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Handyman in Ravenswood
- Where
- Long Island City, Queens
- ZIP
- 11106
- From our shop
- 1–1.3 mi, straight line
Ravenswood runs north along the East River in ZIP 11106. Ravenswood Houses, 31 NYCHA buildings with 2,166 apartments finished in 1951, fill the blocks between 12th and 24th Streets and 34th and 36th Avenues. On the water, Socrates Sculpture Park was founded in 1986 on a former landfill and illegal dumpsite, and the power plant next door housed "Big Allis", the largest generating unit in the world when it came online in 1965.
In 11106 about two in five homes were built before 1940, and about a quarter more between 1940 and 1959. That means plaster walls, radiators and older paint, a very different job from the towers a mile south. In homes built before 1978, EPA lead-paint rules cap a minor repair at 6 square feet of disturbed paint per room indoors, so we keep paint work to touch-ups and tell you when a job goes past that. In Ravenswood Houses, NYCHA's approval rules come first.
Core services
Mount it. Build it. Patch it. Cool it.
Hunters Point · Court Square · Queens West · Dutch Kills
TV & wall mounting
TVs, soundbars, art, mirrors and shelves — on whatever wall you've got. We ask what's behind it before we drill.
Drywall · metal studs · concrete · plasterFurniture & IKEA assembly
Flat-pack from any store, built square and anchored to the wall when it's tall. Elevator booking planned in.
Beds · PAX · cribs · desksDrywall, paint & caulk touch-ups
Anchor holes, dents and old mount holes patched and painted to match. Tubs and showers recaulked clean.
Patches · paint · caulkWindow AC install & removal
Window units installed on a support bracket or pulled for the winter. Through-wall units swapped into the sleeve you have.
Brackets · removal · wall sleevesStraight answers
Can you repaint my whole pre-war apartment?
Not as a handyman job. In homes built before 1978, disturbing more than 6 square feet of painted surface per room triggers EPA's renovation rules, which call for a certified firm. We do touch-ups and small patches inside that limit and will say so when a job goes past it. If a child under 6 lives in a pre-1960 building, NYC's Local Law 1 adds its own work-practice rules.
Sources
- NYCHA Development Data Book (data as of Jan 1, 2025)
- Socrates Sculpture Park: about
- NYSERDA: Ravenswood Generating Station
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates, ZIP 11106 (via Census Reporter)
- EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rule (40 CFR 745, subpart E)
- NYC HPD: lead-based paint (Local Law 1)
Got a list in Ravenswood?
Call. Tell us the job, the wall and your building's rules. You get a quote before any work starts.