When attaching shelves to a brick wall look for specialty fasteners designed for masonry applications.
Hang shelves on brick wall.
When the walls are made of masonry or concrete it may appear to be more difficult to install shelving but through the following steps you can hang shelves directly onto the concrete or masonry wall just as easily as on a wood framed wall.
Keep in mind when you are hanging shelves on a concrete wall you re going to have to drill into the cement and that is going to create a lot of dust.
Have a vacuum or better yet a shop vac nearby to suck up all that cement or brick dust.
If you are hanging something like a framed picture it may have a wire that you can catch on the anchor hooks.
Hang the item on the brick wall.