When a pipe bursts at 2am or a door won't lock after a break-in, you can't wait until morning. The Handy Bros & Co answers the phone around the clock and typically arrives within 1–2 hours — to stop the damage, secure your home, and fix the problem properly.
The Handy Bros & Co provides 24/7 emergency home repair across Manhattan, Queens and Nassau County, with typical on-site response in 1–2 hours. We handle water leaks and burst pipes, electrical hazards, emergency board-up and lock replacement, storm damage, plumbing emergencies, ceiling and drywall damage, safety hazards, and after-hours property management call-outs.
We are licensed and insured, estimates are free, and pricing is agreed before any work begins. Call (516) 240-9105 at any hour, including nights, weekends and holidays.
These are the emergencies we're dispatched for most frequently across Manhattan, Queens and Nassau County. If your situation isn't listed, call anyway — if it isn't ours, we'll tell you who to call.
Every service below is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Where a job legally requires a licensed plumber or electrician, we secure the situation, tell you plainly, and point you to the right trade — at no charge.
A leak is an emergency the moment water is still moving. Our first job is to stop the flow, then contain the damage, then repair — in that order.
Water travels fast and it travels down. A pinhole leak in a second-floor supply line can soak a ceiling, ruin cabinetry and short out a light fixture within an hour. We shut the water off at the source, pull the wet material out before mold takes hold, and repair the failure itself so it doesn't happen again the following week.
If you can smell burning, see sparks, or feel heat at an outlet or switch, shut the breaker off and call us. Don't keep using the circuit.
Most electrical emergencies announce themselves before they become a fire — a warm faceplate, a breaker that won't stay set, a smell of hot plastic. We diagnose why the circuit is failing rather than just resetting it, and we replace failed devices with correctly rated parts. Work that requires a licensed electrician is identified up front and referred, not improvised.
If your home can't be locked, it's an emergency regardless of the hour. We secure the opening the same night.
After a break-in, a storm, or a lock that simply gave out, the priority is a door that closes and a bolt that throws. We carry replacement locks, strike plates, hinges and board-up material, so you're secure before we leave — and we come back for the finished repair in daylight if the permanent fix needs ordering.
After a storm the clock is the enemy — every hour an opening stays open is more water inside the wall.
Nor'easters and summer squalls do the same thing every time: lift shingles, tear gutters loose, drive rain past trim and siding. We tarp, seal and stabilize immediately so the interior stops taking on water, then handle the exterior repairs. If damage is beyond handyman scope, we'll tell you plainly and document it for your insurer.
Anything actively running, overflowing or leaking is a same-day call. Anything wet near an electrical fixture is an immediate one.
A running toilet wastes money; an overflowing one damages a floor. We handle the fixture-level plumbing emergencies that make a home unusable — and we're honest about the line between what a handyman should repair and what belongs to a licensed plumber. You'll never be charged for us to discover that.
Once the water is off, the next emergency is the material it soaked. Wet drywall left in place becomes a mold problem within days.
This is the work that happens after the leak is stopped and before the finish repair: opening up saturated ceilings, cutting back ruined drywall, stabilizing anything structural that has shifted, and making the space safe to walk through again. Doing it fast is the single biggest factor in how much the total repair ends up costing.
A loose handrail at the top of a staircase is an emergency. It just hasn't happened yet.
Safety repairs are the cheapest work we do and the most consequential. If someone in the home is elderly, unsteady, recovering from surgery, or very young, we'll prioritize you the same day — and while we're there we'll flag anything else in the path of travel that's likely to cause a fall.
One number, 24/7, for tenant emergencies — with documentation your office can actually file.
We work with property managers, landlords, superintendents and HOA boards across Manhattan, Queens and Nassau County. That means predictable after-hours response, photographs and written notes on every call, invoicing you rather than the tenant, and a technician who understands that the goal is a habitable unit tonight and a permanent fix on schedule.
Honest answer: most people call too late, not too early. Anything actively causing damage or leaving the home unsafe or unsecured is a call right now. Here's how we triage it when you ring.
| Situation | Urgency | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Water actively running or dripping from a ceiling | Call now | Every hour multiplies the drywall, insulation and flooring you lose. |
| Burning smell, sparking, or a hot outlet | Call now | Shut the breaker off first, then call. This is a fire risk. |
| A door or window that will not lock | Call now | Your home is not secure until the opening is closed. |
| Overflowing toilet or sewage backup | Call now | Contamination and floor damage both worsen quickly. |
| No smoke or carbon monoxide alarm working | Call now | Never spend a night in a home without a working alarm. |
| A slow drip under a sink into a bucket | Same or next day | Contained and stable — but it will not fix itself. |
| A single dead outlet on an otherwise healthy circuit | Same or next day | Inconvenient, not dangerous, once nothing is warm to the touch. |
| Cosmetic drywall cracks or nail pops | Schedule normally | No safety or water implication. Book it in daylight and save the after-hours rate. |
Five minutes of the right action before we get there routinely saves thousands in repair costs. Work through these in order.
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📞 (516) 240-9105We dispatch around the clock across Manhattan, Queens and Nassau County. A few of the neighborhoods we cover — see the full list on our service areas page.