One village of nine on the peninsula.
Wikipedia says the Village of Great Neck incorporated in 1922 and is one of nine villages on the Great Neck peninsula, a community of about 40,000 people; the name is also used for the whole peninsula down to Lake Success. Village Hall, built in 1833, was struck by lightning on August 9, 2022 and badly damaged by the fire that followed, and the village announced it would restore it. The village covers 1.4 square miles.
The Census Bureau's latest five-year survey counts about 3,700 homes, with a median year built of 1952. 20% went up in the 1950s, 26% before 1940, and 21% after 1980. 70% are single-family detached houses, 25% are in buildings of five or more units, and 71% are owner-occupied.
So a typical house here has drain and water lines around 74 years old unless they've been replaced. Slow drains in several fixtures, a gurgling floor drain or rusty water from one tap are signs to have the main line and supply piping checked. With so many pre-1940 homes, some still have galvanized or older supply piping in the walls; we plan repairs around what's actually there.
Oil to gas means new gas piping.
The ACS shows 78% of homes heat with utility gas and 7% with fuel oil. Switching means properly sized gas piping to the new equipment, and often to the water heater, range and dryer. We do the gas line work. We don't sell or deliver oil.
On the sewer.
Nassau County's health department lists the Village of Great Neck under the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District (236 East Shore Rd., 516-482-0238), not the county. A backup that stops at your house is usually in your own line to the street; we clear it and repair or replace the line. If neighbors are backed up too, call the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District at 516-482-0238.
Flood risk.
Laying FEMA's current flood map over the Census boundary, about 3% of Great Neck is in the high-risk (1% annual chance) flood zone (2.0% in zone VE, 1.3% in zone AE; shares of the Census area, water included). On a sewered street, a backwater (sewer check) valve on your house sewer line can keep a street-sewer backup from coming in through basement floor drains. We install them. If your water heater or gas appliances ever sat in flood water, have them checked before relighting.
Water: Water Authority of Great Neck North.
EPA's service-area map puts essentially all residents on the Water Authority of Great Neck North; your bill is the final word. In EPA's UCMR 5 testing, the main supplier reported no PFOA or PFOS. For a leak at the curb or in the street, call your water supplier. For anything on your side of the meter, call us.
Permits.
Great Neck is an incorporated village, so plumbing permits go through the Village of Great Neck's building department, not the town.
