The latest in Brooklyn Based ongoing series of old-school but useful services is the cobbler and leather repair guide.

Sure, you could go out and buy new $250 boots this fall, or you could cough up a week’s worth of coffee money to rework last year’s pair. A rip in your leather tote? Need a suede bag cleaned? We asked some friends of Brooklyn Based where they recommend.

They included my tip.

Brooklyn Heights Shoe Master
100 Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights
(718) 243-2355
A BB reader reports, “The shoe repair place in the Clark Street station of the 2/3 train is good.” Clear and to the point, enough said