Park Slope · 11215 · Brownstone restoration

637 East 3rd Street

A specialty project on one of Brooklyn’s rare Victorian wood-frame homes — full cedar shingle siding installation, a craft scope that required different skills from our usual masonry restoration work.

Project facts

The specs.

Address

637 East 3rd Street Kensington, NY 11218

Scope

Cedar shingle installation

Duration

4–5 weeks

Service

Materials & methods

Premium cedar shingles
Stainless steel fasteners
Building wrap
Flashing components

Neighborhood

What we found

637 East 3rd Street is a Victorian-era wood-frame home — an unusual housing typology in Brooklyn, mostly found in pockets like Kensington and Ditmas Park. The original cedar shingles had aged out — weathered, split, with some sections lost entirely.

This is not masonry work. It is carpentry-adjacent work, and we approached it accordingly.

Completed cedar shingle facade on the Victorian home.

The Work

Remove the failed siding. Address any rotted substrate or sheathing behind it. Install proper building wrap. Lay courses of premium cedar shingles with stainless fasteners and proper exposure-to-weather. Detail every junction with appropriate flashing.

Cedar shingle work is exposure-sensitive and detail-intensive. There is a significant difference between cedar siding that lasts 50 years and cedar siding that fails in 15 — and the difference is almost entirely in the installation.

The result

A restored Victorian facade with new cedar that should weather gracefully over the next several decades. The historic character of the home is preserved. The water management is correct.

Project gallery

A few additional views of the work at 637 East 3rd Street.

Completed cedar shingle facade on the Victorian home.

Shingle course detail showing proper exposure and alignment.

Home in context with the Kensington streetscape.

Want to walk to this project?

637 East 3rd Street is a real address. We can meet you there for a walkaround, point out the specific repair work, and answer questions in person. Or we can send you photos of the precise details. Just call Sajin at 631-464-8200.

FREE ESTIMATE · NO OBLIGATION

Tell us about your building.

The quickest way to start is a phone call to Sajin. We will set up a time to come look at the facade, walk through what’s failing and what isn’t, and put together a written estimate within a week. No pressure to move forward.

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