the Landmarks website http://www.arciron.net/ 3\. Venetian (they don’t do old railings) 4\. Bay Ridge (seems to no longer be in business) 5\. Artistic Ironworks (good communication, very fair price, just no comparable work to share) artistic.iron.works@gmail.com 6\. Alchemy and Co. (found on brownstoner) http://www.alchemyandco.com/ 7\. Core Solutions (found on brownstoner) coresolutionsnyc@gmail.com Sherwin Morgan

heightsguy | 9 years and 6 months ago

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I have used this company satisfactorily a few times All City Ironworks LLC 214 48st Brooklyn, NY 11220 Phone: (917) 859-6166 Email: allcityironworks@gmail.com

makainyc | 9 years and 6 months ago

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I can email pics. Ahn_lee@hotmail.com

makainyc | 9 years and 6 months ago

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Hi, We were very happy with the work of Terrence, of Terrence Lewis Construction. I have recommended him in a previous post. He fixed our crumbling stoop, refurbished metal work & added security gate. Reasonably priced & a pleasure to work with. His contact info (917) 254-7304\.

Guest User | 9 years and 6 months ago

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I think Bay Ridge Ironworks is gone. We used them 4 years ago, but were unable to reach them last year. I don’t have anyone else to recommend.