MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL

Reliable power in high-rise communities

MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL

Reliable power in high-rise communities

When the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 needed upgrades to their Queens housing development, it was Gilston Electric they called. The union’s Electchester community of 2,500 apartments is only one of Gilston’s residential renovation projects where wiring and lighting upgrades must be performed in inhabited homes.

Residential Specialties
– Interior Lighting and Outlets
– Exterior Safety Lighting
– Renovation and Rewiring of Inhabited Units
– Design-Build
– Energy Efficiency Upgrades
– Natural Disaster Repairs

NYC Public Housing

For more than 30 years, Gilston Electric has provided electrical services and lighting to New York City’s public housing communities. The New York City Housing Authority - the largest public housing program in the nation -- relies on Gilston for its exterior lighting projects, as well as interior electrical services. By 2018, more than half of the authority’s 179,000 apartments and 400,000 residents had electrical work provided by Gilston.

Electchester Housing Complex

Known as the home to New York City union electricians, the 38 buildings of Electchester originally had complicated and outdated wiring schemes that were badly in need of upgrading. To improve electrical inconsistencies and refine the distribution system for the community’s 6,000 tenants, Gilston applied a production-minded approach to efficiently move through the 2,500 inhabited units.