DUMBO/Williamsburg conference rooms · Brooklyn Navy Yard creative offices · Industry City buildouts · Park Slope/Brooklyn Heights brownstone audio · Greenpoint music venues · Bushwick/Gowanus event spaces · Restaurant & bar sound across all of Brooklyn.
We're headquartered in Brooklyn at 1282 Troy Ave. Call (347) 934-8335 · NYS Low-Voltage License #12000287431 · Part of our NYC AV silo.
Get a Free QuoteBrooklyn is our home turf — our headquarters and primary service hub sit at 1282 Troy Ave in East Flatbush, which means most Brooklyn jobs get same-week scheduling and our techs know the borough's neighborhoods, building stock, and access quirks intimately. We design and install commercial AV for DUMBO and Williamsburg tech offices, Brooklyn Navy Yard creative tenants (Steiner Studios, Kings County Distillery campus tenants), Industry City multi-tenant commercial, Bushwick and Gowanus event spaces and creative venues, Greenpoint music venues and recording studios, Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights restaurants and bars, Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights professional offices, Coney Island and Brighton Beach hospitality, retail across Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, schools and houses of worship across the borough — and residential AV for the brownstone belt (Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Boerum Hill), Williamsburg and DUMBO new-construction condos, Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst single-family residential, Mill Basin and Marine Park waterfront, and the converted-loft residential stock across Industry City, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint. As a custom audio visual installer, AV sound installation company, AV installation contractor, AV system installer, sound system installer, and audio installation services provider, we deliver professional sound system installation, audio system installation, sound system installation services, speaker installation services, conference room AV installation, boardroom AV installation, Zoom Room and Microsoft Teams Room installation, restaurant AV sound installation, retail AV sound system installation, hotel AV, residential whole-home AV, in-wall speaker installation, in-ceiling speaker installation, smart home AV installation, AV system setup, AV system upgrade, emergency AV installation, AV repair, and AV troubleshooting throughout Brooklyn.
Three reasons local matters in Brooklyn AV. First, response time: when a Williamsburg restaurant has a sound system fail at 6 PM on a Friday, a tech rolling from East Flatbush gets there in 30 minutes — a Manhattan- or Long Island-based integrator gets there in 2+ hours through traffic. Second, building knowledge: every Brooklyn building stock has its own quirks (Bed-Stuy brownstones with original tin ceilings, DUMBO industrial conversions with concrete slab ceilings, Williamsburg new-condo rules around drilling into common walls, Park Slope co-op alteration agreement timelines) and we know them. Third, brownstone construction is roughly 60% of our Brooklyn residential book — plaster-and-lath walls, balloon framing, asbestos-era tile, and original tin ceilings all need the right tools and the right approach. We've fished cable through 1880s brownstones across half the borough.
Brooklyn commercial anchors in DUMBO and the Brooklyn Tech Triangle (Etsy, Vice, Verizon, smaller tech tenants), Williamsburg corporate (Two Trees, North 3rd Street creative agencies), Brooklyn Navy Yard tenants (Steiner Studios film production, Kings County Distillery, makers and creative tenants), Industry City Sunset Park (Time Inc., West Elm, Mast Brothers, hundreds of creative SMB tenants), Downtown Brooklyn (banks, law firms, Class A office at MetroTech and 1 Hanson Place), Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights professional services, Bushwick and Gowanus creative and event-space economy, Greenpoint music and recording studio cluster, plus borough-wide restaurants, bars, hotels, retail, schools, houses of worship, gyms, and warehouses.
QSC Q-SYS, Biamp Tesira, Crestron, Extron, Symetrix, Shure (MXA920, MXA710, ULX-D), Sennheiser (TeamConnect, TCC2, EW-DX), Atlas IED, JBL Commercial, Bose Professional FreeSpace and DesignMax, Yamaha CIS, Tannoy, Community, Electro-Voice, Logitech, Poly, Neat, Cisco Webex, Yealink. Commercial-grade product lines built for daily continuous duty.
Brooklyn residential is the brownstone belt first, condo second, single-family third. The defining constraint is almost always one of three things: prewar plaster-and-lath construction (Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Carroll Gardens — anywhere built 1880-1930), modern condo limitations (concrete slab ceilings in DUMBO and Williamsburg, building rules limiting drilling, board approval on conversions), or landmark district overlays (Brooklyn Heights Historic District, Park Slope Historic District, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, parts of Crown Heights).
Sonos, Sonance, Bose Professional, Control4, Savant, Crestron Home, Bluesound, Denon HEOS, Stealth Acoustics, Triad, Origin Acoustics, JBL, Klipsch, Polk Atrium, Yamaha MusicCast.
Most Brooklyn commercial buildouts bundle AV with structured cabling, security cameras, and access control in the same project. Single mobilization, single COI, single freight elevator coordination.
Williamsburg (North 3rd, Bedford Ave, South Williamsburg), Greenpoint (Manhattan Ave commercial, music venues, recording studios), Bushwick (warehouse-conversion event spaces, restaurants, creative offices), East Williamsburg.
Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, Lefferts Gardens.
DUMBO (Etsy, Vice, creative tech), Downtown Brooklyn (MetroTech, 1 Hanson Place, Class A corporate), Brooklyn Navy Yard (Steiner Studios, makers, creative tenants), Vinegar Hill.
Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Sunset Park (Industry City multi-tenant commercial), Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Gravesend.
East Flatbush (our HQ neighborhood), Flatbush, Midwood, East New York, Brownsville, Canarsie, Mill Basin, Marine Park, Sheepshead Bay.
Coney Island (hospitality, amusement venues), Brighton Beach restaurants, Manhattan Beach residential, Sea Gate.
4-zone Sonos Architectural: $5,500-$9,500. 6-zone Sonance hardwired with renovation work: $11,000-$22,000. Full parlor-through-garden-floor Control4 or Savant matrix with outdoor garden zone: $25,000-$38,000+. Drivers are zone count, retrofit difficulty, ceiling type (original tin vs replaced sheetrock), and whether the parlor floor has been opened up for renovation access.
Mid-size DUMBO/Industry City conference room: $8,000-$22,000 installed depending on Logitech Rally Bar vs Poly Studio X vs Neat Bar Pro spec, ceiling microphones for rooms over 12 seats, DSP requirement. Multi-room creative-office buildouts scale to $50,000-$200,000 across 6-15 rooms.
Yes — this is one of our growth verticals. Permanent AV with mode-switching presets that handle weddings, corporate offsites, gallery openings, and live music from the same panel. Typical scope: distributed Klipsch AW or Atlas IED zones, dance-floor subs, wireless mic package, mixing console for live event mode, Crestron room scheduling.
Yes — that's most of our brownstone work. Skim-coat-safe retrofit brackets, dustless cuts with HEPA shroud, plaster restoration sub on call if needed. We've installed in brownstones from the 1870s through the 1930s across Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Fort Greene, Cobble Hill, and Brooklyn Heights without ceiling damage.
Yes for interior work, almost always. Standard interior AV is reversible and contained — no Landmarks Preservation Commission review required. Exterior work (outdoor speakers, dish mounts) we route through soffits or non-street-facing facades to avoid LPC review.
Most Brooklyn co-op boards turn around AV alteration agreements in 2-4 weeks. Standard package: NYS low-voltage license, COI with building as additional insured, alteration agreement, scope of work, equipment specs, workers' comp. We assemble and submit the package directly when allowed; otherwise we provide a complete PDF for the resident to submit.
Almost always one of three things: no DSP for echo cancellation, ceiling tile or concrete-slab reverb from untreated hard surfaces (DUMBO buildings frequently have exposed concrete ceilings), or wrong microphone (laptop instead of ceiling array). Fix is a Shure MXA920 or Sennheiser TCC2 ceiling array routed into a Biamp Tesira or QSC Q-SYS DSP, plus acoustic ceiling clouds if reverb time exceeds 0.5 seconds.
Both compounds have specific tenant access procedures, security check-in, COI requirements, and freight elevator booking protocols. We work both regularly and book windows directly with property management. Industry City typically requires advance freight booking; Brooklyn Navy Yard requires security pre-clearance.
Yes — Greenpoint has one of NYC's denser music venue and recording studio clusters and we work several. Scope varies widely: live venue work needs line array systems and mixing console integration; studios need monitor systems, talkback, and broadcast-quality streaming feeds. We coordinate with studio owners and venue operators on the technical spec.
Restaurants legally require licensed commercial music, not personal Spotify. We integrate SoundMachine or Soundtrack Your Brand into the install ($25-$45 per location per month). Personal accounts in commercial spaces violate ASCAP and BMI licensing — Brooklyn enforcement isn't as aggressive as Manhattan but the fines are real.
Marine-grade Sonance LS satellites or Klipsch AW for the pool surround, Polk Atrium for deck-mounted speakers, weatherproof junction box, GFCI on the amp circuit, drainage on conduit penetrations. Within sight of NY Harbor or Jamaica Bay we spec marine-grade hardware throughout — salt air degrades consumer outdoor gear within 18 months.
Sonos all-in-ones (Era 100, Era 300, Move) plus a Sonos Port for any wired source. Zero install, zero damage, takes with you when the lease ends.
Three layers in order. First: hardwired Ethernet backhaul to every Sonos node. Second: dedicated 5GHz SSID with WPA3 for Sonos, off the main household WiFi. Third (if it still drops): replace with hardwired Sonance amp rack matrix that doesn't depend on the network at all.
Sonos Architectural retrofit (4 zones): 2-3 days. Sonance hardwired with new-construction-level access (renovated parlor floor): 4-6 days. Full Control4/Savant matrix with garden + roof deck: 1-3 weeks depending on scope.
Yes — common takeover work, especially when the original integrator went out of business or stopped responding. Service rate $195/hour with 3-hour minimum on third-party callbacks.
Call (347) 934-8335. We provide emergency AV repair across Brooklyn for active business hours and same-day callouts when possible. Stocked truck inventory covers most common amplifier, source, and speaker failures. Emergency response rate is $195/hr with 3-hour minimum.
Common Brooklyn searches we handle: "AV installer near me Brooklyn," "Sonos installer Park Slope," "conference room AV DUMBO," "Sonance brownstone installer," "Zoom Room installer Williamsburg," "restaurant AV Bushwick," "in-wall speakers Brooklyn Heights," "music venue AV Greenpoint," "event space sound system Gowanus," "Industry City AV installer."
DIY: 1-2 Sonos all-in-ones in a rental, single Bluetooth speaker, portable Sonos Move. Pro: any commercial install, any in-wall or in-ceiling work in a brownstone or co-op, any landmark-district building, any DUMBO/Industry City corporate buildout, any restaurant or event-space install where music licensing matters. Cost of a pro is almost always less than the cost of cracked plaster repair, a co-op violation, or a failed consumer install replaced within 2 years.
Brooklyn clients tell us local matters — our techs know the brownstone construction, the building rules, and the access quirks because we work the borough every day.
Every commercial install ends with a live Zoom and Teams test. Watched, documented, signed off.
Brownstone owners across Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, and Fort Greene tell us this is the differentiator — most installers either refuse the work or leave with a damage claim.
Brooklyn clients tell us when they call, a person answers. No ticket queues.
Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights co-op residents say not having to manage the alteration agreement themselves was the biggest value.
Local response time matters. Williamsburg restaurants tell us 30 minutes vs 2 hours is the difference between losing a Friday dinner service and not.
| Service | Scope | Brooklyn Installed Price |
|---|---|---|
| Brownstone whole-home audio (4 zones) | Sonos Architectural retrofit | $5,500 – $9,500 |
| Brownstone hardwired (6 zones) | Sonance with renovation | $11,000 – $22,000 |
| Full Control4 brownstone matrix | Parlor-through-garden + outdoor | $25,000 – $38,000+ |
| Conference room AV (mid-size) | Ceiling array + DSP + dual display | $8,000 – $22,000 |
| Zoom Room / Teams Room (single) | Certified hardware + install | $9,500 – $24,000 |
| Restaurant 4-zone commercial sound | FOH + patio + private + restroom | $8,500 – $16,000 |
| Event space / music venue AV | Mode-switching distributed + subs + wireless mic | $15,000 – $75,000 |
| Outdoor pool / roof deck zone | Marine-grade per zone | $1,800 – $2,400 |
Brooklyn pricing reflects local service hub advantage — no Manhattan freight elevator premium, no East End mobilization. Same day AV installation available on emergency repairs and starter Sonos packages.
1880s Bed-Stuy brownstone original plaster cracking on speaker installs: standard cut-in brackets destroy horsehair plaster on contact. SOLUTION: skim-coat-safe retrofit brackets, dustless cuts with HEPA shroud, fish from above-ceiling crawlspace, plaster restoration sub on call.
Park Slope / Brooklyn Heights co-op alteration agreements stuck in board review: boards demand exhaustive documentation. SOLUTION: complete board package (license, COI, alteration agreement, scope, equipment specs, workers' comp) submitted in one PDF — typically clears in 2-4 weeks.
DUMBO concrete-slab ceilings with no cable pathway: no ability to fish in-ceiling speakers in converted industrial buildings. SOLUTION: surface-mount Sonance Mariner or Klipsch AW with conduit run along beams in matching paint, or pendant-style suspended speakers as part of the design language.
Williamsburg new-condo building rules limiting drilling into common walls: board permission required for any in-wall work. SOLUTION: Sonos Architectural with sealed back-boxes, no through-wall penetrations, board approval package documenting the install method.
Bushwick / Gowanus warehouse event spaces with brutal reverb on amplified music: open concrete boxes sound terrible. SOLUTION: zoned distributed system with directional speakers aimed downward, acoustic clouds or fabric panels to drop reverb time, mode-switching presets for wedding / corporate / live music modes.
Greenpoint music venues with neighbor noise complaints: residential surrounds club venues. SOLUTION: bass trap treatment to contain low-end leakage, sound-isolating door seals, decibel limiter integrated into the DSP, scheduled volume curfew built into the room control.
Industry City multi-tenant buildings with shared freight booking conflicts: tenant calendars clash. SOLUTION: book freight windows weeks ahead through property management, two-person crews to compress install time, after-hours work for time-sensitive tenants.
Bay Ridge / Coney Island salt-air outdoor speaker corrosion: Jamaica Bay and NY Harbor proximity destroys consumer outdoor gear in 18 months. SOLUTION: marine-grade Sonance LS or JBL AW with stainless hardware, sealed enclosures, scheduled fall winterization check.
Crown Heights brownstone Sonos drops on thick masonry walls: mesh fails between floors. SOLUTION: hardwired Ethernet backhaul to every Sonos node, dedicated 5GHz SSID off the main WiFi.
Brownstone garden-floor and roof-deck audio without through-wall penetrations: board rules block exterior wall drilling. SOLUTION: route LV cable through existing soffit or vent penetrations, surface-mount weatherproof speakers on existing structure, single discreet penetration on rear (non-street-facing) facade only.