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Gate installation in The Bronx typically runs $900 to $4,800 depending on the gate type, material, and whether we’re pouring new footings or retrofitting an existing opening. Most driveway and pedestrian gate installations take one to two days on site, and we quote the full price before any work starts. At Gatewood Fence & Gate, we’ve been cutting, welding, and setting gates since 2001, and we know what The Bronx’s older buildings and freeze-thaw winters do to steel and wrought iron. Call (877) 610-2993 and you’ll get a live person, not a voicemail, any hour of the day.
What makes gate work different here is the building stock. The Bronx is dense with pre-war brick rowhouses, co-op courtyards, and the massive Parkchester complex in 10462, where ornamental metal gates have been standing for 80-plus years. These aren’t standard suburban installations. The hinge posts are mortared into brick piers that have shifted and spalled over decades. The hardware was often custom-made when the buildings went up. A gate that sags in The Bronx usually isn’t a gate problem at all; it’s a footing or post problem, and that’s where we start.
Why Gatewood Fence & Gate Is The Bronx’s Preferred Gate Installation Company
Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest accountability there is. We’re locally owned and owner-operated, with a published address and a state license number anyone can look up. When you call, you talk to the same person who shows up at your gate. No dispatch queue, no call center three states away, no chatbot. We’ve been doing this since 2001, and most of our work comes from neighbors telling neighbors.
Our The Bronx customers deal with a specific set of problems: rust-seized hinges on 1920s wrought iron, obsolete control boards on 1990s roll-down security gates, and posts heaving out of plumb after enough winters of freeze-thaw cycles. We don’t swap parts that don’t need swapping. We fix gates in your driveway, in your courtyard, at your storefront. On-site welding is standard for us, not an upsell. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings Hal back. No runaround.
You also get a live person on the phone 24/7. We answer at 2 a.m. when a security gate won’t close, because a gate left open in The Bronx isn’t an inconvenience. It’s access control you’re counting on. We show up when we say we will, and the price we quote is the price on the invoice. There’s a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, $40 off any repair over $200, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans.
Our Gate Installation Services in The Bronx
Driveway Gate Installation
A typical driveway gate in The Bronx runs $1,200 to $4,800, with the wider double and sliding configurations at the upper end. Most driveway gates here are set into concrete aprons or sidewalk-adjacent pads that have cracked over decades. That matters, because the footing is what keeps a swing gate from sagging a year after it’s hung. We pour new footings with galvanized anchors when the old pad won’t hold, and we set the post plumb before we ever hang the leaf. For double gates, we coordinate the leaf alignment so the lock-side and the latch-side meet clean every time.
Pedestrian Gate Installation
Pedestrian gates in The Bronx are often the original ornamental work from the 1920s through the 1940s, hung on posts mortared into brick piers. A new pedestrian gate typically runs $900 to $2,200, but the real variable is the post. In Parkchester and the surrounding 10462 blocks, we regularly find the post footing has crumbled and the anchor has rust-seized. We remove the old steel, pour a new footing, and rebuild the post to match the original profile. If you want a new pedestrian gate hung on the old post, we’ll tell you honestly whether that post will hold another decade or whether it’s already leaning.
Sliding Gate Installation
Sliding gates work well for The Bronx storefronts and building entries where there’s no room for a leaf to swing out over the sidewalk. Installation runs $1,800 to $4,500 depending on track length and whether we’re setting a cantilever or a tracked slide. Freeze-thaw cycles are the enemy here. Posts next to the sidewalk heave and shift, and a sliding gate that’s even a quarter-inch out of level will jump its rack and pinion. We set the track, level the posts, and hang the gate so it rolls clean through winter. On-site welding means we can build custom brackets for non-standard openings, which is most of what The Bronx throws at us.
Swing Gate Installation
Swing gates are the most common gate type in The Bronx, and the most commonly mis-hung. A single swing gate runs $1,000 to $3,200; a double swing gate with an operator runs $2,400 to $4,800. The hinge post takes the entire load, and a gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. That’s where we start. If the post is good, we’ll hang the gate and set the hinges with the right reveal. If the post is rusted at the base or the footing is gone, we’ll tell you before we hang anything. Show me the gate closing on its own and I’ll show you where it’s failing.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in The Bronx
We’re certified to service nine major gate brands: LiftMaster, FAAC, BFT, Linear, Viking, Ghost Controls, DoorKing, Elite, and Mighty Mule. For The Bronx customers, that matters more than it sounds. The roll-down security gate motors along Westchester Avenue and White Plains Road are often original 1990s Viking or DoorKing units, and most local suppliers don’t stock parts for them anymore. We do. Whether it’s a FAAC swing operator on a Parkchester courtyard gate or an Elite slide motor on a commercial driveway, we can typically source and install the part faster than a company that has to order blind. And we carry the common safety-edge and photocell components in our vehicles, which shortens the repair window on a security gate that needs to be up tomorrow.
Common Gate Installation Problems We See in The Bronx Homes
- Rust-seized hinge pins on old ornamental iron. Decades of road-salt spray along Westchester Avenue and White Plains Road leaves hinges corroded to the point where the gate won’t swing. We cut out the seized pin, clean and re-sleeve the hinge, and rehang the leaf rather than scrapping the entire gate.
- Posts heaving out of plumb after freeze-thaw cycles. The Bronx’s winters push temperatures across 32°F dozens of times, and posts set into sidewalk-adjacent concrete shift laterally each spring. A gate that bound last winter will bind worse next winter unless the footing is addressed.
- Obsolete control boards and missing entrapment protection. Many 1990s roll-down security gate motors along commercial corridors still run on original relay boards without modern UL 325 photoeyes. These can often be retrofitted, but some are past saving, and we’ll tell you which before you pay.
- Custom mortise-and-tenon hinges that don’t match any off-the-shelf part. The original gates at Parkchester and similar pre-war complexes used field-fabricated hinge brackets. Replacements need to be welded or machined on site. That’s why we carry a welder on the truck.
Pricing for Gate Installation in The Bronx, NY
Here’s what Gate Installation in The Bronx typically costs with Gatewood Fence & Gate:
- Single swing driveway gate: $1,200 to $3,200
- Double swing driveway gate with operator: $2,400 to $4,800
- Pedestrian gate hung on a sound existing post: $900 to $1,800
- Pedestrian gate with new post and footing: $1,400 to $2,200
- Sliding gate, tracked or cantilever: $1,800 to $4,500
- Post replacement with poured footing and anchor: $400 to $900 per post
- Control board replacement or safety retrofit: $350 to $1,100
The exact number depends on the opening, the material, and whether we’re reusing the existing post or setting a new one. What doesn’t change is this: the price you get on the phone is the price you’ll see on the invoice. We don’t add trip charges inside the county, we don’t mark up parts you could buy yourself, and we write the 90-Day Done Right Promise on every job. Call (877) 610-2993 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near The Bronx
Gatewood Fence & Gate covers the neighborhoods and nearby communities around The Bronx, including Morris Park, Parkchester, Van Nest, and East Tremont. If you’re in one of these areas and need a gate hung, a post re-anchored, or a rust-seized hinge freed, the same crew that serves The Bronx is the crew that shows up. Our Gate Installation team works across the entire 10462 ZIP and the surrounding blocks.
Serving The Bronx, NY - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the The Bronx area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Gate Installation in The Bronx
Many 1990s roll-down gate motors can be retrofitted with modern UL 325 photocells and safety edges, but it depends on the control board. If the original relay board is still in good shape, we can usually wire in the new sensors without replacing the whole motor. If the board is burned or obsolete, the cost of retrofitting can exceed the cost of a new operator, and we’ll show you both numbers before you decide. Call (877) 610-2993 and we’ll look at the unit in place.
The hinge post is the usual culprit. Parkchester’s gates were built with custom mortise-and-tenon hardware anchored into footings that have crumbled over 80 years. A gate sags in the hinge post, not in the middle. When the footing fails, the post leans, and the gate drags. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We cut out the old steel, pour a new footing with a galvanized anchor, and rebuild the post to match before rehanging the gate.
We saw off the old post at the base, break out the existing concrete pad, and dig to a depth below the frost line so the new footing won’t heave. Then we pour a new concrete footing with a galvanized anchor bolt, set the post plumb, and let it cure before hanging the gate. In The Bronx, where freeze-thaw cycles are constant, the frost-depth digging is the part that matters most. A footing poured shallow will shift again by spring.
Yes, and here’s why. A keypad lets a person in, but a loop detector tells the gate when a car is still sitting in the path. Without a loop detector or the equivalent safety photocells, an automatic gate can close on a vehicle, and that’s a liability separate from the inconvenience. Most modern gate operators in The Bronx run both keypad and loop detector plus safety edges, and we wire them as a matched set.
We cut the pin, not the hinge leaf. The original hinge brackets are usually still sound, so we drill out the seized pin, clean the barrel, and install a new stainless pin with a lightly greased sleeve. The hinge profile doesn’t change, and the gate swings freely. If the original bracket is cracked or the iron is too thin to rework, we weld a new bracket to match the original pattern on site. The point is to keep your gate looking like it always has, not to replace it with something from a catalog.
Contact Us for Gate Installation in The Bronx
If you’ve got a gate that sags, a post that’s leaning, or a roll-down security door that stopped responding, call (877) 610-2993. You’ll get a live person who knows gates, any hour of the day or night. We’ll quote the job before any work starts, and we’ll put the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Free estimates, no trip charge inside the county. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner at Gatewood Fence & Gate, proudly serving The Bronx and surrounding communities since 2001.