Whole-system duct and dryer vent check with before-and-after photos - you see exactly what came out of your vents
That "$99 whole-house special" is a bait ad - the real number appears once they are in your hallway, or the "clean" is a shop-vac at the register. We photograph the inside of your ducts before and after instead.
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AfterFast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Brooklyn
Air duct cleaning in Brooklyn typically runs $450 – $850 for a full residential system, with most jobs completed in a single visit. We serve homeowners from Bay Ridge to Bed-Stuy with crews dispatched from our New York City office, carrying Rotobrush rotary systems and Nikro negative-air machines built for the tight basements and pre-war ductwork this borough demands. Call (361) 326-5060 for a written estimate before any work starts.
Brooklyn’s housing stock doesn’t forgive shortcuts. The pre-war walk-ups near Prospect Park, the converted brownstones in Brooklyn Heights, and the post-war brick buildings in Sheepshead Bay each present duct configurations we see weekly, not seasonally. Our technicians arrive uniformed, background-checked, and equipped with containment gear for asbestos-wrapped plenums and HEPA filtration for coal-ash residue. That’s The Garrison Standard. Every job. No exceptions.
Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is Brooklyn’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve been part of the Garrison Partners family since 2004, and our Brooklyn customers know the difference between a crew that quotes low and vanishes, and one that puts the price in writing before touching a register. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise means if the work fails within a year, we return and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. That’s not marketing language; it’s printed on every invoice.
Phones are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No voicemail loops. No callback queues. When you schedule in Brooklyn, we arrive inside the quoted window, price the job in writing, complete it by the book, and leave the site clean. The Garrison Code governs how our technicians behave in your home: accountable, verifiable, squared away.
Our equipment roster includes Rotobrush rotary brush systems for agitation inside galvanized steel runs, Nikro negative-air machines that maintain suction during containment, and filtration products from Honeywell and Aprilaire. These are the same tools commercial crews use in hospitals and schools, not hardware-store attachments pushed through a shop vac.
Air Duct Inspection in Brooklyn
Air Duct Inspection in Brooklyn is often the most important step we perform, because the visible register tells almost nothing about what’s accumulating in the original galvanized steel trunk lines behind plaster walls. Our inspection combines video camera examination of supply and return ducts with moisture readings in basements and mechanical rooms, identifying mold-prone zones before we quote any cleaning. A typical inspection in Brooklyn runs $150 – $250, waived if you proceed with the full cleaning.
Video Camera Documentation
We feed a lighted camera through the ductwork and record what we find: coal-ash layers in gravity-furnace plenums, rust flakes from salt-air corrosion near the coast, or mold colonies thriving in humid basement runs. You see the footage. We explain what requires source removal versus what a fogging treatment would merely paint over.
Moisture and Contamination Mapping
Brooklyn’s pre-war buildings often have wrapped asbestos tape and painted-over duct seams that can’t be disturbed without containment. Our inspection maps these hazards, identifies access points for negative-pressure equipment, and determines whether HEPA filtration from Abatement Technologies is required before agitation begins.
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Brooklyn
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Brooklyn means source removal, not fragrance masking. We use a rotary brush system to loosen debris from duct walls, simultaneous negative-air suction to capture it before it enters your living space, and HEPA filtration rated for particles down to 0.3 microns. A typical Brooklyn home runs $450 – $850 depending on system size, accessibility, and whether the basement requires containment for asbestos or mold. Every price is written down before work starts.
Pre-War and Brownstone Systems
In Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights, we regularly encounter octopus-like gravity-furnace ductwork that hasn’t been cleaned since the 1920s. These runs require specialized agitation tools that fit tight galvanized steel bends, plus negative-pressure containment to prevent coal-ash and deteriorating tape fibers from circulating through the house during cleaning.
Post-War Apartment Buildings
The 1950s – 70s brick buildings common in southern Brooklyn have more standardized but undersized ducts that clog faster due to poor original filtration. We clean supply and return trunks completely, not just the accessible registers, and upgrade filtration with Aprilaire or Honeywell media where the system allows.
Trusted Brands We Service in Brooklyn
We carry professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush, Nikro, Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Abatement Technologies. For Brooklyn customers, this means we don’t special-order parts or make return trips because a filter size was guessed wrong. Our vans stock rotary brush heads for the tight turns in pre-war galvanized steel, negative-air hoses that reach basement mechanical rooms in walk-ups, and replacement filtration media that fits the Honeywell and Aprilaire units common in post-war conversions. Fast turnaround because the right tool is already on the truck.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Brooklyn Homes
- Coal-ash accumulation in pre-war gravity systems. Brownstones in Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights still have original octopus ductwork coated in decades of combustion residue. Standard vacuuming without agitation and containment just stirs it into the air.
- Mold growth in humid basement runs. Brooklyn’s summer humidity and winter heating cycles create condensation inside ductwork, especially in below-grade mechanical rooms. Fogging treatments leave the mold substrate intact; only mechanical removal with negative pressure solves it.
- Salt-air corrosion near the coast. In Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay, coastal salt accelerates rust on damper hardware and duct seams. Flakes break loose and circulate through the system, appearing as reddish dust on registers even after “cleaning” that skipped the corroded components.
- Asbestos tape disturbance without containment. Pre-war buildings often have wrapped plenums that require HEPA filtration and negative pressure before any agitation. Crews that skip this step push fibers into living spaces. We don’t skip it.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Brooklyn, NY
A typical full-system residential cleaning in Brooklyn runs $450 – $850. Smaller post-war apartments with accessible basements fall toward the lower end. Pre-war brownstones with gravity-furnace plenums, asbestos containment requirements, or octopus ductwork requiring extended agitation time fall toward the higher end. Commercial systems start around $1,200 depending on square footage and access.
What moves the price: system size (number of supply and return trunks, not a phony “per-vent” count), basement accessibility, whether containment is required for asbestos or mold, and the condition of the ductwork itself. We inspect first, write the price down, and that’s the price. No add-ons at the door. No “sanitizer” upsells that cost extra and accomplish nothing. Before-and-after photos of your own ducts are included on every job.
Call (361) 326-5060 for a free written estimate. Estimates are free. The price you receive is the price you pay.
We Also Serve Cities Near Brooklyn
Our crews work throughout the New York metro area, including Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx, and Mount Vernon. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our New York City office, with local teams serving each borough. For our full Air Duct Cleaning service details, including commercial capabilities and duct sealing, see the service hub.
Serving Brooklyn, NY - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Brooklyn area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Air Duct Cleaning in Brooklyn
Basement duct runs in Brooklyn sit below grade where humidity concentrates, especially in pre-war buildings with stone foundations that wick moisture year-round. The apartment above feels dry because your heating system is pulling that damp basement air through the return ducts, depositing condensation inside the metal trunk lines where mold colonizes out of sight. We map moisture with inspection cameras and remove the mold substrate mechanically, then show you the before-and-after footage. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free estimate.
Yes. Coastal salt accelerates corrosion on galvanized steel seams and damper hardware, producing rust flakes that break loose and circulate through the system. We’ve opened ductwork in Sheepshead Bay that looked clean from the register but contained a quarter-inch of rust debris on the trunk floor. Source removal with rotary agitation and negative-air capture is the only fix; fogging treatments leave the rust intact. Call (361) 326-5060 for an inspection.
Real duct cleaning removes the debris: rotary brushes loosen it, negative-air machines capture it, HEPA filtration contains it. A fogging “sanitizer” sprays chemical mist that coats the surface without removing the coal ash, mold substrate, or rust flakes underneath. In Brooklyn’s humid basements, that coating feeds new mold growth within months. We don’t sell fogging because it doesn’t work. We show you camera proof that source removal does. Call (361) 326-5060 for a written quote.
Yes, with containment protocols. In a Park Slope brownstone off 6th Avenue, our techs opened a basement gravity-furnace plenum and found octopus-like duct runs coated in coal ash and wrapped in deteriorating asbestos tape. Using Abatement Technologies HEPA filtration and negative pressure, we contained the plenum, wet-wiped the tape, and ran agitation tools through the main trunk before vacuuming, then camera-inspected the supply and return ducts to confirm the runs were clear. The owner had been quoted a fogging “sanitizer” treatment by another company; we showed her the before-and-after camera footage – source removal was what actually changed the air. Call (361) 326-5060 to schedule an inspection.
Post-war brick buildings from the 1950s – 70s typically have undersized ducts and minimal filtration originally specified for gravity or early forced-air systems. The ducts move high air velocity through narrow passages, which deposits debris faster, and the original filters (if any) don’t capture fine particulate. We clean the full system including return trunks that most crews skip, and upgrade to Aprilaire or Honeywell media filtration where the system allows. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free estimate.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving Brooklyn since 2004 as part of the Garrison Partners family.