Readers, controllers, and credentials.
UniFi Access readers and door hubs installed and configured per opening — NFC cards, PINs, and mobile credentials scoped to the people who should hold them.
Access control installation in New York City.
ShiftCTRL installs UniFi Access door-control systems across the five boroughs — readers, door hubs, strikes and maglocks, and the unlock policies behind them — wired on cable we pull ourselves and commissioned against how the building actually operates. Engineer-led installs, end to end.
ManhattanBrooklynQueensThe BronxStaten IslandLong Island
Door access is policy, wired.
An access system is only as good as the policy behind it — who gets in, where, when, and what gets recorded. We install the hardware and build the policy layer with equal care, because the second one is where most systems quietly fail.
Strikes, maglocks, and REX.
Electric strikes, magnetic locks, request-to-exit sensors, and door contacts — selected fail-safe or fail-secure per opening, checked against the door and code requirements it lives with.
Schedules and unlock rules.
Unlock schedules, holiday calendars, first-in rules, and one-tap lockdown — the policy layer mapped to how the building actually operates, not left at defaults.
Multi-tenant and shared spaces.
Per-tenant door scopes, shared-lobby rules, and visitor flows for buildings where more than one organization lives behind the same front door.
Existing badging, kept where it works.
Where a legacy badge population isn’t worth replacing, we integrate — keeping credentials that work and replacing only the layer that doesn’t.
Events, logs, and review.
Access events logged and reviewable — who opened what, when, with which credential — with viewer roles scoped so the log itself is governed too.
What an access control installation includes.
Scoped per opening — a two-door suite and a campus with shared lobbies don’t get the same package. The door survey says exactly what each opening needs before work begins.
AC-01Door survey — every opening assessed
AC-02Reader and hub selection per opening
AC-03Strike / maglock selection, fail-safe or fail-secure
AC-04REX sensors and door contacts
AC-05Low-voltage wiring, pulled and certified
AC-06ADA clearances and egress compliance check
AC-07Unlock schedules and holiday calendars
AC-08Credential rollout — cards, PINs, mobile
AC-09Visitor and delivery flows
AC-10Lockdown and override procedures
AC-11Audit logging and viewer roles
AC-12As-built documentation at handover
Schedules, overrides, and an audit trail.
Unlock windows per role, holiday calendars, one-tap lockdown, and a reviewable record of every event — configured and tested at commissioning, documented at handover.
New system
First access systems.
New door-control deployments planned alongside the network and cameras they share a console with — camera installation rides the same wiring pass, and the full UniFi stack lands in one engagement.
- Offices and professional suites
- Schools and houses of worship
- Multi-tenant and mixed-use buildings
- Retail back-of-house and stockrooms
- Warehouses, yards, and server rooms
- Co-working and shared facilities
Retrofit
Key and buzzer retirements.
We replace key-and-buzzer arrangements and end-of-life badge systems — keeping what still serves the building, integrating where a legacy badge population is worth preserving, and documenting the result.
- Keys that left with former employees, locks never re-cored
- A buzzer system nobody trusts after hours
- Badge system EOL — vendor gone, cards unobtainable
- No record of who entered after the incident
- Cleaning crews with the same access as ownership
- Doors propped because the system fights daily use
Access work, written up and named.
Engagement notes from real installations — with the client named.
Ahmadiyya Muslim CommunityMulti-site UniFi stack across Queens and the Bronx — one console, many buildings.Read the engagement The Lang SchoolInfrastructure review for a school where doors, cameras, and classrooms share a network.Read the engagement Christ Church BronxvilleRoot-cause console diagnostic, written up and signed off.Read the engagement
All engagements PricingRates & minimums →
Door-by-door line items.
Hardware is an itemized bill of materials, door by door — reader, hub, strike, sensors, and wiring on their own lines — before anything is ordered. Rates and minimums are published on the pricing page.
Survey
Every opening assessed — door material, frame, existing hardware, egress requirements, and what policy it needs.
Quote
Door-by-door line items: readers, hubs, hardware, wiring, and configuration — before anything is ordered.
Install
Wiring, hardware, readers, and hubs — coordinated with locksmiths or door vendors where openings need physical work.
Commission
Schedules live, credentials issued, lockdown tested, audit trail verified — and the documentation handed over.
Access control across NYC and the tri-state area.
Headquartered in New York City — on-site across the five boroughs and Long Island with no travel fee, and across the wider tri-state area.
On-site / NYCNew York CityManhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island
On-siteLong IslandNassau and Suffolk Counties
On-siteWestchester CountyLower Hudson Valley
On-siteNorthern New JerseyBergen, Hudson, Essex, Passaic
On-siteConnecticutFairfield and adjacent counties
RemoteWorldwidePolicy design and console configuration
Frequently asked questions.
If your question is not here, send it — a senior engineer reads every inbound.
Do you install access control systems in New York City?
Yes — we install UniFi Access door-control systems across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, plus Long Island and the wider tri-state area, for offices, schools, houses of worship, and multi-tenant buildings.
What does access control installation cost in NYC?
Hardware is quoted door by door — reader, hub, strike or maglock, sensors, and wiring on their own lines. A two-door suite and a shared-lobby campus land in very different places, so we survey the openings first. Current labor rates are on our pricing page.
Can you replace keys or a buzzer with card and phone access?
Yes — that retrofit is routine work. Credentials move to NFC cards, PINs, or phones; access is revocable the moment someone leaves; and every entry is logged.
Can you keep our existing badge cards?
Often, yes. Where the legacy badge population is worth preserving we integrate with it, replacing only the layer that no longer works — we confirm card compatibility during the door survey.
Do you handle the door hardware — strikes, maglocks, exit sensors?
Yes. Strikes and maglocks are selected fail-safe or fail-secure per opening, request-to-exit and door contacts are wired and tested, and egress and ADA requirements are checked as part of the survey.
Can access control share a system with our cameras and network?
Yes — UniFi Access shares a console with UniFi Protect cameras and the network itself, so doors, cameras, and WiFi can be installed and managed as one system.
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Doors that need better answers than keys?
Tell us how many doors, what they’re made of, and who needs to get through them — we’ll come back with a door-by-door plan and a line-item quote.