Top Hat Tailors & Cleaners

They are the best! I had a dress that needed a quick fix and it looks 1,000 times better now. I will never go to any other tailor in Brooklyn.

THANK YOU TOP HAT !!! I’ve been living in the area for years and I used to avoid this place after several terrible experiences 5 or so years ago. I recently went in again for emergency tailoring and was pleasantly surprised to find the place is under new (new to me, anyways) management. They did an amazing emergency tailoring job on my wedding dress just a few days before the ceremony at a very reasonable price, and packed it up perfectly for my destination wedding. I was very impressed and look forward to switching all of my dry cleaning and tailoring business over to them! Thank you so much.

Pretty great place for alterations. Well-​priced and the end product has always been exactly what I asked for.
They’ve probably done ~15 pieces for me over the past 2 – 3 years. ½ of those have been major alterations (ie. «This dress is 2 sizes too big…»). Well-​priced and the end product has always been exactly what I asked for. Also, they’re genuinely nice and accommodating.

After hunting around for a tailor to fix my Leather Jacket for months, I am glad i went here.
The tailor went out of her way to make sure she sourced matching fabric and went above and beyond my expectations!
I could tell that she really cared about the piece as much as I did!
Price was more than fair for the amount of work and love she put into fixing my vintage leather Jacket. I have had it for over 10 years and its back to the condition that i originally bought it in.
I get all of my stuff tailored there now and would highly recommend them!

I love this place! The ladies that took care of me were wonderfully pleasant. I got some items tailored and some dry cleaned. The dry cleaning was perfect, at my previous dry cleaner I couldn’t tell whether my clothes had been cleaner or not! The tailoring was also great, the lady that helped me was very sweet and definitely skilled. She did exactly what I asked and now I love my two new dresses. You can’t even see where it’s been altered, that’s how precise she is! It was just such as easy process and they got it all right. Will definitely make this my new go-​to tailor/​dry cleaner!

Top Hat Clearners is the best! I went there a few years back with my father in law’s hats to dry clean and the person who I believe was the owner was very rude. I decided to go elsewhere until the place closed down so I was desperate and went back to Top Hat. Everyone deserves a second chance, right? Yes. I couldn’t be happier. The girl at the counter, Mikaila, is lovely. She is so friendly, pleasant and helpful. She really cares about her job. Some times you can even get a day turnaround. They are pretty flexible and pretty amazing with the stains they can get out. Prices are pretty reasonable too and they do good alterations. Top Hat is the way to go!

Went in there with pants I needed altered, the friendly staff was very helpful, did the measuring fast, gave me a date to pick it up, when I did it was all ready, all in all a friendly transaction, decent price, very simple, no fuss, no muss. Will definitely use again and I absolutely recommend. Nice and hassle-​free.

They’re so friendly, and when I had a dress altered they had it finished a day early, and it was PERFECT. I never write reviews on Unilocal but I was sad to see they had such a bad rating from 4 years ago. They are great!

Nicest people ever, until the day I brought back a pair of pants that they failed to get a few water stains out of. I was absolutely FLOORED that after 1+ year of giving them ~$ 80/​month of business (I dry clean all my work shirts) they refused to clean my pants again for free. The woman went so far as to tell me that I was mistaken and that I must have worn them (they were still pressed)!!! One of the most memorable customer service experiences of my life! If you’re going to be the most expensive dry cleaner in town, you have to offer the best service too.

I don’t really understand all the bad reviews for this place. It must have come under new management or something in recent years.
I’ve only come here for tailoring. They’re pretty much the only one near Lorimer that does that, but luckily, they do it well. 3-​day turnaround for three stitch-​ups and two fill zipper replacements. Costs are standard (replacing the entire zipper for a dress will run $ 15 – 20 anywhere). Everything came back pressed and flawlessly altered.
Extra star for customer service. The lady who works here is one of the friendliest I’ve met in NYC. I kept getting delayed at work, and ended up coming back about a week after I wanted to. No comment or complaint. I’ll definitely be coming here whenever I need clothing dry cleaned or altered.

The staff are wonderful and attentive to my needs.
I asked them if they could dry clean a shirt shorter than normal and the kind woman made it happen. The cleaning and alteration is outstanding.
I will never go anywhere else in this neighborhood. It’s the best service in the area and in my experience in NYC.

There hasn’t been a review for this place written in awhile, and I think it deserves one.
I came here for the first time in December to get a dress altered for my office holiday party. The dress had a serious plunging neckline, so I needed to get it sewn up a bit for a little less scandal. The woman was perfectly polite, explained to me how she was going to alter it, and said I could pick it up in 4 days. She did an impeccable job. It looked amazing– like I purchased it like that to begin with.
I went again recently to get a pair or ripped leggings sewn up. Once again she did a great job.
Nice lady, and super reasonable prices. I suggest giving her a chance if your in the market for a tailor and in the neighborhood.

They messed up my sweater by ripping off the metal detail on the sleeves. Then they never told me and folded it up in the bag for me to discover a few days later when I was rushing out the house to go to work. I was livid!!! Never going back again.

The woman who either owns this place or works there is one of the meanest shopkeepers I have ever encountered. She makes you feel like she’s doing you a favor by just coming to the counter and half the time when you leave something to get done it is done poorly or not at all. I’m not quite sure how it continues to stay open but I will never be back.

Went to this dry cleaner maybe a handful of times.
Out of the 5 times I’ve been there:
–They ripped my blouse, I had to bring it back to have them fix it
–I asked them to sew up a rip in my coat’s lining (and I paid for it). They only dry cleaned it, the rip is still huge. Now I need to bring it back tomorrow.
My advice is to CHECK YOUR CLOTHES CAREFULLY BEFORE you take them home. I’m going to have to wait another week now before I can wear my coat.

Five stars for being shown for a nano second in an episode of the Flight of the Choncords (Actor episode) at 2 min 44 seconds into the show.
Jemain gets a card from a semi professional actor who hands over a biz card. Jemain exclaims that the card is that of a cleaner! Actor asks that he look at the back. You can stop the DVD, and see this cleanser’s name, telephone and address. Hilarious that they would pick this joint.

Very friendly, reasonable turn around time and only option in the area. I have also gotten a coat repaired and pants hemmed and everything was perfect!

I took a coat in with a clear salt stain, pointed it out to the woman at the counter and she marked it with a sticker. This clear exchange of information about the stain should have been enough to remove it. However, when I went to pick up the coat it still had a huge salt stain, right on the but, from where I fell. Even though the price is cheap its not worth paying if nothing gets done.
I am still looking for a decent dry cleaner in Williamsburg.

I dropped off a pair of pants to have the waist let out a bit on Thursday. I said I needed it back «early next week». She said «You can have it Wednesday». Since I was leaving for a wedding early Thursday morning, that was cutting it a little close, but OK, no problem.
I returned Wednesday morning, paid my $ 8, picked up my pants, and returned home. I tried on the pants. They had not been altered at all. They were exactly the same.
I called and she said «Bring them back». I did, and she didn’t apologize or comment at all, just said, «Come back tonight.» I came back in at 6pm and she handed them back to me, again without comment. This time, they had been altered (very professionally).
I have NO IDEA what happened in the 5 days they just sat there not being altered, or why they were returned to me unaltered. I’m glad they fixed the problem, but I would have appreciated an explanation and apology, at the very least.
Thank you for fixing the problem. Please improve your customer service.

I’m the first to review this place! hurray!
I got a pair jeans for my birthday. I like the jeans very much, but the length of them was too long. I went to Unilocal for help. I scoured Unilocal for reviews of tailors/​alteration shops in the Brooklyn area and I found a dearth of reviews.
So, I decided to take a chance, to be adventurous, to help the Unilocal community in the area, by branching out to the hinterland of un-​reviewed tailors/​alterations shops with my highly-​valued Birthday pants… this is their story. The story of my birthday pants…
The outside décor of Top Hat Tailors & Cleaners had a sun-​bleached, weather-​worn exterior that spoke of its years of existence and dare, i hoped, wealth of experience hemming pants. I entered. As the Korean Soap Opera blasted from an unseen television, the clerk took my order and safety-​pinned my pants to the length I asked for, i immediately felt confidence in her abilities. «This middle-​aged woman has seen and cut a lot of pants» i thought to myself. She quoted a price to me «8 dollars.» I said, «deal!» she said «come back Friday» (two days) i said «thanks.»
Our dance complete, i made my way out of the store and trodded back to the one bedroom apartment i call home.
Friday comes.
I arrived in the afternoon, hoodie over my head as i brave the 312 foot walk from my apartment, and enter. the now familiar, yet ignored, Korean Soap Opera speaking to no one, yet i know keeping my pants company there the last two nights, welcomes me inside. «i’ve come for my pants» i say. she says «ticket.» I hand her my ticket and within mere minutes, she produces my newly hemmed birthday pants.
I couldn’t wait to try on my pants, as i bounded home over potholes and puddles, all the while, clutching my newly altered jeans, i wondered how they would fit me, if Top Hat Tailors & Cleaners would, could live up to my expectations, and i would like to let the world know… they did.
i, Mark B, do declare this formerly unyelped, perhaps unpatronized establishment, safe for all Unilocalers, anyone on the internet for that matter, in the greater Brooklyn area, to rest assured that they can bring their items here for alterations and receive them back in the condition they desire in a reasonable amount of time, and for a reasonable price.
«A-​OK»