A small studio. A specific market.
Fifth Ave Web builds modern websites for NYC small businesses — restaurants, salons, trades, professional services, and retail.
Most NYC small businesses get one of two options: a $200 DIY template that looks like every other storefront site, or a $10,000 agency project that takes three months. Fifth Ave Web exists for the middle: custom, well-designed, mobile-friendly websites that ship in days, not months, at a price that makes sense for a small business owner.
The studio is intentionally small. Every site is designed and reviewed personally before launch. We pick our scope so we can ship fast without cutting the corners that matter — real custom design, real performance, real mobile-first layout.
We focus on NYC because the small businesses here are the most interesting ones to work with — the family restaurant in Brooklyn that has been serving the same block for three decades, the new salon on the Upper East Side that opened last year, the two-person electrical shop in Astoria. They deserve a site that respects their work.
Founder
Faris
Founder & designer
I’ve been building websites professionally for over a decade — first inside agencies, then independently. I started Fifth Ave Web after watching too many small businesses pay agency prices for sites that didn’t earn their keep. The studio is based in Hamburg; I work async with NYC owners and ship fast because the time difference helps, not hurts.
How we work
- Custom design for every site — never templates.
- 48-hour turnaround for the first preview.
- Unlimited revisions until you sign off.
- You own the site, the domain, and every file.
- Hosting and care is optional, never lock-in.
Where we are
Fifth Ave Web is operated by Faris Brni, a sole proprietorship registered in Hamburg, Germany. We work remotely with NYC small businesses and clients across the US and EU. The market is NYC; the operator is in Germany — same as any New York agency serving London clients.
Ready for a site that looks like it belongs on Madison?
Email us about your business and we’ll send back two example NYC sites we built in your industry — same day, no slide deck.