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HOMES · DRIVEWAYS · YARDS · QUEENS

Residential Security
Camera Installation
Queens

Home CCTV for Single, Two & Three-Family Homes · Attached & Detached Houses · Co-ops & Garden Apartments · Driveways, Yards, Side Alleys & Garages · Shared-Driveway & Package-Theft Coverage — Privacy Masking · 4K PoE · Local NVR · No Monthly Fees · Licensed & Insured

Professional residential security camera installation, home CCTV surveillance systems, 4K IP cameras, and local NVR recording for Queens homeowners across more than sixty neighborhoods — the single- and two-family homes of Bayside, Fresh Meadows, Douglaston, and Whitestone, the attached row houses of Ridgewood and Ozone Park, the garden apartments and co-ops of Forest Hills, Rego Park, and Jackson Heights, and the waterfront homes of Howard Beach and the Rockaways. Coverage for driveways, front doors, backyards, side alleys between attached houses, detached garages, and basement-apartment entrances — with package-theft active deterrence, privacy masking for shared-driveway and neighbor disputes, full-color night vision for poorly lit alleys, person-and-vehicle AI that ignores the traffic on Roosevelt and Jamaica Avenues, and corrosion-resistant housings for salt air near the water. From a single doorbell camera to a whole-house system, no monthly fees on local NVR. Abstract Enterprises is a licensed and insured residential security camera company. For business and commercial CCTV, see our commercial security camera installation in Queens; for our full residential and commercial camera service in the borough, see security camera installation Queens.

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Why Home Cameras

Why Queens Homeowners Install Cameras

In Queens it usually comes down to the driveway and the front door. Packages lifted off the porch, a car broken into overnight in the driveway, the shared driveway your neighbor keeps blocking, or a garage you found out was hit two days later because it happened while you were at work. A camera on the driveway and entry gives you a clear face, a readable plate, and an instant phone alert the moment something moves — and on a quiet Bayside or Fresh Meadows block where you’re mostly on your own, that’s the difference between a shrug and a police report that actually goes somewhere. Many Queens insurers also trim the homeowner’s premium for a documented system.

What makes a Queens home different is the sheer range of property across sixty-plus neighborhoods. A single-family detached home in Bayside or Douglaston with a driveway and yard. A two- or three-family in Ridgewood or Ozone Park with a shared entrance and a rented unit. An attached row house where the only access between buildings is a narrow side alley. A co-op or garden apartment in Forest Hills, Rego Park, or Jackson Heights with board rules. A waterfront home in Howard Beach or the Rockaways fighting salt-air corrosion. Each one needs its own plan — driveway and plate coverage for the detached homes, shared-area and per-unit coverage for the multi-families, privacy masking where a camera could catch a neighbor’s window, and AI tuned so the traffic on Roosevelt or Jamaica Avenue doesn’t ping you all night. Getting a system that fits your home means knowing all of that first.

Home Camera Systems

The Home Camera Systems We Install in Queens

We start with your home type, your block, and your real problem — not a boxed package. A detached Bayside home, an attached Ridgewood two-family, and a Forest Hills co-op each get a different plan, and most end up with a doorbell at the porch plus wired cameras on the driveway and entries.

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Doorbell & Active-Deterrence Cameras

A camera at the front door and porch with two-way audio — plus active-deterrence units that flash strobes and play a warning when someone approaches the package drop, stopping porch piracy before it happens.

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Whole-Home Wired Systems

Hardwired PoE cameras run to a recorder in the basement or garage, covering the driveway, front door, backyard, side alleys, and garage — recording 24/7 with no dropouts and no monthly fee.

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Driveway & Plate Capture

Plate-readable cameras at the driveway and curb — the evidence you need for a vehicle break-in, a hit-and-run, or a shared-driveway dispute.

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Shared-Driveway Privacy Masking

Cameras that cover your driveway and entry while digitally blacking out a neighbor’s windows or yard — so you stay compliant on an attached or shared-driveway property.

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Full-Color Night Cameras

Many Queens alleys, driveways, and side yards are poorly lit. Cameras that stay in real color overnight mean a “blue sedan,” not a “dark car” — usable footage, not a gray blur.

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Busy-Corridor Smart AI

Person and vehicle AI that classifies people versus the constant traffic on Roosevelt, Jamaica, and Queens Boulevard, so you only get alerts that mean something — not hundreds a night.

What We Cover

The Spots That Actually Matter on a Queens Home

Coverage is about placement, not camera count. On a Queens lot, a well-aimed driveway camera and good entry coverage protect a home better than a wall of cameras pointed at nothing. We walk the whole property — driveway, side alleys, yard, garage — and design around your real entry points and disputes.

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Front Door, Porch & Package Drop

Face capture at the entry and the package drop — the first thing we plan on almost every Queens home.

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Driveway & Curb

Plate-readable coverage of the driveway and the street in front, where vehicle break-ins and shared-driveway disputes happen.

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Side Alley Between Houses

The narrow gap between attached and semi-attached homes — the concealed path people use to reach the back.

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Backyard & Detached Garage

The rear yard, the detached garage, and the shed — the access points a burglar reaches once they’re off the street.

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Basement-Apartment & Side Entry

The basement or side entrance on a two- or three-family, often used by a tenant or as a quiet way in.

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Lobby & Hallways (Co-op)

For garden apartments and co-ops: lobby, hallways, stairs, and the package room on one recorder, board-friendly placement.

Plain English

Queens Home Camera Terms, Decoded

A few terms come up on every Queens quote. Here’s what they mean in plain English.

PoE

One thin Cat6 cable carries both power and video to a camera — the cleanest, most reliable wiring, and far better than Wi-Fi across a Queens lot or through brick.

NVR

The recorder that stores your footage on a drive in the basement or garage. No cloud invoice, and the video stays put in the house.

Active Deterrence

Cameras that flash strobes and play a spoken warning when a person approaches — built to stop a porch pirate, not just record the back of their head.

Privacy Masking

Digitally blacking out a neighbor’s window or yard in the camera’s view, so you can cover your own driveway and entry legally on a shared or attached property.

Full-Color Night Vision

Cameras that stay in color after dark instead of gray infrared — essential on poorly lit Queens alleys and side yards.

UPS Backup

A battery backup that keeps the recorder and cameras running for hours during a blackout — often exactly when security matters most.

Hardware

The Camera Brands We Install in Queens Homes

We install professional-grade cameras chosen for a Queens house and lot, not a corporation — brands that deliver 4K, full-color night vision, plate capture, active deterrence, and reliable AI at a price that makes covering a whole property affordable. Depending on the home, the lot, and what you want on your phone, that usually lands on Hikvision, Dahua, Lorex, Reolink, Amcrest, or Uniview, with premium picks like Eufy or Axis when a client asks. We’re not tied to one manufacturer and make nothing extra steering you to a brand — we pick what fits your home, your block, and your budget. We’ll also mount cameras you already bought, do doorbell-only jobs, lock down and re-password cameras someone picked up online, and modernize or adopt the older systems another outfit walked away from.

Honest Pricing

What a Home System Costs in Queens

Every quote is fixed-price after a free in-home walk-through — here are honest ranges so you can budget first. That number folds in the cameras, the cabling, the recorder, labor, and setup — with no monthly charge on a local NVR. The lot and the home type move it as much as the camera count: a detached Bayside house with a driveway and garage covers more ground than a Forest Hills co-op, and a three-family with separate units calls for more cameras.

Co-op / Garden Apartment
1–3 cameras
$850 – $2,000

A doorbell plus one or two cameras on the entry and a window, board-friendly, no monthly fee.

Attached / Two-Family Home
4–8 cameras
$2,000 – $4,500

Front, driveway, side alley, backyard, and the basement entry, with full-color night vision and a local recorder.

Single-Family Detached
5–10 cameras
$2,500 – $6,000

Whole-property coverage — driveway, plate capture, front door, backyard, garage, and side yards.

Larger / Three-Family / Waterfront
8–14 cameras
Custom

Per-unit coverage, full perimeter, corrosion-resistant housings near the water, longer retention.

How It Works

From First Call to Cameras on the House

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Free On-Property Walk-Through

We come to your home, look at the driveway, front door, side alleys, backyard, garage, and any shared-driveway or basement entry, find the blind spots, and hand you a written fixed-price quote — no guessing, no site-unseen estimates.

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Clean, Concealed Installation

Licensed technicians run cable through attics, basements, soffits, and garage conduit, mount weather-rated cameras, set privacy masking where a neighbor could be in view, and conceal everything — nothing exposed.

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Setup, Phone Access & Walkthrough

We configure the recorder, tune the AI for your corridor, set up live viewing and alerts on your phone for free, change any default passwords, test every camera, and walk you through the app before we leave.

Real Questions

What Queens Homeowners Actually Ask

Cost & Budget

What should I budget for cameras on a Queens home?

For a 4 to 8 camera attached or two-family home, $2,000 to $4,500 all-in is realistic — cameras, wiring, recorder, labor, no monthly fee. A co-op apartment can start around $850; a detached single-family with a driveway and garage, or a three-family, runs higher. The home type and lot, not just the camera count, drive the number.

Why does a detached home cost more than a co-op?

More ground and more entrances. A detached Bayside or Fresh Meadows home means the driveway, front door, backyard, garage, and side yards, with cable run through attics, basements, and soffits. A co-op apartment is a quick job; a whole detached property is a bigger one.

Quality & Trust

How do I avoid a bad installer in Queens?

Pass on anyone who prices it sight-unseen, hangs unbranded cameras, or runs cable stapled down the siding. Cameras are only as good as where they’re placed — a DIY job often captures shadows, not faces. Get a NYS license number, a written fixed-price scope, and references on your block before anyone touches the house.

Do I need a licensed contractor for a house?

New York won’t let just anyone install and maintain these systems — it takes a state license. A licensed low-voltage contractor also fishes the code-compliant, hidden cable through attics and soffits a handyman skips — and stands behind it. We’re NYS #12000287431 and insured.

DIY vs Pro

Can I just buy a kit and do it myself?

For one doorbell, sure. For a whole Queens home it usually disappoints once you hit driveway plate capture, side-alley angles, privacy masking on a shared driveway, and Wi-Fi that drops across the lot. A wired PoE system with a local recorder is what holds up.

Why do my Wi-Fi cameras drop in the backyard or garage?

Wi-Fi fades across a Queens lot and through brick, and a dense block is full of competing networks. The garage, backyard, and far driveway are exactly where consumer Wi-Fi cameras fail. We run wire to the permanent cameras so they hold the connection.

Technical

How many cameras does a Queens home need?

It depends on the home. Rough starts: 1 to 3 for a co-op, 4 to 8 for an attached or two-family covering the driveway, entry, and yard, 5 to 10 for a detached single-family, more for a three-family or waterfront property. We pin the exact camera spots during a free walk-through of the property.

Can a camera legally cover my shared driveway?

Yes — you can cover your own driveway and entry, but pointing into a neighbor’s window or yard is a privacy violation. We use privacy masking to digitally black out their property so you stay compliant while still getting the proof you need.

How long is footage kept?

Most homes keep around 30 days on a local recorder, longer with a bigger drive. We use smart motion recording to save space, and no cloud fee — the footage stays on a drive in your house.

Co-op & Multi-Family

Can I install cameras if I live in a Queens co-op?

It depends on the board’s bylaws — you generally can’t drill into the exterior hallway or facade without permission. We do peephole and non-invasive installs that comply with strict co-op rules in places like Forest Hills and Jackson Heights, and in Forest Hills Gardens we coordinate the private architectural-review filing separately from NYC LPC.

I own a two- or three-family — what can I cover?

You can cover shared and exterior areas — the driveway, entry, hallways, basement entrance, and yard — with per-unit channels if you want, but not inside a tenant’s unit, and audio must be off in shared spaces under one-party-consent. We aim every camera to protect the building while keeping you on the right side of the law.

Complaints & Reliability

My last installer left wires on the siding and ghosted me — how are you different?

That’s the most common complaint we hear. We conceal cable through attics, basements, soffits, and garage conduit, document the job, warranty the parts, and answer when you call — and we take over and clean up systems another company botched.

Reality Check

Home Camera Installation in Queens: An Honest Reality Check

Search “home security camera installation cost” and the AI Overview, Angi, HomeAdvisor, and Fixr hand you national numbers that have little to do with a real Queens home and lot. Here’s what they leave out.

The “average cost” number ignores your home type

Angi, HomeAdvisor, and Fixr publish a national per-camera average. In Queens the cost lives in the property: a detached home with a driveway and garage versus a co-op apartment versus a three-family with separate units. Cable through attics, basements, and soffits, and how many entrances you have, move it far more than the camera count.

National results skip Queens’ shared-driveway reality

Generic guides never mention privacy masking, shared-driveway disputes, or side-alley coverage on attached homes — the things that actually come up across Bayside, Queens Village, and Ridgewood. We mask neighbors’ property and cover the gaps the big-box installers ignore.

“Best home camera” lists are paid placement

Best-of roundups push whatever brand pays for the slot, then assume one generic house. The right camera for a Queens detached home, a co-op, or a three-family depends on the lot and the problem — not a sponsored list. We match the hardware to the home.

“Just use Wi-Fi” fails across a Queens lot

Wi-Fi drops across a yard, through brick, and on a dense block full of competing networks — so consumer cameras at the garage and far driveway fall offline. Serious Queens installs are wired PoE, something national guides never warn you about.

A doorbell alone won’t stop a porch pirate

A standard doorbell records the back of a thief’s head as they run. Active-deterrence cameras flash strobes and play a warning to stop the theft before it happens — the upgrade national guides skip entirely.

“No monthly fee” needs a real recorder

Cloud cameras advertise simplicity but charge per camera every month forever, and if you stop paying you lose your own recordings. A local recorder means you own the footage, it never leaves the house, and there’s no recurring bill.

The honest bottom line for a Queens home

A home camera system here is worth it — for package theft, driveway and plate evidence, shared-driveway disputes, and watching the house while you’re at work — but only when it’s designed for your home type and set up legally with privacy masking. The smart move isn’t the lowest per-camera number online — it’s a licensed contractor, a genuine walk-through of the property, and a fixed price you can hold them to.

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DIY vs Professional

Doing It Yourself vs. a Licensed Install

Plenty of Queens owners start with a DIY kit and call us later. Here’s an honest comparison so you can decide where your home lands.

Single doorbell on a co-op

DIY is fine — a battery doorbell or peephole camera you can mount yourself.

Whole detached home, driveway to garage

Professional. Plate capture, side-alley angles, and attic/soffit cable runs are not a weekend job.

Shared-driveway privacy masking

Professional. Masking a neighbor’s property correctly takes setup, not a default kit.

Active-deterrence porch protection

Professional. Mounting at face level and tuning the strobe/warning takes a real install.

Co-op or Forest Hills Gardens install

Professional. Peephole or eave-recessed cameras and the private architectural filing take a contractor who knows the rules.

How We Compare

Local Licensed Install vs. ADT, Ring & SimpliSafe

vs. ADT / Vivint

A years-long monitoring contract on locked gear you never actually own. We leave you a home system that’s yours from the first day — no contract, nothing owed monthly on a local recorder.

vs. Ring / Nest DIY

Consumer Wi-Fi cameras that drop across a Queens lot, cloud subscriptions to unlock features, no plate capture or privacy masking. We do licensed, wired PoE with active deterrence and zero fees.

vs. SimpliSafe

Boxed self-install kit with monthly monitoring — thin for a detached home or a three-family. We design real coverage for the driveway, side alleys, garage, and entries.

vs. a Handyman

No license, no code-compliant cabling, no privacy-masking or plate-capture know-how, no warranty. We’re a licensed Queens outfit that documents the install and warranties the parts.

Our Model

Free walk-through, fixed price, professional-grade cameras, plate capture and privacy masking, a local recorder you own, no monthly fee — ever.

Coverage

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Problems We Solve

Queens Home Camera Problems We Fix Every Week

“Packages keep getting stolen off my porch.”

An active-deterrence camera at the drop zone that flashes strobes and plays a warning — it stops the theft, not just records it.

“My neighbor keeps blocking the shared driveway.”

Plate-readable driveway coverage with privacy masking on their property — indisputable proof while staying legal.

“My car got broken into in the driveway overnight.”

Full-color, plate-readable cameras on the driveway and curb — a “blue sedan,” not a “dark car,” for the police report.

“My garage was hit and I didn’t know for two days.”

A camera on the garage and backyard with instant phone alerts — you know the moment it happens, even at work.

“My Wi-Fi cameras drop in the backyard.”

Distance and brick kill Wi-Fi. We hardwire PoE to the yard and garage so the cameras stay up.

“The last guy left wires hanging off my siding.”

We re-run everything concealed through attics, soffits, and the basement, and clean up the previous job.

Customer Reviews

What Queens Homeowners Say

“Detached home in Bayside — driveway, front door, backyard, and garage, plate-readable at the curb, full-color overnight. Caught the guy going through my car the first week. No monthly fee.”

— Tony M., Bayside

“Two-family in Ridgewood — covered the shared driveway and the side alley with privacy masking on the neighbor’s window, plus the basement entry. Ended the driveway argument with actual proof.”

— Grace D., Ridgewood

“Co-op in Forest Hills — they did a peephole and entry camera that the board signed off on, no drilling the hallway. Watch it all from my phone. Professional and clean.”

— Sandra K., Forest Hills

“Home in Howard Beach near the water — corrosion-resistant cameras on the driveway, yard, and garage, active deterrence at the porch. Stopped the package thefts. Great price, no monthly fee.”

— Rob A., Howard Beach

From the Field

Field Notes from a Queens Home Install

The Ridgewood two-family that explains why the shared driveway is its own kind of job: an attached home, a rented upstairs unit, a driveway shared with the neighbor that had become a running argument over who blocked whom, a narrow side alley nobody could see down, and a porch where packages kept vanishing. On paper, hang some cameras. In reality the job was the layout and the law: we put a plate-readable camera on the driveway and angled it so it caught the full length and the curb, applied privacy masking so the neighbor’s window and yard were digitally blacked out and the owner stayed compliant, ran a full-color camera down the dark side alley, mounted an active-deterrence unit at face level over the porch so a package thief got a strobe and a warning instead of a clean getaway, set per-unit viewing so the upstairs tenant kept their own privacy, ran the cable through the basement and soffits so nothing showed, and set the recorder with 30-day smart-motion retention and phone access. The part that actually settled the driveway dispute and stopped the thefts was never the cameras off a website — it was the plate angle, the privacy masking, the active deterrence, and a plan that only comes from walking the property first.

Need Repair?

Cameras Down at Home in Queens? Same-Day Repair

Camera offline, recorder not recording, can’t view on your phone, footage blurry at night, forgot the password, NVR failed, or a system another company installed and abandoned? We diagnose and fix residential camera systems across Queens — same-day. We service, harden, and upgrade what’s already on the house, re-password cameras picked up online, and take over rigs we never installed.

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Questions

Queens Home Camera Questions Answered

How much does home security camera installation cost in Queens?

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A 4 to 8 camera attached or two-family home typically runs $2,000 to $4,500 all-in — cameras, wiring, recorder, and professional installation, with no monthly fee on a local NVR. A co-op apartment can start around $850; a detached single-family or three-family runs higher. The home type and lot drive the price more than the camera count. We hand you a fixed price after walking the property for free.

Can a camera legally cover my shared driveway?

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Yes — you can cover your own driveway and entry, but pointing into a neighbor’s window or yard is a privacy violation. We use privacy masking to digitally black out their property, so you get indisputable proof of who blocked the driveway or hit your car while staying compliant.

How do I stop porch pirates from stealing packages?

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Active-deterrence cameras. Unlike a standard doorbell that just records the theft, these detect a person at the drop zone and trigger a strobe and a spoken warning, mounted at face level to capture a clear image — built to stop the theft before it happens.

Can you cover the driveway and read license plates?

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Yes — we place plate-readable cameras at the driveway and curb so you have actual evidence for a vehicle break-in, a hit-and-run, or a shared-driveway dispute, in full color overnight.

Can I install cameras if I live in a Queens co-op?

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It depends on the board’s bylaws — you generally can’t drill the exterior hallway or facade without permission. We do peephole and non-invasive installs that comply with co-op rules in Forest Hills, Jackson Heights, and beyond, and we coordinate the separate Forest Hills Gardens architectural filing when it applies.

Are there monthly fees for a home camera system?

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No — on a local NVR the basement recorder and the footage on it belong to you, nothing hits your card monthly, and phone viewing is set up free. If you want a copy stored off the property, cloud backup is there as an option, not a must.

How many cameras does my Queens home need?

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It depends on the home. Typical: 1 to 3 for a co-op, 4 to 8 for an attached or two-family, 5 to 10 for a detached single-family, more for a three-family or waterfront property. We settle exact placement when we walk the property.

Will the cameras keep recording during a blackout?

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With a UPS battery backup, yes — we can keep the recorder and cameras running for hours during an outage, which is often exactly when security matters most.

Do the cameras record in color at night?

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Yes — full-color night vision so poorly lit Queens alleys, driveways, and side yards record in usable color. A “blue sedan,” not a “dark car.”

Can I watch my home cameras from my phone?

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Yes — live feeds, saved clips, and motion pings on iOS or Android, set up free, and we stay until you’ve opened the app and pulled up your driveway yourself.

Do I need a licensed contractor for a home install?

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New York requires a state license to install and service security systems, and we hold it — NYS #12000287431, fully insured — running concealed, code-compliant cable through the attics, soffits, and basements a Queens home install actually needs.

Do you fix or take over a system another company installed?

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Yes — we expand, upgrade, repair, re-password cameras bought online, and take over systems abandoned with wires on the siding or nobody answering the phone. The parts that still run stay on the system; the rest gets pulled.

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Security Systems · Licensed & Insured
1282 Troy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203 📞 (347) 434-6392
NYS License #12000287431
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