Electrical Services in Bensonhurst

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There are many tasks around the home that a qualified electrician can help you complete safely. At Absolute Electrical Services, we have over twenty years of experience working on homes and businesses all around the Bensonhurst, New York area. Our technicians can help with the following services you might need around the home:

Installations: From security systems to outdoor lighting to solar systems, we can install any electric component needed at your house.

Lighting: We can upgrade your current lighting to brighter, more energy efficient type of lights that will reduce the cost of your electric bill while increasing the light level in the home.

Electrical Safety: If you live in an older home or have seen signs of issues with your electrical system, like exposed wires, flickering lights or outdated equipment, our technicians can look over the system to identify the issue and resolve it.

Repairs: From switches that don’t work to whole areas of the home that need re-wiring, we can handle any electrical repairs you might need in one trip. By traveling with the tools and parts needed to fix any issues that might arise with your electrical system, our technicians ensure they can complete any repair they start right away

Energy Efficient Solutions: Upgrade your electrical system or large components to reduce your carbon footprint and save you money. With our assistance, you can have solar panels. LED lighting and more efficient versions of your kitchen appliances put in the home.

Generators: The last thing you want to do is purchase a generator only to find you can’t install it or get it to work. We can install your generator and test it to make sure it works properly if you ever need to turn it on.

Surge Protection: Let us install your surge protection to protect all of the electronics in your home from getting fried in the case of a power surge. This saves you from having to purchase new big-ticket items when you least expect to need them.

Contact us today to get our team of experienced electricians started on your project. We estimate every job before work starts and promise that is what you’ll be paying. There are never any surprise add on charges when you deal with Absolute Electrical Services, which is just one of the reasons Bensonhurst, NY homeowners and business owners love us.

Contact Our Bensonhurst Electricians

At Absolute Electrical Service, No Job Is Too Small and Emergency Service is available. Contact us today for a free electrical estimate.

Bensonhurst's residential grid runs block after block of attached and semi-detached brick houses, many of them two-family dwellings that have passed through generations of Italian and, more recently, Chinese families. Streets numbered up from Bay Parkway toward Mapleton are lined with 20th-century masonry homes finished in stucco, stone, and aluminum siding, often with a rental unit upstairs and a finished basement below. Older service entrances here frequently predate second-kitchen and basement-apartment conversions, so wiring rated for a single household now feeds two. Shared party walls and narrow side yards further shape how a new line or meter stack can be routed on any given lot.

A second side of Bensonhurst is its commerce, strung along 18th Avenue, also called Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard, and under the elevated tracks on 86th Street where the D and N trains rumble overhead. The 18th Avenue stretch still holds multigenerational Italian storefronts, while 86th Street and Bay Parkway anchor what locals call Brooklyn's largest Chinatown, packed with groceries, bakeries, and restaurants. These ground-floor shops lean hard on their electrical systems, since refrigeration cases, ovens, exhaust hoods, and illuminated signage all draw steadily. Tight retail spaces beneath apartments often inherit undersized subpanels and tangled additions left by one tenant after another.

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Explore Bensonhurst

Bensonhurst rewards a closer look, from its Dutch-colonial roots to its two busy commercial strips. The links below point to the places and institutions that define this corner of southern Brooklyn: a 17th-century congregation still standing on 18th Avenue, a neighborhood library on 86th Street, green space along Gravesend Bay, and the merchants who keep the avenues humming. We work throughout these blocks, from the Bay Parkway corridor to the streets bordering Bath Beach and Mapleton.

Bensonhurst neighborhood overview — A broad look at the neighborhood's boundaries, housing, transit, and the Italian and Chinese communities that give southern Brooklyn its character.
New Utrecht Reformed Church — Founded in 1677 and rebuilt in stone in 1828, this landmark on 18th Avenue between 83rd and 84th Streets is one of the oldest congregations in the country.
New Utrecht Library (Brooklyn Public Library) — The neighborhood branch at 1743 86th Street near Bay 17th Street, serving Bensonhurst readers along the busy 86th Street corridor.
Bensonhurst Park — Green space, ballfields, and basketball courts stretching toward Gravesend Bay between Bay Parkway and 21st Avenue at the neighborhood's southern edge.
Shop Bensonhurst — A guide to the 18th Avenue and 86th Street commercial districts, from Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard's Italian storefronts to the shops of Brooklyn's largest Chinatown.

Bensonhurst Electrician FAQs

Can you add a second panel or meter for a two-family house in Bensonhurst?

Yes. Many of the neighborhood's attached homes have been converted to two-family use, and we can install separate panels and meter stacks so an upstairs unit and a basement apartment each get safe, independently metered service that meets current code.

Our mid-century Bensonhurst house still has a fuse box; is it time to upgrade?

Often it is. The brick and stucco homes off Bay Parkway and 18th Avenue frequently run on 60- or 100-amp panels that strain under modern kitchens, central air, and added basement units. We match a new service to how the house is actually used today.

Do you handle electrical work for storefronts on 18th Avenue or 86th Street?

We do. Retail spaces along Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard and under the 86th Street elevated often need added circuits for refrigeration, ovens, exhaust hoods, or signage. We upgrade subpanels and clean up the patchwork wiring left behind by previous tenants.

The inspection on a Bensonhurst two-family I'm buying flagged electrical problems; can you fix them?

Absolutely. Buyers and sellers across the neighborhood call us to correct open grounds, overloaded panels, and unpermitted basement wiring flagged at inspection, then document code-compliant work so the sale can move ahead. Call (718) 725-7900 to set up a visit.

Is it possible to install an EV charger at an attached house here?

Yes. On Bensonhurst's attached and semi-detached lots we run a dedicated 240-volt circuit from the panel to a driveway, garage, or curbside spot, confirming the existing service can carry the extra load before any installation starts.