*Opener/Operator = Gate machine

Hello everyone. Today I will talk about the annoying gate noises you guys hear. If you reside somewhere close to or on Fairview Avenue, Payson Avenue, W 218th Street, Exterior Street, Tibbett Avenue, Irwin Avenue, or Waldo Avenue, and hear an annoying squeaking noise that went on for years, they originate from the loudest electric gates I ever filmed. These streets and Avenues are located in New York, specifically The Bronx to Manhattan. Now, electric gates are gates operated by a machine. Their purpose is to conveniently open without drivers having to manually open it. Because of rain, snow, and other weather issues, makes the gates rust and makes them squeak and shake. We are going to start from the North, (Irwin Avenue) and work our way to the South. (Fairview Avenue)

Let’s start with Waldo Gardens at Waldo Avenue. (Gates on Irwin Avenue) In the past, the building had one tall electric slide gate. While the *opener (operator or gate machine) is in operation, the gate makes banging noises before it’s halfway open and after it’s halfway closed. Sometimes, the gate even clangs on the opener’s cover. After replacing the electric gate due to a car crash, the replacement electric slide gate and a new electric swing gate replacing the old manual swing gate also make noise. The old one was noisy.

Beginning when the new electric slide gate was first in operation, vertical upper rollers attached to the gate made clanging noises whenever the gate moved. Since then, the issue was resolved, but the stop sign attached to the new slide gate makes noises when it vibrates. Beginning in September, the new slide gate makes a loud banging noise when it’s fully open. This can also stimulate the sound of a gong or cymbal crash.

When the gate begins closing, the chains swing around for one second, banging on the pole and opener’s cover. As of February 2023, the slide gate has a new opener that moves the gate at variable speed. Even with the new opener, the gate is still loud. Whenever the new slide gate moves with that opener, the opener makes rumbling noises, while the gate’s upper vertical rollers return to making clattering noises. The gate also squeaked at one point while opening. That gate is also noisy.

As for the new swing gate, the arm makes noises when the swing gate is slowing down. When the gate was first installed, the gate made a loud slam when it closed. When the gate is fully open, it makes banging noises while the closing situation is resolved. The sound of private parking and stop signs makes the gate sound louder. Both bangs and slams can also stimulate the sound of a gong or cymbal crash. Once again, this gate is also noisy.

Up next is Montefiore’s Waldo Avenue Building. The electric slide gate’s opener is very noisy when it moves the gate. Sometimes, the gate itself even makes squeaking noises from time to time! And this is only the 2nd replacement opener for the gate. The gate itself makes a loud banging noise when fully opened. That can also stimulate the sound of a gong or cymbal crash. It wasn’t like that when I first filmed the gate back in August 2019. This gate is loud, so no need to criticize.

Now let’s go to Nathan Hale Gardens, on Irwin Avenue. Both electric slide gates over there are loud! Even when you lubricate the gates, they still manage to behave the same way, shaky or not. Both electric gates also squeak loudly, and annoyingly. I have nothing much to complain about. They are the loudest.

Now, let’s go to The Ambassador Apartments on Riverdale Avenue. (Gate on Irwin Avenue) The electric slide gate’s opener over there makes a lot of noise. When I first filmed this electric gate in January 2018, it made a lot of high pitch squeaking noises both opening and closing. This went on until October 2018. The vibrations of the signs and diamonds attached to the gate added to the loudness. To top it all off, the electric gate makes a loud slam when fully closed. The slamming noise definitely stimulates the sound of a gong or cymbal crash. In my book, this electric gate is definitely loud.

Up next is Edwardian Apartments on W 232nd Street. (Gates on Tibbett Avenue) The electric slide gates over there have had some noisy moments. One of the gates was banging on the opener’s cover, and the other one’s chains were leaning against the cover. That gate also squeaked at one point. I pretty much have nothing else to say about the gates, other than they are loud-ish.

Next, we have Tibbett Towers. The building’s Tibbett Avenue electric slide gate’s opener used to be very noisy when I first filmed it. As the staff took care of that, the gate had other plans. As for the building’s W 232nd Street electric gate, its opener was also noisy until taken care of. That gate also had other plans. Back in 2018, the W 232nd Street electric gate used to squeak at a high pitch, until June 2019 when parts that held up the gate were replaced. The Tibbett Avenue electric gate also squeaked at a high pitch. The parts that held up the gate still remain. The diamonds and signs attached to both gates add to the noise. The gates are tall. Those electric gates are loud.

Now, we have Corlear Gardens on W 232nd Street. (Gates on Tibbett Avenue) Electric Slide Gates B and C made banging noises whenever they were halfway open and closed. All three electric slide gates (and their openers) made squeaking noises. The diamonds and signs add to the loudness. At one point in time, Electric Slide Gate B made loud high-pitch-squeaking noises. So did C. The chains for Electric Slide Gate A were swinging a lot, banging on the opener. The gate itself made a gentle slamming noise one time. Gates B and C also did slamming noises at one point in time. When you open the lid of the openers on all 3 gates, the vibrations of the poles holding up the gates would even cause the lid to make noises! As a result, all 3 gates are loud-ish.

As for their replacements, those 3 are also loud. At one point in time, NEW Electric Slide Gate A made loud squeaking noises whenever it was nearly open. NEW Electric Slide Gate B made more brutal banging noises when halfway open and closed. It was like that for the first 3 months of 2023. NEW Electric Gate C only makes banging noises when halfway open.

When halfway closed is nothing but quietness. The openers for NEW Gates B and C make high-pitch-squeaking noises whenever the gates are closing. During rain, the squeaking gets worse. When NEW Gate B (and its opener) was first installed, the opener already began loudly squeaking weeks later. And so did the gate itself, more weeks later.

Another thing the new electric slide gates have that portrays them as loud is the openers’ covers are sometimes improperly attached to the machine. The improper attaching causes the new gates to bang on the openers’ covers. All 3 gates made loud slamming noises, which were resolved as they continued to exist.

Up next, we have the Cubesmart Storaging area on 2800 Exterior Street. The electric vertical lifting gate makes a long and loud high-pitch-squeaking noise whenever it is in operation. Because the people who arrive at the area are customers and staff, the squeaking can get annoying for neighbors who live close by. The gate also slammed somehow. That gate is definitely loud.

Now, let’s go to the Promenade Apartments at W 218th Street. Electric Slide Gate A is very noisy whenever it moves. The swinging chains, sign, and diamonds add to the noise. When the gate is nearly closed, it does an assessment of squeaks or bangs. Up next, we have Electric Slide Gate B. B is not as noisy as A. The sign and diamonds attached to Gate B also appear to be noisy. When Gate B is fully open, it starts making gentle banging noises.

When I first filmed both gates, Gate B also made loud high-pitch squeaking noises. The issue was resolved days later after I first filmed them. In my book, Gate A is louder and Gate B is quieter.

Now, we move to Kingsbridge Avenue Group Home. (Gate on Heath Avenue) The electric slide gate’s diamonds add to the noise, just like Tibbett Towers. The gate also bangs on the opener’s cover whenever it is halfway open. When the gate is fully open, it also makes gentle banging noises. The gate also makes squeaking noises from time to time. In my opinion, the gate is loud-ish.

Let’s go to Bakerfield Apartments on W 218th Street, leaving The Bronx and entering Manhattan. The electric slide gate’s diamonds add to the noise. The opener also makes noise. Sometimes, the gate even bangs on the opener’s cover. I have nothing much to say except the gate is semi-loud.

Up next is 91 Payson Avenue. The electric slide gate over there made squeaking noises when it began opening and closing, and when it was nearly open and closed. It also did a slamming noise. I have nothing much to say about the gate except it is also semi-loud.

Up last, ending our journey are the electric gates at Inwood Tower. The Fairview Avenue electric slide gate had its opener replaced with a different model when I first came to film it. Whenever the gate began closing, the opener made high-pitch-squeaking noises when it closed at that time. When I came a third time to film the gate, the gate’s top parts began squeaking at an even higher pitch than the opener, which wasn’t even squeaking that much that time. The diamonds and signs add to the loudness.

The building’s Fort George Hill electric slide gate makes banging noises when it is nearly open and when it just started closing. The diamonds add to the noise. The motor of the gate’s opener makes very loud buzzing noises. To sum it all up, the Fairview Avenue gate is louder and the Fort George Hill electric gate is loud.

On Google Maps Street View, I saw that the Fort George Hill gate was a replacement for the pre-existing one, which looked exactly like the Fairview Avenue one. Street View was also how I knew about the Montefiore Gate. There are many more electric gates in the world that I have not filmed yet, but would like to one day. Guess it’ll have to wait! Now for the opener brands that controlled all the electric gates I filmed. Electric Gates filmed with this brand will be listed below.

1. PowerMaster

• The Ambassador Apartments

• Corlear Gardens (OLD)

• Corlear Gardens (NEW)

• Kingsbridge Avenue Group Home

• Bakerfield Apartments

• Inwood Tower

2. LiftMaster

• Montefiore’s Waldo Avenue Building

3. Linear

• Waldo Gardens (OLD)

• The Edwardian Apartments

• Nathan Hale Gardens

• Tibbett Towers

4. Eagle

• Waldo Gardens (NEW)

5. ALEKO

• Waldo Gardens (NEW) (REPLACEMENT OPENER)

6. SEA

• Waldo Gardens (NEW) (SLIDE GATE)

7. Doorking

• The Promenade Apartments (Marble Hill)

• 91 Payson Avenue

8. American Door

• Cubesmart (2800 Exterior Street)