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HOMES · DRIVEWAYS · YARDS · STATEN ISLAND

Residential Security
Camera Installation
Staten Island

Home CCTV for Detached & Semi-Attached Homes · Two-Family Houses · Townhouse Communities · Hillside Estates · Driveways, Garages, Backyards, Side Yards & Pools — Sandy-Zone Weatherproof · 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 Staten Island homeowners across the borough — the vinyl-and-brick detached homes of the South Shore in Tottenville, Great Kills, Eltingville, and Annadale, the hillside estates of Todt Hill, Lighthouse Hill, and Emerson Hill on wooded half-acre-plus lots, the townhouse communities and two-family homes of Mid-Island, and the pre-war Victorians of the North Shore in St. George and Stapleton. Full-perimeter coverage for driveways, front entrances, backyards, side yards, detached garages, pool houses, and outbuildings — with full-color night vision, person-and-vehicle AI, and salt-air weatherproofing for the Sandy flood zones along the coast. From a single doorbell camera to a whole-estate 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 on Staten Island; for our full residential and commercial camera service in the borough, see security camera installation Staten Island.

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Why Home Cameras

Why Staten Island Homeowners Install Cameras

On Staten Island it almost always starts at the driveway and front door. Packages lifted off the porch, a car gone through overnight in the driveway, a detached garage or shed broken into, or simply wanting eyes on a big property while you’re at work or away. 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 South Shore or Mid-Island block where homes sit back from the street and you’re mostly on your own, that’s the difference between a shrug and a police report that actually goes somewhere. Many Staten Island insurers also trim the homeowner’s premium for a documented system.

What makes a Staten Island home different is that this is the city’s most suburban borough — detached single-family houses dominate, on real lots, with the coverage needs of a suburb rather than an apartment. A vinyl-and-brick South Shore home in Tottenville or Great Kills with a driveway, garage, and backyard. A hillside estate on Todt Hill or Lighthouse Hill on a wooded half-acre-plus lot with a long curving driveway, a detached garage, a pool house, and outbuildings spread across the property. A townhouse or two-family in the middle of the Island. A pre-war Victorian on the North Shore in St. George. And along the South Shore coast, FEMA flood-zone homes where every nor’easter brings storm surge and salt air that eats cheap hardware. Each one needs its own plan: full-perimeter coverage, long cable runs to outbuildings, weatherproofing built for the Sandy zones, and AI tuned so the system actually alerts on people, not passing cars. A system that actually fits your property starts with understanding all of that up front.

Home Camera Systems

The Home Camera Systems We Install on Staten Island

Every property is different, so we start with what you actually need rather than a boxed package. A South Shore single-family, a Todt Hill estate, and a Mid-Island townhouse each get a different plan — most end up with a doorbell at the porch plus wired cameras on the driveway, perimeter, and outbuildings.

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Doorbell & Package Cameras

A camera at the front door and porch — battery or hardwired — that shows visitors and deliveries and captures where packages disappear, with two-way audio to speak to whoever’s at the door.

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Whole-Property Wired Systems

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

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Estate & Outbuilding Coverage

For Todt Hill and Lighthouse Hill: long cable runs out to detached garages, pool houses, and outbuildings on a wooded half-acre-plus lot, all on one system.

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Sandy-Zone Weatherproofing

For South Shore flood-zone homes: IP66/IP67 cameras, sealed enclosures, and salt-air-resistant mounting built to survive storm surge, nor’easters, and coastal corrosion.

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Full-Color Night Cameras

Cameras that stay in real color after dark instead of a gray blur, so a face at the door or a car in the driveway at 2am is actually identifiable on a dark suburban block.

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Person/Vehicle Smart AI

Person and vehicle AI that classifies real activity from passing traffic and swaying trees, so your phone only buzzes when it matters — not every car or branch on a big lot.

What We Cover

The Spots That Actually Matter on a Staten Island Home

Coverage is about placement, not camera count. On a suburban Staten Island lot, a well-aimed driveway camera and good perimeter coverage protect a home better than a wall of cameras pointed at nothing. We walk the whole property — sometimes acres of it — and design around your real entry points and outbuildings.

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Front Door & Porch

Face capture at the entrance and the package drop — the first thing we plan on almost every Staten Island home.

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Driveway & Curb

Plate-readable coverage of the driveway and the street in front, where vehicle break-ins happen on a quiet block.

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Backyard, Side Yards & Pool

The rear yard, the side yards between houses, and the pool area — often unlit and reachable from neighboring lots.

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Detached Garage & Outbuildings

The detached garage, shed, and pool house that sit away from the main house on a larger lot.

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Ground-Floor Windows & Side Entry

Ground-floor windows, basement entries, and the side door — the low, reachable access points on a detached home.

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Property Perimeter

Fence lines, gates, and the wooded edges of a Todt Hill or Lighthouse Hill lot, covered with the right mix of fixed and wide-angle cameras.

Plain English

Staten Island Home Camera Terms, Decoded

You don’t need the jargon to get a good system, but a few terms come up on every 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, even on the long runs a Staten Island lot needs.

NVR

The recorder that keeps your footage on a drive in the basement or garage. No cloud invoice, and the video never leaves the property.

IP66 / IP67

The weatherproof rating that matters in the Sandy zones — sealed against driving rain, storm surge spray, and dust, so coastal cameras survive the season.

Full-Color Night Vision

Cameras that stay in color after dark instead of switching to gray infrared — the difference between “a person” and “that person” on a dark block.

Person / Vehicle AI

On-camera smarts that tell a human or a car from wind, trees, and passing traffic, so your phone only buzzes when it matters — essential on a big lot.

License Plate Capture

A camera positioned and tuned to read plates at the driveway and curb — the evidence you need for a vehicle break-in or a hit-and-run.

Hardware

The Camera Brands We Install in SI Homes

We install professional-grade cameras chosen for a suburban house and a real lot, not a corporation — brands that deliver 4K, full-color night vision, plate capture, and reliable AI at a price that makes covering a whole Staten Island property affordable. Depending on the house 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 lot, and your budget. We also install bring-your-own cameras, set up doorbell-only systems, and upgrade or take over older setups another company left behind — including the consumer Ring and Wyze kits that didn’t hold up to a real property or a coastal winter.

Honest Pricing

What a Home System Costs on Staten Island

Every quote is fixed-price after a free in-home walk-through — here are honest ranges so you can budget first. That figure covers it all — cameras, cabling, recorder, labor, setup — with nothing billed monthly on a local NVR. On this borough the lot and the distance between buildings push the total as much as the camera count: a hillside estate with outbuildings down a long driveway is far more ground than a townhouse.

Townhouse / Condo
1–3 cameras
$850 – $2,000

A doorbell plus one or two cameras on the entry and patio, set up clean, no monthly fee.

Single-Family Detached
4–8 cameras
$2,000 – $4,500

Front, driveway, backyard, garage, and a doorbell, with full-color night vision and a local recorder.

Larger / Two-Family Home
6–10 cameras
$3,000 – $6,500

Whole-property coverage — every door, driveway, pool, garage, side yards, and both entrances.

Hillside Estate / Acreage
10–20+ cameras
Custom

Full perimeter, long driveway, detached garage, pool house, and outbuildings, with Sandy-zone weatherproofing where needed.

How It Works

From First Call to Cameras on the Property

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Free On-Property Walk-Through

We come to your property — from a South Shore single-family to a Todt Hill estate — look at the driveway, entrances, backyard, garage, pool, and outbuildings, find the blind spots, and hand you a written fixed-price quote.

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Weatherproof, Long-Run Installation

Licensed technicians run cable through attics, basements, crawl spaces, soffits, and garage conduit, mount weather-rated cameras for the coast, and conceal everything — nothing exposed.

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Setup, Phone Access & Walkthrough

We configure the recorder, tune the AI so traffic and trees don’t trigger it, set up live viewing and alerts on your phone for free, test every camera, and walk you through the app before we leave.

Real Questions

What Staten Island Homeowners Actually Ask

Cost & Budget

What should I budget for cameras on a Staten Island home?

For a 4 to 8 camera single-family, $2,000 to $4,500 all-in is realistic — cameras, wiring, recorder, labor, no monthly fee. A townhouse can start around $850; a larger two-family or a hillside estate with outbuildings and a long driveway runs higher. The lot and the buildings, not just the camera count, drive the number.

Why does a hillside estate cost more than a townhouse?

More ground and longer runs. A Todt Hill or Lighthouse Hill estate means a long curving driveway, a detached garage, a pool house, and outbuildings spread across a wooded lot, with cable run out to each one. A townhouse is a quick job; a multi-acre property is a bigger one.

Quality & Trust

How do I avoid a bad installer on Staten Island?

Steer clear of anyone who quotes without walking the property, installs unnamed off-brand cameras, or leaves cable stapled along the siding. Get a NYS license number, a written fixed-price scope, and a couple of references from your part of the Island. The lowball quote almost always balloons mid-job once they actually see the lot.

Do I need a licensed contractor for a house?

In New York you need a state license to install and maintain these systems — full stop. A licensed low-voltage contractor also threads the code-compliant, weatherproof, hidden cabling through attics, soffits, and garage conduit a handyman avoids — and warranties it. We hold NYS #12000287431 and carry insurance.

DIY vs Pro

Can I just buy a kit and do it myself?

For one doorbell, sure. For a whole Staten Island property it usually disappoints once you hit a long driveway, outbuildings, a coastal winter, and Wi-Fi that drops across the lot. The Ring and Wyze kits we get called to replace rarely survive a real property or the salt air. What actually lasts on this borough is wired PoE feeding a local recorder.

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

Wi-Fi fades across a suburban Staten Island lot and through brick, and the detached garage and far yard are exactly where consumer Wi-Fi cameras fail. We hardwire the fixed cameras so they don’t fall offline.

Technical

How many cameras does a Staten Island home need?

It depends on the property. Rough starts: 1 to 3 for a townhouse, 4 to 8 for a single-family covering the driveway, entry, and yard, 6 to 10 for a larger or two-family home, 10 to 20+ for a hillside estate with outbuildings. We pin every camera location during a free on-property walk.

Will the cameras survive a coastal winter and storm surge?

Yes — for South Shore and waterfront homes we install IP66/IP67 weather-rated cameras with sealed enclosures and salt-air-resistant mounting, built for nor’easters, surge spray, and coastal corrosion in the Sandy flood zones.

How long is footage kept?

Most Staten Island homes hold about 30 days on a local recorder, more with a larger drive. No cloud charge — the footage lives on a drive in the house.

Waterfront & Property

My home is in the Sandy flood zone — can you cover it?

Yes — this is common South Shore work. We mount weather-rated, salt-air-resistant cameras, keep the recorder up out of the flood line, and design the system to survive storm surge and the coastal season.

Can you cover a long driveway, a pool house, and outbuildings?

Yes. Long cable runs to detached garages and pool houses, plate-readable coverage down a curving driveway, and a perimeter plan for a wooded hillside lot are standard Staten Island estate work for us.

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, crawl spaces, 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 on Staten Island: 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 Staten Island property. Here’s what they leave out.

The “average cost” number ignores your lot

Angi, HomeAdvisor, and Fixr quote a national per-camera average drawn mostly from small, compact jobs. On Staten Island the money is in the property: how long the driveway runs, the cable out to a detached garage or pool house, the wooded edge of a hillside lot, and Sandy-zone weatherproofing. The camera itself is the cheap part.

National results skip the Sandy zone and the coast

Generic guides never mention storm surge, nor’easters, salt-air corrosion, or FEMA flood zones — the things that decide whether a South Shore camera survives the winter. We spec IP66/IP67 hardware and corrosion-resistant mounting the national chains skip.

“Best home camera” lists are paid placement

Those roundups rank whatever brand bought the slot, picturing a modest house on a flat lot. What belongs on a Todt Hill estate or a flood-zone single-family comes down to the property and the coast — not a paid list. We fit the gear to the actual home.

“More cameras = safer” is wrong

It’s placement that protects a property, not a head count. A single driveway camera aimed right, plus a real perimeter plan, does more than a dozen cameras staring at nothing. Eight cameras planned well beat sixteen thrown up carelessly.

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

Wi-Fi fades across a Staten Island lot and through brick, so consumer cameras at the detached garage and far yard fall offline — and the Ring and Wyze kits rarely survive a coastal winter. Serious Staten Island installs are wired PoE, something national guides never warn you about.

“No monthly fee” needs a real recorder

Cloud kits market simplicity, then bill you per camera every month with no end. A recorder on your own property keeps the footage yours, in the house, with nothing charged month to month — the cheaper path over any multi-year stretch on a large Staten Island system.

The honest bottom line for a Staten Island home

A home camera system here is worth it — for package theft, watching a long driveway and the perimeter, deterring break-ins, and keeping eyes on outbuildings and a pool — but only when it’s designed for your lot and weatherproofed for the coast. The smart move isn’t the lowest per-camera quote online — it’s a licensed contractor, a real on-property walk, 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 Staten Island owners start with a DIY kit and call us later. Here’s a straight comparison so you can see where your home falls.

Single doorbell on a townhouse

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

Whole detached home, driveway to garage

Professional. Long runs, weatherproofing, and outbuildings are not a weekend job.

Sandy-zone coastal weatherproofing

Professional. IP66/IP67 hardware and salt-air mounting take the right materials and know-how.

Hillside estate with outbuildings

Professional. A long curving driveway and detached buildings take real cable runs and a perimeter plan.

Person/vehicle AI on a big lot

Professional. Dialing detection so trees and traffic don’t ping you all night takes setup, not a default kit.

How We Compare

Local Licensed Install vs. ADT, Ring & SimpliSafe

vs. ADT / Vivint

Long monitoring contract, multi-year monthly fee, proprietary gear you never own. We put in a home system that’s yours outright — no contract, no monthly fee on a local recorder.

vs. Ring / Nest DIY

Consumer Wi-Fi cameras that drop across a suburban lot and rarely survive a coastal winter, cloud subscriptions to unlock features, exposed mounting. We do licensed, weatherproof, concealed PoE with zero fees.

vs. SimpliSafe

Boxed self-install kit with monthly monitoring — thin for a detached home or an estate. We design real coverage for the driveway, perimeter, garage, and pool.

vs. a Handyman

No license, no code-compliant cabling, no long-run or Sandy-zone weatherproofing experience, no warranty. We’re a licensed contractor that documents the job and warranties it.

Our Model

Free on-property walk, fixed price, professional-grade cameras, weatherproof concealed cabling, a local recorder you own, no monthly fee — ever.

Coverage

Staten Island & the Rest of NYC

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Problems We Solve

Staten Island Home Camera Problems We Fix Every Week

“Packages keep disappearing off my porch.”

A doorbell camera trained on the drop spot with face capture and two-way talk — pound for pound the most useful camera on the house, suburb or not.

“Someone went through my car in the driveway while I slept.”

A full-color, plate-readable camera on the driveway and curb — a “blue sedan,” not a “dark car,” for the report.

“My detached garage and shed got hit.”

Weather-rated cameras run out to the garage, shed, and outbuildings with instant phone alerts — you know the moment it happens.

“My outdoor cameras died over the coastal winter.”

Wrong rating for the Sandy zone. We install IP66/IP67 weather-rated cameras with salt-air-resistant mounting built for the coast.

“The cameras at the far end of the yard keep going offline.”

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

“The last company stapled cable across my whole exterior.”

We re-run everything concealed through attics, crawl spaces, soffits, and garage conduit, and clean up the previous job.

Customer Reviews

What Staten Island Homeowners Say

“Single-family in Great Kills — driveway, front door, backyard, and the detached garage, full-color overnight, recorder in the basement. Caught a guy going through my car the first week. No monthly fee.”

— Frank D., Great Kills

“Estate up on Todt Hill — long curving driveway, pool house, and two outbuildings all wired onto one system, plate-readable at the gate. Watch the whole property from my phone. Professional crew.”

— Christine V., Todt Hill

“Home in Tottenville right in the flood zone — they used weather-rated cameras and salt-air mounting so the surge and the winter don’t kill it. Survived the first nor’easter without a hiccup.”

— Mike R., Tottenville

“Two-family in New Dorp — both entrances, driveway, backyard, and side yards, clean concealed wiring. Stopped the package thefts and ended the worry. Great price, no monthly bill.”

— Rosa M., New Dorp

From the Field

Field Notes from a Staten Island Home Install

The Todt Hill estate that explains why the walk-through matters on this borough: a hillside property on a wooded acre and a half, the main house set well back, a detached garage and a pool house a couple hundred feet off, a long curving driveway up from the street, dark wooded edges, and an owner who travels. On paper, hang some cameras. In reality the job was the lot and the runs: the driveway needed a plate-readable camera at the gate and another mid-run so nothing approached unseen, the detached garage and pool house each needed their own weather-rated run, the wooded perimeter needed AI tuned so deer and branches didn’t trigger alerts every few minutes, and the whole thing needed remote viewing dialed in so the owner could watch the property from anywhere. We ran concealed cable through the attic, soffits, and out to the outbuildings, weatherproofed the exterior cameras for the hilltop exposure, set 30-day retention, and tuned the detection zones. The part that actually protected the property was never the cameras off a website — it was the driveway angles, the long runs to the outbuildings, the weatherproofing, and a perimeter plan that only comes from walking the land first.

Need Repair?

Cameras Down at Home on Staten Island? Fast Repair

Camera offline, recorder not recording, can’t view on your phone, footage blurry at night, salt-air corrosion, storm damage, or a system another company installed and abandoned? We diagnose and fix residential camera systems across Staten Island — from South Shore single-families to Todt Hill estates. We repair, secure, and upgrade existing setups, including coastal storm and salt-air damage and consumer kits that didn’t hold up.

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Questions

Staten Island Home Camera Questions Answered

How much does home security camera installation cost on Staten Island?

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A 4 to 8 camera single-family typically runs $2,000 to $4,500 all-in — cameras, wiring, recorder, and professional installation, with no monthly fee on a local NVR. A townhouse can start around $850; a larger two-family or a hillside estate with outbuildings and a long driveway runs higher. The lot and the buildings drive the price more than the camera count. We hand you a locked-in price once we’ve walked the property for free.

Will the cameras survive a coastal winter and the Sandy flood zone?

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Yes — for South Shore and waterfront homes we install IP66/IP67 weather-rated cameras with sealed enclosures and salt-air-resistant mounting, built for nor’easters, storm surge spray, and coastal corrosion. We keep the recorder up out of the flood line too.

Do you cover long driveways, detached garages, and outbuildings?

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Yes — this is standard Staten Island work. We run weather-rated cable out to detached garages, pool houses, and outbuildings, and cover a long curving driveway with plate-readable cameras.

Can you read license plates at the driveway?

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

Are there monthly fees for a home camera system?

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No — on a local NVR the recorder and footage in your house belong to you, nothing’s billed monthly, and phone viewing comes set up free. Want a copy stored off the property? Cloud backup is offered as an option, never a requirement.

How many cameras does my Staten Island home need?

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It depends on the property. Typical: 1 to 3 for a townhouse, 4 to 8 for a single-family, 6 to 10 for a larger or two-family home, 10 to 20+ for a hillside estate with outbuildings. We settle exact placement while walking the property.

Wired or wireless for a Staten Island property?

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Wired PoE for the permanent cameras — Wi-Fi drops across a suburban lot and through brick, and the detached garage and far yard are where consumer cameras fail. Most Staten Island homes are wired with a local recorder.

Do the cameras record in color at night?

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Yes — we install full-color night vision so driveways, yards, and entries are usable color footage after dark on a dark suburban block, not a gray infrared blur.

Can I watch my home cameras from my phone?

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Yes — live views, saved clips, and motion alerts on iOS and Android, configured free with no monthly charge. We won’t leave until you can run the app yourself.

Do you take over a Ring or Wyze kit that didn’t hold up?

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Yes — we replace or supplement consumer kits that dropped offline or didn’t survive the coast with a wired, weatherproof system, and we’ll keep whatever still works.

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, with weatherproof, code-compliant, concealed cabling and the long-run experience a Staten Island lot demands.

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

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Yes — expansions, upgrades, repairs, and takeovers of systems left with exposed wiring, storm or salt-air damage, or no support. We hold onto whatever still works and pull the rest.

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Security Systems · Licensed & Insured
1282 Troy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203 📞 (347) 934-8335
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Serving all 5 NYC boroughs, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, and Ulster counties.
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