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Watchman CoreSecurity & Automation
A Brooklyn brownstone stoop at dusk, one parlor window lit amber under a blue-green sky.

One New York crew for your cameras, locks, alarms and lights.

We install and maintain security and automation for homes and businesses across the five boroughs. Licensed, insured, and no monitoring contract you didn't ask for.

47 Garden PlaceArmed, stay
  • Front doorLocked 10:42 pm
  • Parlor windowsClosed
  • Rear yard cameraRecording
  • Garden gateClosed
  • LightsNight scene

How a job goes

  1. Step 1: Site assessment

    We walk the property with you, outside in, and look at it the way someone trying to get in would. About an hour. Free.

    Within a week of your request

  2. Step 2: Plan and written quote

    Camera positions and sightlines drawn on your floor plan, a parts list, and a fixed price.

    Two business days after the visit

  3. Step 3: Install

    The same crew, start to finish. Cables hidden, holes patched, dust cleaned up.

    One to three days for a home, one to two weeks for a business

  4. Step 4: Walkthrough

    We arm it, you disarm it, and you check every camera on your phone before we leave.

    The last hour of the install

  5. Step 5: Maintain

    Firmware, batteries, a yearly check. Same crew, same phone number.

    Ongoing, from $49 a month

What jobs cost

Installed, including parts and labour. The written quote after the assessment is the price you pay.

JobFrom
Video doorbell and smart lock$1,400
Alarm with sensors, two floors$2,200
Four cameras with a recorder$2,800
Access control, two doors$3,600
Storefront package$4,900
Lighting and shades, whole home$6,500
The quote is the price.
No add-ons on the day. If we missed something in the assessment, that's on us.
No contract unless you ask for one.
Self-monitor from your phone for nothing, or add professional monitoring at $24.99 a month, month to month.
Licensed and insured.
Alarm installer licence with the New York State Department of State, shown on every quote. Liability and workers' compensation on every job.
Your footage stays in your building.
Cameras record to a box on your premises. Nothing goes to our servers, and nobody here can watch your living room.
A row of Brooklyn brownstones at dusk, a stoop lamp lit.

A recent job

Parlor-floor brownstone, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

  • Six cameras, none on the facade
  • Video intercom and smart locks on both doors
  • Alarm with fourteen sensors
  • Lutron lighting on three floors
Nothing on the front of the house, nothing the landmarks committee would notice. And I can see the stoop from my desk in Midtown.
Marcus, homeowner

Where we work

The five boroughs, Long Island and Westchester. If you’re on the edge of that, ask; we usually say yes.

Brooklyn
Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene, Bed-Stuy, Williamsburg, Bay Ridge
Manhattan
Upper West Side, Harlem, Chelsea, West Village, Tribeca, Inwood
Queens
Astoria, Long Island City, Forest Hills, Jackson Heights, Bayside
The Bronx
Riverdale, Pelham Bay, Morris Park
Staten Island
St. George, Tottenville, Great Kills
Long Island
Nassau County and western Suffolk
Westchester
Yonkers, New Rochelle, White Plains, Scarsdale

Request a site assessment

We walk the property with you, outside in, and send a written quote within two business days. About an hour, and free.

Rather talk? (718) 555-0199

What is this for?

The visit is free. We call within one business day.