To produce the Brooklyn Row image, Grace Bentley-Scheck began by making a line drawing on tracing paper. She then turned the drawing to the reverse side and used it to trace the shapes of buildings on thin, smooth white paper. Having cut out the shapes, she adhered them to a prepared piece of masonite with acrylic medium. She traced a second layer of shapes, windowsills and other trim, and adhered those. Grace then adhered a piece of silk organza over the entire bas relief with a
1:1 mixture of acrylic medium and water. By painting on the organza surface with the acrylic solution, she was able to develop values and also seal the plate so that it could be printed much like an etching. After the paper was dry, she hand-colored the print.