Brooklyn's buildings span well over a century: brownstones and row houses in Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Carroll Gardens, pre-war walk-ups and elevator buildings in Flatbush and Crown Heights, mixed-use buildings with storefronts along the avenues, and new condo towers in Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg. Each type has its own pump needs, and LA New York Pump services them all.
We inspect, discover and fix. That means finding the actual cause of low pressure, a noisy pump or a wet cellar, not just swapping parts until the symptom goes away.
Brownstones and Row Houses
Many brownstones have been divided into two to four units, often with a garden-level apartment and a cellar below. In these homes, the pumps we see most are heating circulators on hot water boilers, sewage ejectors serving cellar or garden-level bathrooms, and sump pumps in cellars that take on water. A failed heating circulator can leave a floor or an entire unit without heat, and we repair or replace circulators, zone pumps and expansion tanks on the systems already installed in these homes.
Walk-Ups, Mixed-Use and Apartment Buildings
City water pressure can run out of strength on the upper floors of five- and six-story buildings, and taller buildings need pumps to get water to the top. Some rely on a house pump that fills a rooftop tank; others use a packaged water booster pump system with variable speed controls. If tenants on the top floors complain about weak showers, our article on why upper floors lose water pressure explains what is usually going on. Managing agents and supers responsible for several walk-ups, co-ops or condo buildings can see how we work with property managers.
Mixed-use buildings add another layer. Restaurants and shops at street level often have cellar restrooms, prep sinks or floor drains below the sewer line, which means a sewage ejector pump has to work every day. Worn floats, clogged impellers and failed check valves are common, and a failure can shut a business down until it is fixed.
Waterfront and Flood-Prone Neighborhoods
Red Hook, Gowanus, Coney Island, Gerritsen Beach, Sheepshead Bay and Canarsie all saw serious flooding during Superstorm Sandy, and heavy downpours still flood cellars across the borough. We install and service sump pumps with battery backups and alarms, and we recommend keeping pump controls and outlets above likely flood levels so a storm does not knock out the very equipment meant to protect the building.
Industrial Brooklyn
Sunset Park, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Greenpoint and East Williamsburg remain home to manufacturers, studios, warehouses and workshops. For these sites we service air compressors, booster and heating pumps, motors and control panels, and we can schedule preventive maintenance around your production hours.
Most Requested Services in Brooklyn
- Booster and house pump repair for walk-ups and apartment buildings
- Heating circulator and steam condensate pump service
- Sewage ejector repair for cellars and garden-level units
- Sump pumps, backups and alarms for flood-prone cellars
Whether your building is in Bay Ridge, Bushwick, Brooklyn Heights or Flatbush, call LA New York Pump at (631) 565-9577 for service or an assessment. Our line is open 24/7 for pump emergencies across Brooklyn.
Towns and neighborhoods we serve in Brooklyn
- Park Slope
- Brooklyn Heights
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Fort Greene
- Carroll Gardens
- Red Hook
- Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Crown Heights
- Flatbush
- Williamsburg
- Greenpoint
- Bushwick
- Sunset Park
- Bay Ridge
- Bensonhurst
- Sheepshead Bay
- Coney Island
- Canarsie
