Deep cleaning services in Brooklyn, from brownstones to new towers

Deep Cleaning Company NYC is an independent referral service, not a cleaning company. When you send the form, your request goes to an independent New York City cleaning company that scopes the job, quotes it and does any work.

Brooklyn is the most populous borough, with about 2.65 million people (Census Bureau 2025 estimate), and the city’s community board list shows 18 community districts, more than any other borough. This page covers what a deep clean usually includes, what changes from one kind of Brooklyn home to another, the neighborhoods requests come from, and what to check before the day.

What a deep clean covers in a Brooklyn home

A deep clean goes top to bottom through every room and reaches what a weekly clean passes over. Agree the scope with the cleaning company in writing; the list below is what most people ask for.

Room	Usually included in a deep clean	Often an extra to ask for
Kitchen	Cabinet fronts, backsplash, range hood, stovetop and grates, sink and fixtures, inside the microwave, floor washed to the edges	Inside the oven, inside the fridge, inside cabinets
Bathroom	Tile and grout scrubbed, tub or shower and glass, fixtures, toilet including the base, vanity outside, floor	Inside the vanity and medicine cabinet
Living room and bedrooms	Dusting high and low, baseboards, door frames, switches, radiators and vents, under and behind movable furniture, floors	Inside closets, inside drawers
Windows	Sills and tracks, inside glass within safe reach	Blinds and shades
Stairs and halls (houses)	Banisters, treads and risers inside the home	Basement areas

If you want the full room list, the deep cleaning checklist is written to be sent along with your request.

What changes from one Brooklyn home to another

Brownstones and row houses

Several floors mean stairs, banisters and landings to clean, often a parlor floor with high ceilings and tall windows, and sometimes a garden level with its own kitchen. Old details such as moldings, ceiling medallions and original trim collect dust in every groove. Tell the company how many floors, whether there is a basement, and whether the house is one home or divided into apartments.

Walk-ups and prewar apartment buildings

Walk-ups mean carrying supplies up the stairs, so mention the floor. Older apartments often have radiators, deep window sills and small bathrooms with old tile, where soap film and grout take the most time. HPD notes that lead paint is often found in New York City buildings built before 1960: cleaners should not scrape or scrub peeling paint.

New buildings and towers

Newer apartments bring large windows, stone counters, open kitchens and building rules. Expect to book the service elevator, register the cleaners with the front desk, and keep to set hours. Tell the company about any surfaces that need particular care.

Brooklyn neighborhoods

Requests come in from across the borough. These are some of the neighborhoods the community boards list, grouped by board:

• Community Board 1: Greenpoint and Williamsburg.
• Community Board 2: Downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.
• Community Board 3: Bedford-Stuyvesant. Community Board 4: Bushwick.
• Community Board 6: Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus and Cobble Hill.
• Community Board 7: Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace. Community Board 8: Crown Heights and Prospect Heights.
• Community Board 10: Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. Community Board 12: Boro Park, Kensington and Midwood.
• Community Board 13: Coney Island and Brighton Beach. Community Board 14: Flatbush.
• Community Board 15: Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach. Community Board 18: Canarsie, Marine Park and Mill Basin.

Wherever you are, put the neighborhood in the form so the company knows where it is heading.

How to describe your Brooklyn home in the form

A short, plain description saves a lot of back and forth. The company does not need a story, just the facts of the job:

• The kind of home. Apartment in a walk-up, apartment in an elevator building, a whole brownstone or row house, or one floor of one.
• The size. Bedrooms, bathrooms, and for a house, the number of floors and whether there is a basement or garden level.
• The state of it. When it last had a proper clean, and the rooms that need the most work.
• Extras. Inside the oven, fridge, cabinets or closets; window tracks; blinds.
• Access. Stairs or elevator, the front desk, the hours your building allows workers, parking or loading if it matters.
• People and pets. Anyone in the home with asthma or allergies, and any pets that will be there.

If the job follows a renovation, add what was done and whether the contractor has finished. If the home is between tenants, say whether it is furnished and whether the utilities are on.

Which kind of clean to ask for

• A deep clean for an apartment or a floor of a house. See apartment deep cleaning for the room by room detail.
• A home that has gone a long time without a proper clean. Ask for heavy duty cleaning so the company plans more time per room.
• After a renovation. Brooklyn post construction cleaning has its own rules about dust; see post construction cleaning in NYC.
• Mostly the kitchen. The kitchen deep cleaning guide lists every surface.

Before the cleaners come

1. Check your building’s rules for workers: hours, elevator, front desk.
2. Clear counters, tables and floors so every surface can be reached.
3. Put away valuables, papers and anything fragile.
4. Make sure radiators are cool and windows open easily.
5. Agree the scope, room by room, in writing.

Ask the company which products it uses and whether it brings its own supplies and vacuum. Public health agencies agree on two simple rules: the CDC says “Do not mix products or chemicals with each other,” and the EPA advises: “Increase ventilation when using products that emit VOCs.” Open the windows you can.

What a deep clean is not

A cleaning visit does not treat pests, remediate mold or repair anything. In New York those are often the building owner’s job.

• Pests and mold in rentals. Local Law 55 of 2018 requires owners of buildings with three or more apartments to keep tenants’ apartments free of mold and pests. If a landlord does not fix the problem, HPD says to file a complaint online or call 311.
• Large mold areas. Where the mold to be fixed covers more than 10 square feet in a building with 10 or more apartments, NYC Health says owners must use workers licensed by the New York State Department of Labor.
• Lead paint. A paid renovation that disturbs paint in a pre-1978 home needs a lead-safe certified renovator under the EPA’s RRP Rule; a cleaning does not replace that.

Deep cleaning is also covered in the other boroughs: deep cleaning service in Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island.

Questions people ask