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Clinton Hill Apartments
Complete Electrical Upgrade


The electrical upgrade that Rand administered at Clinton Hill Apartments covered all 1,229 units throughout the 12-building complex.


Newly installed equipment included submetering banks for individual apartments (above) and disconnect switches for separate apartment lines.

Property:
Clinton Hill Apartments
A 12-building, 1,229-unit cooperative in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn.
Project Scope:
Major upgrade of the entire electrical system, including a conversion to apartment submetering.
Design/
Bidding: 		  October 1999 to November 2000
Construction:
  October 2001 to April 2003
Engineer:   Rand Engineering, New York, N.Y.
Contractors:   Takos & K Electric, Inc. Long Island City, N.Y. $3,730,000 contract price.
Property Manager:   Ed Friedman, Mark Greenberg Real Estate Co., Lake Success, N.Y.
Board Contact:   John Dew, President, Clinton Hill Apartments Owners Corp.
Highlights:
  • Property line boxes and Con Edison service “end” boxes.
  • Switch panels in each building, including a new 1,600-ampere main building service switch in 165 Clinton Avenue and a new 2,500-ampere main building service switch in the other buildings.
  • Service switches, meters, and circuit breaker panels to supply the elevator system and public light and power (PL&P).
  • Apartment submetering banks.
  • Risers to connect the new submetering banks to each new apartment circuit breaker panel.
  • Two 20-ampere kitchen appliance circuits and one dedicated air conditioner circuit within each apartment.
  • Disconnect switches for separate apartment lines.
     
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