ABOUT US

NYCitySlab has over 1,000,000 board ft. of lumber from slabs (48"x 100' mill capacity) 25 different species, and 150,00 board ft. of reclaimed lumber from NYC buildings. We also have specialty redwood and cedar from water tanks. All this is on-site for you to choose from. With a complete metal shop, we can design, build and/or supply your next project of any size.

We salvage wood, reclaim wood and recycle wood from buildings that are being demolished and provide the wood a new life. We enjoy sharing some of NYC's building history with our clients. We are a local furniture company that manufactures its own materials and fabricates all of its own metal work. We locally source all of our trees and mill them ourselves. We specialize in larger, longer boards and specialty native American woods such as Black Walnut. We can mill up to 48" and 100'. We also have Maple, Oak, Elm, Sycamore live edge slabs among others, all NYC and its environs.

RECLAIMED

NYCitySlab saves vintage lumber from demolished buildings in the New York City area. With all the construction and gentrification, there is lots of lumber going to waste. We visit each site ourselves and deal directly with contractors who tear down old buildings. There are many old buildings in this city and some have been forgotten or torn down. Help us preserve a part of history by giving the wood a new life - perhaps a table for your home, your office or restaurant!

SLABS

We sell full length boards and will custom cut to your specifications. We can cut 48" wide by 100' long. We always try to keep slabs from the same tree together, matching the grain and allowing you to create projects out of one New York City tree. They are great for bar tops, table tops, desks, counters, benches, etc.
**We currently have over 1M (and growing) board feet of slab material on hand for you to choose from**.

CUSTOM FURNITURE

Our yard is stocked with over 25 species of local New York City and Northeast Region native trees. We are also continuously collecting vintage boards from construction sites all over the city. We have an in-house welding shop to help you create the look that you've been dreaming of. With these great materials, we can work with you to create exactly what you are looking for..

OTHER SERVICES

We provide a variety of lumber-related services, all listed below. For other inquiries, please contact us, we're sure we can help you solve your wood-related needs. Please note that in addition to our Dover Plains, NY milling facility, we now offer mobile, on-site milling by way of our LT-40 Woodmizer sawmill.

VISITS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - PLEASE CALL 914-239-3556 OR EMAIL INFO@NYCITYSLAB.COM

YONKERS SHOWROOM/WORKSHOP - MONDAY - FRIDAY 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, SATURDAY 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, CLOSED SUNDAY

DOVER PLAINS, NY MILL YARD - WEDNESDAYS 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, SATURDAYS 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS ARE ALWAYS REQUIRED FOR YONKERS, NY AND DOVER PLAINS, NY

GRAND BAZAAR MARKET, NYC (SEASONAL - SPRING, SUMMER, EARLY FALL) SUNDAY ONLY 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM

NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY FOR MARKET

SPECIAL PROJECTS

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Whatever your project is, we can help, so please drop us a line. We are a local furniture company that manufactures its own materials and fabricates all of its own metal work. We locally source and mill all of our trees. We specialize in larger, longer boards and specialty woods such as Black Walnut. We can mill up to 48" and 100'. We also have Maple, Oak, Elm and Sycamore live edge slabs, among other wood from NYC.

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OUR STORY

NYCitySlab

Robert Rising (the "Blacklumberjack"), is a vegetarian who mills his own grains, while also being proficient in antique restoration. In 2004, he set out to build his own house out of local wood. After a successful but difficult search, he decided to continue on and help others to find quality, local NYC wood.

NYCitySlab, a company operated and run by Robert Rising, is dedicated to saving fallen trees and rescuing and recycling beautiful slabs from prevalent destruction and waste, transforming every last piece into works of masterful craftsmanship and function for any home or custom designed project. We welcome quote requests, consumer, residential design or hospitality/commercial.

NYCitySlab is a certified Black-owned business.

"And many strokes though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak." - William Shakespeare

WHAT WE DO?

OUR SERVICES

Designers and Fabricators | Purveyors of Locally-Sourced Native Materials

SLABS: Milling six days a week with over 1,000,000 board feet of material and over 50,000 of that being Walnut (and growing), allows for quite a selection to choose from. We have single or sets of slabs cut from trees that come from NYC and its environs. We document and save these trees so that they can be re-purposed for our wonderful customers and design community, and at the same time we are always looking out for our environment. We have lots of beautiful black walnut and other native woods!

We sell quality raw materials, hand-picked by the Blacklumberjack himself!

CUSTOM FURNITURE: We work with all our clients, to design and create beautiful custom furniture, using any of our wide selection of materials. We've worked with local restaurants, companies, and homeowners to create and deliver unique furniture made from local NYC materials, creating timeless pieces and saving a little piece of history. For consumers, If you're feeling adventurous, we even offer a "Do It Yourself" option for you to partake in a bit of the process!

FULL METAL SHOP: Our table leg options can be found on our metal shop page, but remember that we can also fabricate custom designs. On site we have lathes, milling machines, anvil and forge. Fabrication of any design, no matter the complexity, a design will be exactly as intended, from drawing board to reality. Impressive options like new iron, straight hot or cold rolled, and old iron, your projects will come to life with masterful craftsmanship. including metal finishing options, be it painted custom color, patina, or powder coating.

Our bandsaw mill can cut 48" wide and 100' long, allowing us to build almost anything you can think of

KILN DRYING: We are thrilled to announce that we now are the proud owners of a second 50' long, high cube reefer container kiln that is able to dry 5000 b.f. of hardwood at one time! After milling and air-drying, our wood is kiln dried unless specified otherwise by request. We also have not one, but two greenhouses (each 100'L x 30'W) to store some of our milled wood - one designated for walnut only. With the largest selection of wood slabs in a 100-mile radius, we are sure to have what you need. Drop us a line!

RENTALS: We rent out our furniture for use in movie sets, photo shoots, parties, dinners and other events. If you are looking to showcase local wood crafted by local artisans, give us a call.

OTHER SERVICES: If needed we can handle large, heavy boards. Our facility is capable of planing 36"W, jointing at 30"W, and can mill logs up to 48"W x 100'L. We sand, finish, and have a full metal shop. Check out our full list of services, and contact us with your inquiries.

RECLAIMED BOARDS: Over 200,000 linear feet and counting, from ten+ buildings. We love receiving daily requests about rescuing more vintage lumber from old and historic buildings from all over NYC – traveling directly to the demolition site to document and gather these great materials, allowing anyone to incorporate a little bit of NYC history into a project.

STUMPS AND FLARES: Versatile and interesting statement pieces, received daily from local NYC tree cutters. Great for local woodturners, artists, and even amateurs! Looking for the perfect organic coffee table or center piece for your office or studio, please take a look at our stumps and flares inventory.

Milling | Flattening | Planing Bookmatching | Sanding | Finishing Edge Jointing| Molding