The NYC Painting Company serves Upper West Side, NY for interior painting, exterior painting and cabinet painting, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (917) 970-7431 or text a photo of the job.
Interior & Exterior Painting services in Upper West Side
The Upper West Side mixes grand pre-war apartment houses on Central Park West, West End Avenue and Riverside Drive with rows of brownstones on the cross streets. Most homes here are co-ops and condos, so jobs start with the building's rules: a certificate of insurance, set work hours and booked time on the service elevator. Inside, the typical surface is old plaster, often with hairline cracks, wavy patches and many layers of paint on moldings, radiators and window frames. Skim coating and oil-blocking primer are common steps before the finish coats. Because most of these buildings went up before 1960, old paint should be handled as possible lead paint. Brownstone owners call us for stoop railings, front doors, bay window trim and painted cornices. Wind off the Hudson, winter freezes and summer humidity are hard on exterior wood and iron.
Neighborhoods we cover in Upper West Side
- Lincoln Square
- Manhattan Valley
- Riverside Drive
- West End Avenue
- Central Park West
- Amsterdam Avenue
Building and landmark rules
Painting does not need a Department of Buildings permit in New York City. A large part of the neighborhood is inside the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District and the Riverside-West End districts. On a landmarked building, changing an exterior color or painting bare masonry needs a permit from the Landmarks Preservation Commission first. Interior painting of an apartment does not.