Wood & Cedar Fence Installation Brooklyn

The brownstone backyard is sacred ground in Brooklyn — your outdoor room, your grill station, your dog's kingdom. A wood privacy fence is what makes it feel like yours instead of a fishbowl shared with four neighbors. Cedar is the classic pick for these yards: naturally rot-resistant, handsome as it weathers, and strong enough to stand up to city life for 15–20 years.

Cedar vs. Pressure-Treated Pine

Cedar costs more and is worth it. Western red cedar resists rot and insects without chemical treatment, holds stain beautifully, and ages to a silver-gray that looks right against brick and brownstone. Pressure-treated pine is the budget alternative — roughly 20–30% cheaper installed — but it needs staining within the first year and tends to warp, twist, and check as it dries. In Brooklyn's tight backyards, where every board is visible from your kitchen window, cedar's stability pays for itself. We install both, and we will show you the difference in the lumber yard before you decide.

We build board-on-board and shadowbox styles for full privacy with airflow, classic dog-ear pickets for a traditional look, and horizontal-slat modern fences for new builds and renovations. Every fence gets pressure-treated or steel posts set in concrete — never wood posts buried directly in soil, which is how cheap fences rot out at the base in five years.

Built for Tight Brooklyn Lots

Brooklyn backyards are narrow, shared, and complicated: party-line fences, zero lot lines, neighbors' sheds built against the boundary. We measure carefully, talk to neighbors when lines are shared, and build to the 6-foot rear-yard height limit that applies in most residential districts. For Park Slope and Williamsburg rowhouses, we match fence caps and stains to the block's character. In Bay Ridge and Forest Hills, where lots are bigger, we do full perimeter wood fences with matching driveway gates.

Wood Fence Costs in NYC

Wood privacy fences in NYC typically run $30–$55 per linear foot installed — cedar at the higher end, pressure-treated pine at the lower. A standard 50-foot brownstone backyard run usually lands between $3,000 and $7,000 depending on height, style, and how many gates you need. Staining adds $3–$6 per foot but doubles the fence's good-looking years. Our 2026 cost guide breaks down every material side by side.

When Wood Isn't the Answer

Wood needs maintenance — a stain or seal every 3–5 years, more if the fence faces harsh sun or sprinkler overspray. If you want the privacy without the upkeep, vinyl fencing gives you the same 6-foot privacy wall with zero painting ever. And for front yards where zoning caps you at 4 feet, wrought iron delivers the curb appeal wood cannot. We install all of them, so our recommendation is based on your yard — not our inventory.

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