Free cinder blocks in Brooklyn?

May 3, 2009 12:38 PM

Where in New York City can you get free/cheap cinder blocks? Extra points awarded if the answer is near Ditmas Park Brooklyn!

I am planning on taking advantage of the MeFites' suggestions as per this thread. but I have no idea where to get free cinder blocks. Getting 6 or more would be ideal.

posted by alhadro to Home & Garden (7 answers total)

Best answer: Is there a Home Depot near you? Cinder blocks are only $1-$2 each there.
posted by zerokey at 12:40 PM on May 3, 2009

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posted by sswiller at 1:19 PM on May 3, 2009

I should think that for that purpose you could use many things besides blocks unless you use your bed as a trampoline. How about large sealed industrial-sized coffee cans filled with sand? The sand wouldn't just be for weight, it would increase the load-bearing capability of the can, sort of like a sandbag.

Though I'm not a NYC denizen so I suppose finding clean sand could be just as hard as finding cinder blocks.
posted by XMLicious at 1:19 PM on May 3, 2009

Yeah, I saw cinder blocks for 83 cents a piece at Home Depot. Don't know how much effort you'd be willing to put in to save, but it sounds like your easiest play might be just doin' the Depot.
posted by No New Diamonds Please at 2:47 PM on May 3, 2009

Bed's could also be raised using with the milk-crate method too. You might be able to find those types of crates cheaply.
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth at 3:59 PM on May 3, 2009

Best answer: This guy might be able to help you... just don't be too chatty about it.

Seriously though try craigslist.
posted by toftflin at 11:54 AM on May 4, 2009

You might not be checking this post anymore, but just in case...

Build It green in Queens has cinderblocks for 50 cents each.
posted by minervous at 1:18 PM on May 5, 2009