58 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • SEPTEMBER 2019
First-Rate Security
Offers Peace
of Mind at North
Shore Towers
and Country Club Left to Right Tour Commander Leroy Murray,
In addition to the luxury living, many amenities, and
year-round fun activities that North Shore Towers and
Country Club offers its residents and members, one
more major benefit it provides is excellent security,
which makes it one of the safest places in the region
to live.
“We are very proud of the safety and efficiency” that
the security staff provides to the community, says
Linda Rappaport, an onsite broker.
What helps make that possible is Christopher Stahly,
North Shore Towers and Country Club Security Director,
who has many years of experience keeping New
Yorkers safe. He arrived at North Shore Towers more
than three years ago after retiring as a New York Police
Department (NYPD) lieutenant about eight years ago.
Stahly served in the NYPD for nearly 27 years,
he says, noting that before retiring he had been
assigned to the Special Investigations Division’s
Major Case Squad. Prior to the that, he was
commanding officer of the Manhattan Special
Victims Squad, as well as commander of the
19th Precinct Detective Squad that covers
Manhattan’s Upper East Side, he adds.
Among the many reasons why Stahly says he
enjoys working at North Shore Towers is that
his co-workers are “all professional and often
go above and beyond their job descriptions for
the shareholders.”
“The people who reside here are fantastic and
are a pleasure to be around,” he says. “While it
is a challenge to get to know them all personally,
it is great to interact with them when I see
them throughout the arcade or after an open board
meeting or one of the many programs held here.”
“I believe North Shore Towers is the safest small city
within the five boroughs,” he continues. “Even with
1,844 apartments and over 3,000 residents, crime here
at the Towers is nearly non-existent.”
North Shore Towers and Country Club General Manager
Glen Kotowski could not agree more.
“There were never any crime pins on the pin maps
used to identify crime near or around the North Shore
Towers property,” says Kotowski, who, prior to serving
as the general manager, was a deputy inspector
assigned as the commanding officer of the NYPD’s
105th Precinct, which serves North Shore Towers and
Country Club. Since starting at the Towers more than
Supervisor of Security Clarence Sookoo,
Director of Security Chris Stahly, Dispatch
Candy Parmessar
18 years ago, Kotowski has hired several retired ranking
members of the NYPD to fill key positions.
“The safety and security of our residents benefit greatly
from the collective amount of experience these retired
police professionals bring with them,” he says.
In addition to Stahly, the Security Department, staffed
by Summit Security Services, consists of a site supervisor
and approximately 30 fulltime guards. Security at
North Shore Towers is a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week
operation with the main front gate and the security
dispatch office always staffed. Residents in need of security
services, during both emergency and non-emergency
situations, can simply call the security dispatch
at any time of the day or night for help. In addition,
at least one supervisor works per tour and has vehicle
mobile patrols performed of the grounds and outdoor
visitor’s parking lot and garage areas.
“We also have security patrols performed on foot
through the arcade and vertical patrols that are conducted
throughout the buildings from the penthouse
to the lobbies,” Stahly says.
In addition, during business hours Monday through
Saturday, when the loading docks are open and in
operation, a security officer is assigned to each of the
building’s loading docks “to ensure that contractors
and vendors arriving are authorized, scheduled and
expected,” Stahly says.
“Each contractor, vendor and visitor entering through
the loading docks must provide identification which is
logged in and recorded,” he says. “During the hours of
8 a.m. and midnight, there is a concierge and a doorman
assigned to each lobby. From midnight to 8 a.m.,
a security officer is assigned to that post.”
Guests and visitors aren’t permitted to enter past the
lobby without first being announced and getting the
permission of a resident, Stahly adds.
“During the overnight shift, unexpected guests who
cannot be verified are turned away at the main gate
and not let onto the property,” he says. “The resident’s
lane at the front gate is equipped with an access control
system, which controls the gate arm allowing residents
who have been issued a passive entry system tag to automatically
enter. There are also security cameras at the
main security booth, which record an overall view of
the entrance as well as capture video of visitors driving
onto the property and a view of the license plate of the
car they are traveling in.”
“Speaking of video surveillance,” he adds,
“there are currently over 100 cameras that
are monitored and record multiple areas
throughout the property,”
Over the next few weeks, a whopping 37
other cameras will be operational, covering
all exits and entrances of all three buildings,
he says. Over the coming year, additional
cameras will be installed within the buildings
and “we are experimenting with different
software programs to enhance the abilities of
our elaborate camera system,” he adds.
Of course, in addition to taking security so
seriously, North Shore Towers and Country
Club offers an 18-hole golf course, five Har-
Tru tennis courts, indoor and outdoor pools,
a sauna, steam rooms, a hot tub, a state-of-the-art
gym offering classes including Pilates, and many other
activities. The club offers classes that include boxing
and Pilates Reformer, a special exercise machine that’s
“good for stretching your body,” says Mary Anne Langone,
Country Club Manager.
“A lot of our golfers take the Reformer class because it
helps with their flexibility,” she adds.
Pool activities include outdoor water classes, volleyball
and several outdoor pool parties. There are basketball
courts, boxing and billiards rooms, ping-pong
and shuffleboard also. In addition, there’s shopping,
a movie theater, barbecues, a garden club and many
entertainment events.
For more Country Club details and to book a tour, call
Mary Anne Langone at 718-428-5030 ext. 0.
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