Sidewalk & Concrete Repair in East Village

Working in East Village

The East Village generally runs from East 14th Street south to Houston Street, between the Bowery and Third Avenue on the west and Avenue A on the east, with Alphabet City continuing toward the river. It is one of the densest parts of Manhattan, built largely of five and six story tenements and brownstones. NYU housing, Cooper Union, St. Marks Place and Tompkins Square Park pull heavy foot traffic day and night.

Owners and managers here call Paverly Sidewalk Manhattan for permitted, insured work from the same crews behind our sidewalk repair Manhattan service in Lower East Side and across the borough.

Concrete repair in East Village

Many East Village tenements have concrete stoops, areaway steps and steel cellar doors set into the sidewalk, and decades of freeze and thaw cycles crack the concrete around those frames. Restaurants on First and Second Avenue take deliveries by hand truck through cellar hatches every morning, which chips edges and loosens slabs. We rebuild steps, reset cellar door frames and pour new sections with 4000 PSI concrete that stands up to that daily wear.

See how we rebuild failed slabs on our sidewalk replacement page, or read about curb repair and replacement.

Sidewalk repair in East Village

Crowds spilling out of bars on St. Marks Place and Avenue A, rolling trash bins and outdoor dining setups all put pressure on the narrow sidewalks here. Mature street trees lift flags along the numbered side streets, and repeated utility cuts by gas, electric and cable crews leave uneven patches. We pull the NYC DOT permit, remove damaged flags, correct the base and pour new sidewalk that sits flush with neighboring slabs and the curb.

If a hazard cannot wait, use our emergency sidewalk repair service. Roots lifting the flags? Start with tree root sidewalk repair.

ADA compliance in East Village

Small shops and cafes in the East Village often sit a step or two above the sidewalk, which blocks wheelchair users and parents with strollers. The neighborhood also has a large student population and many longtime older tenants who rely on level walking routes to the Astor Place and First Avenue subway stations. We build curb ramps and entrance approaches to the 2010 ADA Standards, keeping cross slopes at 1:48 or less and ramp slopes no steeper than 1:12.

Our ADA sidewalk compliance page explains what we measure and how we keep the scope small.

DOT violation removal in East Village

Tenement landlords and small co-op boards in the East Village frequently receive NYC DOT Notices of Violation for raised flags, broken curbs and hardware sticking up around cellar doors. Ignoring one lets the city make the repair and bill the owner, and an unpaid bill can become a lien that complicates a sale or refinance. We inspect the cited defects, pull the required permits and replace the sidewalk so the violation can be cleared.

The full process, from permit to dismissal inspection, is on our DOT sidewalk violation removal page.