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Meredith C. called us from Carroll Street on a Sunday night. She had lived in the garden-level of the same brownstone for six years and had never once got the place to feel finished. She would clean all Saturday, and by Monday there was a grey film back on the window sills and a grit on the floor that came up on bare feet. She thought she was doing something wrong. She was not. She lived under a hundred-and-thirty-year-old building with steam heat, single-glazed sash windows on a bus route, and a parlour floor above her shedding fine plaster dust through the joists every time somebody walked across it.
That is a Park Slope problem, not a Meredith problem. We cleaned her place on a Thursday, did the radiator fins with a brush before anything else, sealed and wiped the sash channels, and went top to bottom instead of room to room. She texted eleven days later to say the sills were still clean. Its the order of work that fixes that, not the amount of scrubbing, and it is the single most common thing people on these blocks call us about after they have already tried to fix it themselves.
We are Green Hands Cleaning Services Corp, based at 22-16 79th Street in East Elmhurst, and we have been cleaning homes across Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan since 2015. If you are looking for the best cleaning services in Park Slope, this page is the honest version: what we actually do in a slope brownstone, what it costs, which service fits which situation, and the things about this particular neighborhood that change how a clean has to be done. No sales pitch you have to decode.
Park Slope is not one kind of home. Between Prospect Park West and Fourth Avenue you have four completely different cleaning problems stacked into twenty blocks. The limestone and brownstone row houses east of Seventh have original woodwork, deep window reveals and floors that hate a wet mop. The pre-war walk-ups around Fifth have radiators under every window and painted-shut sashes that trap dust in the track. The newer Fourth Avenue towers have sealed glass, HVAC vents and floor-to-ceiling windows that show every single mark. And the garden apartments below all of them get whatever the street and the floor above sends down. We do not use the same approach on all four, and any company that tells you they do is describing a schedule, not a method.
One more thing that is genuinely local. A lot of homes here back onto the park, which means pollen in April and May and leaf grit in October, both of which come in on shoes and settle on the first horizontal surface they find. The Prospect Park Alliance publishes what is in bloom and when, and we genuinely use it to warn recurring clients that the next two visits will need extra time on sills and entry floors. Ask us about house cleaning service in Park Slope and that is the level of detail you get on the call.
Your neighbors
Same brownstones, same garden apartments, same narrow galley kitchens as yours. Unedited reviews from people a few streets away.
Emily R.
Park Slope · one-time deep clean
I was panicking because my in-laws were arriving the next morning and my apartment was a disaster zone. Green Hands completely transformed the space, making it spotless and welcoming for their first visit. I can't thank them enough for taking all that stress off my shoulders!
James K.
South Slope · move-out clean
Moving out of our South Slope walk-up was chaotic, and I was worried we wouldn't get our security deposit back due to the grime. The team did an incredible end-of-lease clean that was beyond thorough, leaving the place looking better than when we moved in. I'll definitely be using Green Hands Cleaning Service for our new place.
Sarah M.
Park Slope · new-parent deep clean
As a new mom preparing for my baby's homecoming, I needed a deep "nesting" clean but was too exhausted to do it myself. Green Hands used gentle but effective products to scrub every corner, creating a perfectly safe and serene nursery. It was such a relief to come home to a clean house with a newborn.
Limited-time
Tap a code to copy it, then mention it when you book. One code per household, and they do not stack.
New clients
10 % off
Code FIRST10
Ten percent off the first visit, whichever service you start with. The easiest way to see how we work before you commit to a schedule.
Most flexible
5 % off
Code FLEX5
Give us a four-hour window instead of a fixed hour and we can route more efficiently. That saving comes back to you on every visit.
Biggest saving
$30 off
Code RESET30
Thirty dollars off a first deep clean or a move-in / move-out clean, the two jobs where the difference is most visible when you walk back in.
How it works
From the pile you have been walking past since March to a home you are glad to open the door on.
Work ran long, the weekend went to soccer at the Parade Ground, and now the kitchen and both bathrooms are asking for a Saturday you genuinely do not have.
Floor-through or garden level, how many bathrooms, and how long it has been. Sixty seconds online or one phone call, and a flat quote appears before anyone is booked.
A screened, trained cleaner arrives with everything needed and works top to bottom through the written list, so nothing gets skipped or improvised on the day.
Floors done, sills done, radiators done, everything back where it belongs. Nothing left on your list except deciding what to do with the evening.
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Why people stay with us
Your home is kept on one route with notes attached to it, so whoever arrives already knows the buzzer is broken and that the parlour floor gets a barely-damp mop. That is why the standard does not drift from one visit to the next.
We are …
… roughly forty cleaners working out of East Elmhurst, most of whom have been with us for years. Several of them have been cleaning the same Park Slope buildings since before the Fourth Avenue towers went up. Whoever arrives at your door is one of them, trained on the same checklist and working from notes kept on your home.
You come home to a place you have been avoiding.
We turn it back into somewhere you want to be.
No judgment. Just clean.
The result
Real Park Slope homes, the evening after we finished. Kitchens reset, bathrooms done, floors clear, nothing left on your list.
What we do
Every one of them runs off the same written list. The difference between them is how far down that list we go, and how often.
Kitchen, bathrooms, floors, dusting and surfaces on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly rhythm that fits your schedule.
View serviceInside the oven and fridge, grout, baseboards, door frames, radiator fins and behind furniture. The reset before or after a season.
View serviceLight tidying, laundry, bed linens and dishes alongside the standard clean, for homes that need more than surfaces.
View serviceEmpty-unit clean top to bottom, cabinets and closets included, timed around your lease dates and deposit inspection.
View serviceThe shops and studios along Fifth and Seventh, after hours or before opening, on a schedule that fits your week.
View serviceFine dust removal after a brownstone renovation, including fixtures, window tracks and every horizontal surface twice over.
View serviceIncluded with every booking
In detail
The standard clean plus everything that piles up between visits. This is the one families on the north slope book when both parents work and nobody has a spare hour on a Sunday.
The checklist and nothing more, priced by home size. A studio or a one bedroom near the Union Street stop runs two to three hours with one cleaner. A three bedroom floor-through runs longer, and we tell you that before you book, not after.
Row houses, limestones, co-ops and the converted two-families off Eighth Avenue. Stairs collect more dust than any other surface in a brownstone, so treads, risers and the banister get done every visit, not when somebody remembers.
No plan, no commitment, no phone call three weeks later asking if you want to sign up. Before a party, after a party, or just to see whether you like us before going recurring. Most of our long-term Park Slope clients started here.
What clients say
Juggling two kids, a full-time job, and household chores is impossible, and I was seriously overwhelmed. Green Hands came to my rescue with a deep clean that got rid of months of built-up dust and grime. I feel like I can finally breathe in my own home again.
I was hosting a large Thanksgiving dinner and simply didn't have the time to clean the entire apartment. Green Hands scrubbed my kitchen and dining area until it shined, making my home look like a magazine for the holiday. They allowed me to focus on cooking without worrying about the mess.
With a new roommate moving in next week, I needed to clear out the spare room and make it spotless. The cleaners were so efficient in dusting and deep-cleaning the carpets and windows. Now the room looks fresh and inviting for my new partner, and I have the team at Green Hands to thank.
The pressure of setting up a home office and taking client video calls was immense because my workspace was a cluttered mess. Green Hands organized and cleaned the entire area, eliminating the dust and grime. Now I have a professional-looking space that helps me focus and be productive.
My parents were visiting for the first time since I moved to NYC, and my apartment was in a state of chaos. The Green Hands team tackled the bathroom and kitchen thoroughly, making it gleam. My parents were so impressed, and I could finally relax and enjoy their visit.
Trying to clean after a long and exhausting business trip was the last thing I wanted to do. I came home to find that Green Hands had been there, making my cluttered apartment look brand new and smell amazing. It was the perfect welcome home after a week of travel.
We were hosting my daughter's birthday party at home and the place needed a serious scrub-down beforehand. The cleaners did an amazing job on the floors and living area, making it safe and clean for all the kids running around. The party was a huge success without the stress.
I needed a thorough cleanup after a kitchen leak left a mess of dust and debris. Green Hands didn't just do a surface clean; they sanitized everything and eliminated the lingering musty smell. I can't recommend them enough for their detail-oriented work.
The checklist
Every visit works through the same checklist, in the same order. We go top to bottom so nothing we knock loose lands on a surface we already finished, which matters more in a brownstone than almost anywhere else, because ceiling mouldings and picture rails hold years of dust that a room-by-room cleaner sends straight down onto a floor they just mopped. Deep and move-out cleans are the standard list plus the items below them, not a seperate list.
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The recurring visit. Every item, every time.
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Everything in the standard clean, plus:
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Everything in the standard and deep clean, plus:
Cleaning products, sprays and cloths all come with us. For hygiene reasons we do not carry vacuums and mops between homes, so we ask that yours are available on the day. If you want fragrance-free or pet-safe products, say so when you book and that is what we bring, at no extra charge.
Radiator fins get brushed dry before anything wet happens in the room. Sash windows get the track and the lower channel done, because that is where the street grit collects and where it blows back in from every spring. Original wood floors get a barely-damp mop and never a bucket, since standing water is what lifts an old finish and cups a board. And in a garden apartment we always start at the ceiling line and the top of the door frames, because whatever is up there is coming down whether you clean it or not.
If you are curious what actually goes in the bin at the end, Brooklyn's recycling rules are stricter than most people realise, and the Department of Sanitation's recycling guide is the quickest way to check before your next set-out night. We follow whatever your building does.
In detail
approach
A Park Slope apartment is not a small house. The radiator bakes dust on all winter. The bathroom of a garden-level unit has no window, so it holds moisture and it grows mildew in the grout faster than anywhere upstairs. One hall closet is doing the work of four. We built our checklist around those specifics rather than a generic room list, and we keep notes on your home so nothing has to be re-explained on visit two.
Our standard
apartments
In a pre-war building off Fifth or Sixth Avenue, plaster walls shed a chalky dust that settles on picture frames and sill tops, the radiators bake it on every winter, and the sash windows let street grit into the lower channel. In a newer tower on Fourth the problem is the opposite: sealed glass, HVAC vents holding dust, and floor-to-ceiling windows that show every mark from three feet away. We clean both, and we do not use the same approach on both.
Ask about apartment cleaning in Park Slope, or if you are just over the line, apartment cleaning across Brooklyn. If you want a rough number before you call, our guide to apartment cleaning costs in New York City breaks it down by size.
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deep clean
The standard checklist, then the rest: inside the oven, inside the fridge, grout scrubbed by hand, baseboards and door frames wiped, light fixtures and vents, window sills and tracks, blinds, radiator fins, and behind and under furniture we can safely move.
Most apartments here need one every six months. Make it every four if you cook most nights, if you have a radiator under a window, or if you are in a garden or ground-floor unit facing the street, because those three things are what drive a deep clean sooner than the calendar does. Book it before guests arrive rather than after, and before you list, not the week of the open house. Our guide to how often you should deep clean goes further into the timing.
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move in / move out
Empty cabinets and drawers wiped inside. Closet shelves and rods. Inside the oven and fridge. The gap beside the stove where things fall. Window tracks. Scuffs on the walls where furniture sat for four years. Move-in is the same list with a different reason: the last tenants cleaner had twenty minutes and a super watching the clock.
A clean apartment and a dated photo set is how you win the deposit argument, and ordinary wear and tear is not something a landlord can deduct for. Book seven or more days ahead and code RESET30 takes $30 off. See move in and move out cleaning in Park Slope or work through our NYC move out cleaning checklist first.
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recurring
Weekly takes 25% off every visit, bi-weekly 15%, monthly 10%, for as long as you stay on the plan. Bi-weekly is the right answer for most one and two bedroom apartments on these blocks. Weekly makes sense with kids, a dog, or a household where someone cooks every night. Monthly works for a quiet studio, with a deep clean twice a year on top of it.
Reschedule or skip free up to 24 hours ahead, because everyone has a week that falls apart. See custom cleaning plans, and if you want your same slot held on a Tuesday morning, say so and we hold it.
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eco & pet-friendly
Households with cats, dogs, birds or small kids get the pet-safe set by default once they tell us. One rule we never break, and neither should you: never mix bleach with ammonia or with any acidic cleaner. It produces a toxic gas, and in a windowless garden-apartment bathroom with the door shut that is genuinely dangerous, not a theoretical warning on a label.
If anyone in the home has asthma, and in a neighborhood this close to the Prospect Expressway a lot of households do, the American Lung Association's indoor air guidance is worth ten minutes of your time. See eco-friendly cleaning and pet-friendly cleaning.
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Same day, week after week, on the same written list. Upkeep rather than rescue, for clients who work long hours or travel most weeks.
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Call before about 11am and we can usually reach you the same day. Park Slope and north Brooklyn are the easiest part of our map to fill in fast.
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Checkout at 11, check-in at 3. Linens reset, restocked, staged back to your listing photos, damage flagged before the next guest finds it.
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Wash, dry and fold on the visit, or linens changed and towels swapped as part of a maid service round. Useful when the machines live in a shared basement.
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The in-laws land tomorrow, the showing moved up, the party is Friday. Tell us the deadline and we will tell you honestly whether we can hit it.
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Four floors, one stair run, and a stoop. Treads, risers, banister and newel every visit, plus the parlour floor mouldings twice a year.
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One room doing five jobs. We clean it in zones rather than as a single space, so the sleeping corner does not get the kitchen's cloth.
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Timed to your inspection date, photographed when we finish, and priced flat so it does not eat the deposit you are trying to protect.
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The cafes, studios and small retail along Fifth and Seventh, after hours or before opening, on a schedule that fits your week.
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Recurring plans
Set a rhythm and the discount applies to every visit, automatically. No contract, no cancellation fee, and you can change or pause it whenever you like.
For busy households and full schedules
25% off every visit
Your home never leaves its best state.
Cancel any time · no fee
Our most popular rhythm
15% off every visit
The sweet spot for most New York apartments.
Cancel any time · no fee
A steady reset on the calendar
10% off every visit
Keeps things from ever getting away from you.
Cancel any time · no fee
Discounts apply automatically to every visit for as long as you stay on the plan, and are quoted flat by home size before anyone arrives.
Questions
The ten things Park Slope callers ask us most, answered in full. Nothing to click open.
The honest answer is that it depends what you need, and any company that says otherwise is selling. If you want a recurring team that holds the same slot and keeps notes on your home, that is what we are built for and it is why most of our Park Slope clients have been with us for years. If you need a one-off scrub at 8am tomorrow, call two or three places, including us, and take whoever can genuinely get there. What you should compare is not the hourly rate. It is whether the quote is flat, whether the cleaners are screened and insured, and whether there is a written re-clean policy you can hold them to.
We quote flat by home size and scope, not by the hour, so the number you agree to is the number you pay. A studio or a one bedroom is at the lower end, a three bedroom floor-through with two bathrooms sits higher, and a deep clean or a move-out runs above a standard visit because the list is longer. Recurring knocks 10% to 25% off every single visit. First-time clients also save 10% with code FIRST10. You get the exact figure before anyone is booked, and it does not move on the day.
No. Most clients give us entry instructions or leave a key with the super and go about their day. Tell us how you would like us to get in when you book, and if your building requires the front desk to be notified, tell us that too and we will call ahead.
Yes for products. Sprays, solutions, cloths, paper towels and sponges all come with us and are included in the price.
We do not transport vacuums and mops between homes, because that is how a company spreads bacteria and, occasionally, bedbugs from one apartment to the next. So we ask that you provide your own vacuum, mop and toilet brush if the job needs them. If you would rather not, we are happy to bring a Swiffer mop with disposable wet pads instead, just give us a heads-up when you book.
A screened, trained cleaner from our own team, not a subcontractor we found this morning. We keep notes on your home, so whoever arrives already knows how you like it done and works the same written checklist. On a recurring plan we hold the same person for your slot wherever the schedule allows.
Tell us within 24 hours and we come back and re-clean the area at no charge. No form, no argument, no asking you to prove it. You can send a photo if that is easier but you do not have to.
Weekly takes 25% off every visit, bi-weekly 15%, monthly 10%, applied automatically for as long as you stay on the plan. There is no contract and no cancellation fee, and you can pause, skip or change the rhythm whenever you like. Most people here land on bi-weekly and stay there.
Yes, and this is worth saying clearly because alot of damage in Park Slope houses is done by well-meaning cleaning. Old parquet and wide-plank pine get a barely-damp microfibre mop and never a bucket. Standing water is what lifts a finish and cups a board, and once a board cups you are into a sander, not a cloth. Original newels, banisters and mouldings get dusted by hand, dry, before anything wet happens in the room.
All of it, from Flatbush Avenue down to Prospect Avenue and from Fourth Avenue up to Prospect Park West, plus South Slope, Windsor Terrace, Gowanus, Prospect Heights, Carroll Gardens and Boerum Hill. If you are just outside that line, ask anyway. We are usually already on the block.
Card on file, charged after the visit, and the receipt lands in your inbox the same evening. No deposit is taken up front, and cancellation is free up to 24 hours before your slot. If you need an invoice for a landlord, a broker or a building, say so and we will send one with the address and the date on it.
Testimonials
I am recovering from surgery and couldn't bend or lift to clean my apartment. Green Hands was so caring and professional, making sure every room was sanitized and safe for my recovery. They allowed me to heal in a pristine environment without worrying about the mess.
Getting the apartment ready for a real estate open house was incredibly stressful. The team from Green Hands did a phenomenal job cleaning, making the rooms feel bright and spacious. We had a great showing, and I owe a lot of that to their hard work.
After a long winter, my apartment was covered in a layer of dust, triggering my allergies terribly. I booked a spring cleaning with Green Hands and they did a magnificent job on the vents and baseboards. The air in my home has never felt fresher.
My bridal shower was held at my apartment, and the place was a wreck by the end of the night. The clean-up crew arrived the next morning and had the place spotless in no time, helping me handle the overwhelm. Green Hands is a lifesaver for anyone in NYC.
Rebecca H.
After-party clean, Park Slope
Ready when you are
Tell us your home size and pick a day. You get a flat quote before anyone arrives, and first-time clients save 10% with FIRST10.
Where we clean
We run a Brooklyn route most weekdays, so Park Slope, South Slope, Gowanus and Prospect Heights get the widest choice of times. Everything else in the borough we cover too, just with a little less flexibility on the hour.
Above Seventh Avenue, toward Prospect Park West and the Historic District, you are mostly in row houses with original detail and stairs. The work there is dust management: mouldings, picture rails, newels, treads, and window reveals deep enough to hold a season's worth of grit. Between Fifth and Seventh you get the walk-ups, which means radiators, painted sashes, and galley kitchens where every surface is within arm's reach of the stove and shows it. Below Fifth toward Fourth Avenue and Gowanus, the newer buildings bring vents, sealed glass and a lot of glossy surfaces that show water spots if you do not dry them.
Season matters here more than people expect. Spring puts a fine yellow pollen on every sill within four blocks of the park, and it comes back within a week no matter how well you clean, so we plan for it instead of pretending. October does the same thing with leaf grit tracked in on shoes. Winter is the radiators, they run hot in these buildings and they bake dust onto the fins until the whole room smells faintly of it. Summer is the the humidity in windowless bathrooms, which is why grout in a garden apartment needs attention twice as often as grout on a top floor.
We know the buildings around Grand Army Plaza, the co-ops off Bartel-Pritchard Square, the walk-ups near the Ninth Street stop, and the two-families that back onto the Old Stone House. If your building has a service entrance rule, a freight elevator window, or a super who needs 24 hours notice, tell us once and it goes in the notes for good. See everywhere we work in Brooklyn, or read our round-up of the best cleaning services in Williamsburg if you are comparing across the borough.
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