Service area

Junk removal in Gowanus

Warehouses, studios, and loft space around the canal. Wide streets and real loading access make this some of the easiest hauling in Brooklyn.

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Gowanus still works like an industrial district, and that changes what a junk job looks like here. Low-rise warehouses, converted manufacturing buildings, artist and maker studios, contractor yards, and a growing stack of new residential going up along the canal.

The practical upside is access. Third Avenue and the blocks running toward the canal are wider than anything in the brownstone neighborhoods, plenty of buildings have a roll-up door or a real loading bay, and the freight elevators were built to move pallets rather than parcels. Big, heavy, awkward loads are genuinely easier here.

Most of our Gowanus work is commercial. Studio and workshop clear-outs when a lease ends, pallets and crating, scrap metal and material offcuts, old racking and shelving, and construction debris from the conversions and ground-up builds. We cover the residential lofts and newer buildings too.

  • Gowanus Canal
  • Third Avenue
  • Union Street bridge
  • Nevins Street
  • Carroll Street bridge

Built for the heavy, awkward stuff

Roll-up doors and freight elevators mean we can take on machinery, racking, and full workshop loads here that would be a nightmare out of a fourth-floor walk-up.

On the ground

What working in Gowanus actually involves.

  • Loading bays and freight, not stoops

    This is one of the few Brooklyn neighborhoods where we can usually back right up to the door. Roll-up doors, loading docks, and freight elevators rated for real weight mean we can take on machinery, racking, and full workshop clear-outs that would not be practical out of a walk-up.

  • Working around a working neighborhood

    Plenty of Gowanus buildings share a yard, a curb cut, or a loading bay with the business next door. We time the truck so we are not blocking someone else's delivery window, and we coordinate with building management on gate access and after-hours entry when a job needs it.

  • What we clear most here

    Studio and workshop clear-outs at end of lease, pallets, crating, and packaging waste, scrap metal and offcuts, old racking, shelving, and workbenches, plus construction and demolition debris from the canal-side conversions.

How it works

Three steps, no runaround.

  1. 01

    Tell us what's going

    Call or send a few photos. We size up the job and give you a straight quote, no walk-through games.

  2. 02

    Free estimate in a day

    You get a firm price fast. Volume-based, so you only pay for the space your stuff takes in the truck.

  3. 03

    We haul it and sweep up

    Crew shows up on time, loads everything, and leaves the space cleaner than we found it.

Clearing out in Gowanus?

Tell us what's going and we'll get you a firm price within a day, often the same day.

Find us

Strictly Junk Removal

294 20th St
Brooklyn, NY 11215

(917) 442-4135 Get directions