Services / Intercoms · buzzers · door release
Video and audio intercom systems
A dead buzzer is usually the strike or the wiring at the panel, not the handset upstairs. We test the run before quoting, then repair, replace or upgrade — from a two-family buzzer to a video intercom on a hundred-unit building.
Diagnosis first, because the wrong end is expensive
Park Slope and Prospect Heights are full of pre-war buildings with intercoms that have been patched for decades. When the door stops releasing, replacing the apartment handset is the most common way this job gets expensive for nothing. We trace the run — panel, strike, transformer, riser — and replace the part that actually failed.
Audio, video and smartphone entry
We install and service the systems Brooklyn buildings actually run: classic audio buzzer panels, video intercoms with in-unit monitors, and app-based entry such as ButterflyMX and Akuvox that lets tenants buzz a guest in from anywhere. Brands we work with include Aiphone, ButterflyMX, Akuvox, Comelit, DoorKing, Alpha Communications, Lee Dan and TekTone. Mixed-use buildings on Fifth and Seventh Avenues get separate directories, schedules and door releases on one panel.
Brownstones and small buildings too
It is not only big buildings. Vestibule electric strikes on rowhouses in Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill and Windsor Terrace are one of our most common calls — the outer door release that quit, the buzzer that hums but never clicks. We fix those on the same visit, and we pair them with a keyfob reader when the owner wants to stop handing out keys.
- Buzzer and handset repair and replacement
- Video intercoms — panel, app and in-unit monitors
- Smartphone entry (ButterflyMX, Akuvox and similar)
- Electric strikes and door release repair
- Panel-to-strike wiring diagnosed and fixed
- Walk-ups, brownstones, co-ops and offices
Straight answers
My buzzer doesn't release the door — handset or wiring?
Usually the strike or panel wiring, not the handset. We test the run before quoting so you never pay to replace the wrong end.
Can you repair our existing intercom instead of replacing it?
Usually yes — most failures are the strike, the panel or a wiring run. We diagnose first and quote the actual failed part.
Do you install video intercoms tenants can answer on their phone?
Yes — ButterflyMX, Akuvox and similar app-based systems, from panel to wiring to tenant onboarding.
Also on the truck
Every job priced on the phone first.
Buzzer dead? Door not releasing?
Call. Describe the door. Get the price. Done.
Written quote
Not an emergency? Get it in writing.
Tell us the door and the job. We call you back with a price, before anyone drives over.