The Stoop delivery vault on the top landing of a Brooklyn brownstone at golden hour, beside a paneled black door and wrought-iron balusters.
Brooklyn, NY Founding Release · No. 001
An architectural object for the brownstone

A more beautiful way
to live with deliveries.

Stoop is a secure, architectural delivery vault designed for Brooklyn brownstones — a low, monolithic object, quietly at home on the landing or beside the steps. Installed once. Made to stay.

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Chapter One — On the block

The stoop was never meant to hold boxes.

A brownstone entry is one of the most photographed thresholds in America — iron, stone, brass, boxwood, lamplight. And then, most afternoons, a pile of cardboard on the steps.

The courier leaves a stack. The stack sits on the limestone until somebody gets home.

Cobble Hill · a Tuesday

A neighbor watches for it. A text. A sprint from the subway. This is how deliveries work here.

Carroll Gardens · 6:14 pm

The usual remedies — a plastic bin, a locker kit, a camera on a stick — do not belong on these houses.

Brooklyn Heights · on principle
Introducing Stoop

Not a locker. An object.

Stoop is designed like a piece of architecture, not a piece of tech. Low profile. Solid weight. Refined detailing. Meant to be read at the same register as the railing, the stone, the door.
Stoop placed on the top landing of a Brooklyn brownstone, beside a paneled black parlor door, at golden hour.
No. 001 — On the landing Installed on a paneled landing · Boerum Hill
Stoop placed in the garden apron beside a brownstone stoop, nested between iron fencing and clipped boxwood.
No. 002 — In the garden apron Beside the stoop · Cobble Hill
Two placements

Wherever it belongs on your house.

Stoop is designed to sit low and quiet in one of two places: on the top landing beside the parlor door, where it reads as part of the door surround — or in the garden apron between the iron fence and the stoop itself, where a row of trash cans has historically lived.

We visit every home before building. Our team measures your landing, stone width, railing clearance, and the way the afternoon light falls on the face. No two installations are the same.

Design & Materials

Heavy, quiet, made to last.

Cold-rolled steel, hand-finished in a low-sheen architectural coating. Solid brass hardware, unlacquered, meant to patina. A weighted, damped lid that closes under its own gravity with the muffled click of a cabinet drawer. There are no screens. There is no light.

Frame
14-ga cold-rolled steel
Finish
Low-sheen marine powder coat
Hardware
Solid, unlacquered brass
Dimensions
32 × 17 × 20 in.
Weight
96 lbs, empty
Built
Long Island City, NY
Close study of the Stoop on the brownstone landing — matte metal body, precise seams, brass catch.
Material detail: the lid seam and corner in raking afternoon light. A planted brownstone entry — iron railings, flower box, and bluestone stoop — the architectural language Stoop is drawn from.
How Stoop Works

Designed for every kind of delivery.

Small parcels slip securely through the delivery slot. Larger boxes are placed inside using a simple access code.

A courier slipping a padded mailer through the secure front slot of the Stoop, which drops the parcel safely into the locked compartment below.
The slot
i.

Mode 01 · Everyday

Parcels.

For envelopes, mailers, and smaller deliveries, drivers use the secure front slot. The parcel drops safely inside and can't be retrieved from outside.

A courier pressing the recessed keypad beneath the upper lip of the Stoop to open the main compartment, with a large box placed inside.
The keypad
ii.

Mode 02 · Larger

Large packages.

For larger deliveries, drivers enter the access code and open the main compartment. The package is placed securely inside, then the door closes and locks.

01

Slot for everyday.

Envelopes & mailers, drop-in.

02

Code for larger.

A rotating PIN for couriers.

03

Yours to retrieve.

Your key, your household, quietly.

Quiet security

Protection, without the theatre.

Stoop is built to be trusted, not performed. The security is mechanical and architectural — the weight of the lid, the geometry of the latch, the permanence of the anchor. Nothing beeps. Nothing blinks.

  • i.

    A heavy, damped lid.

    Gravity-closed and gravity-locked. It takes two hands to open and one second to close.

  • ii.

    Anchored in stone.

    Installed with a concealed stainless anchor into your landing or apron. The object does not move.

  • iii.

    A seal, not a smart device.

    Weather-gasketed; couriers open it like a chest. No app, no code, no account for you or the driver.

  • iv.

    The Stoop Guarantee.

    If a package is taken from inside your Stoop, we replace it. No claim form, no phone tree.

Stoop seated in the garden apron of a Brooklyn brownstone at golden hour, iron fence behind, clipped boxwood to the side.
Finishes & Configurations

Chosen to live alongside the house.

Four architectural finishes, each developed to sit next to Brooklyn stone and iron. Selected in person, at your home, with samples held against the facade.

No. 01 · Standard

Iron Black

To read with the railings. A true black, low-sheen.

No. 02

Bronze Charcoal

A warmer black, for stoops with brass or copper detailing.

No. 03

Brownstone Clay

A matte, earth-toned finish drawn from the stone itself.

No. 04 · Made to order

Limestone

Paler, chalkier — for Greek Revival and limestone facades.

Specification — v3 · Prototype Review

Drawn for the fabricator.

Stoop v3 is a low, monolithic outdoor package vault built for ground-level brownstone entries. What follows is the working specification — exterior dimensions, intake geometry, material call-outs, weather and security detailing, and the package fit guide our shop has optimized against. Tolerances ±1/8″.
Exploded axonometric of Stoop v3 — top cap, enlarged parcel intake assembly, brush-sealed opening, angled keypad module, deep angled anti-fishing chute, outer shell, front drop-down access door, soft-close support hardware, secure interior chamber, weather seals, and recessed anchoring plinth — with materials, dimensions, and orientation call-outs.
Plate 01 — Exploded axonometric Sheet 01 / 07 · Stoopvault.com
Front Elevation42 × 24 in
STOOP 42 IN 24 IN 15 × 5.75–6 IN INTAKE
Side Elevation20 × 24 in
2–3° 0–90° 20 IN 24 IN
Top — Plan42 × 20 in
BROWNSTONE STAIR MASS (BACK) CAST IRON FENCE STOOP v3 DELIVERY APPROACH (FRONT) 42 IN SITE WIDTH
Exterior
Width
42 in
Depth
20 in
Height
24 in
Top pitch
2–3°
Plinth
Recessed
Intake — Mode A
Slot W
15 in
Slot H
5.75–6 in
Chute depth
8–10 in
Geometry
Angled baffle
Code
None
Interior — Mode B
Usable W
20 in
Usable D
16 in
Usable H
12 in
Door travel
0–90°
Code
4-digit
Hardware & Install
Shell
14–16 ga
Latch
Concealed electric
Door motion
Gas-strut damped
Network
None — local only
Anchoring
Concealed plinth
Functional spec sheet — parcel intake with enlarged angled baffle chute, oversize access mode with keypad and gas-strut door, package fit guide showing ideal parcels and exception cases, water and security detail with rain lip, brush seal, drainage path, anti-fishing baffle, and concealed anchoring.
Plate 02 — Functional spec · Option #1: Enlarged Angled Baffle Chute Sheet 03 / 07
Mode A · Parcel IntakeNo code · Drop-in

The slot.

15″ W × 5.75–6″ H · Angled baffle chute · Brush seal & rain lip

  • Padded mailersIdeal
  • Bubble mailersIdeal
  • Poly bagsIdeal
  • Small ecommerce cartonsIdeal
  • Flat / thin Amazon boxesIdeal

Designed for high-frequency everyday deliveries. No carrier friction. Deep angled chute with no straight-line reach-in path; rain lip and brush seal at perimeter.

Mode B · Oversize Access4-digit code · Drop-down door

The keypad.

20″ W × 16″ D × 12″ H usable · Drop-down door · Gas-strut damped

  • Medium ecommerce boxesIdeal
  • Larger carrier parcelsIdeal
  • Amazon medium cartonsIdeal
  • UPS / FedEx up to 20×16×12″Ideal
  • Door opens as a placement shelfBy design

Recessed keypad mounted under the front top lip on an angled interaction panel — visible and legible from 6–10 feet away. Code provided by owner in delivery notes.

Graceful exceptions Optimized for the common case — not every parcel on earth.
  • USPS large parcels without code
  • Items over 20 × 16 × 12 in
  • Freight or oversize items
  • Packages requiring signature
i.

Materials & finish.

  • ShellPwd-coat Al / steel
  • Gauge14–16 ga
  • Anti-pry zones12–14 ga
  • ColorMatte dk bronze
  • AltBlackened bronze
  • SheenMatte, no gloss
  • HardwareMatch body
  • FastenersConcealed
ii.

Weather performance.

  • Top2–3° pitch fwd
  • EdgeSlight overhang
  • SlotDrip rain lip
  • SealBrush perimeter
  • DoorCompression gasket
  • SeamsWelded, no traps
  • FloorPitched to drain
  • WeepLowest-pt hole
iii.

Security & anchoring.

  • GoalCasual deterrent
  • Anti-fishNo reach-in line
  • Slot height6 in — no hands
  • HingesInternal / hidden
  • Latch ptsConcealed
  • Code4-digit, local
  • OverrideOwner key
  • AnchorPlinth, masonry
Site fit and installation orientation — Stoop v3 installed flush against the brownstone stair mass, tight against the cast iron fence, front facing the sidewalk delivery approach, with key dimensions and delivery interaction notes.
Plate 03 — Site fit & installation orientation Sheet 02 / 07

Prototype must-get-right.

  1. Overall proportion.Low, horizontal, monolithic — reads as architecture, not appliance.
  2. Install orientation.Back flush to stair mass; side tight to cast iron fence; front faces left toward sidewalk.
  3. Intake chute.15″ W × 5.75–6″ H clear; brush seal at perimeter; integrated drip rain lip above slot.
  4. Anti-fishing geometry.Deep angled baffle 8–10″ before any drop path. No straight-line reach-in.
  5. Keypad placement.Recessed under the front top lip on an angled face — legible from 6–10 ft.
  6. Drop-down door.Full-width, gas-strut damped, opens to ~90° as a placement shelf.
  7. Concealed anchoring.Plinth-integrated fasteners into masonry / concrete substrate. None visible from exterior.
  8. Weather path.Top pitch 2–3°; perimeter compression gasket; pitched chamber floor with weep at lowest point.
i.Architectural, not gadget-like.
ii.Beautiful, but not confusing.
iii.Minimal, but not invisible.
iv.Simple mechanism, not over-engineered.
v.Driver-friendly.
vi.Brownstone-native.
vii.No Wi-Fi for core function.
Fabricator-ready Dimensions in inches Tolerances ± 1/8″ Stoopvault.com
A fully upgraded brownstone entry at golden hour with the Stoop object quietly present in the garden apron.
An upgraded entry

The house, finished.

Founding Brooklyn Release

Available first to our neighbors.

We are accepting reservations for the founding release of fifty Stoops, built and installed across brownstone Brooklyn through the autumn. Each includes an in-home site visit and white-glove installation by our team.
The Stoop

Founding edition.

$1,480installed
  • 14-ga steel frame, Iron Black finish included
  • Solid brass hardware & gasket included
  • In-home site visit & measure included
  • White-glove installation included
  • Alternate finish (Bronze, Clay) + $220
  • Limestone finish (made to order) + $360
Reserve Your Stoop
Founding release limited to 50 homes in Brooklyn · $100 refundable hold.
A Stoop installed on a Brooklyn brownstone landing at dusk.
Also available

The Parlor Edition.

A wider, deeper vault for shared brownstones and two-door parlor entries. Made to order, limited run.

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Made for the houses Brooklyn loves most.

Designed & built in New York