Old Fields, renamed for the railroad.
Wikipedia says the area was known as Old Fields until the Long Island Rail Road's 1871 expansion; the railroad picked the name Greenlawn for its station. The hamlet was known for pickle production in the 19th century, along with potatoes and cabbage. The CDP covers 3.7 square miles, all land, with ZIP 11740 at its post office.
The Census Bureau's latest five-year survey counts about 4,700 homes, with a median year built of 1963. 30% went up in the 1950s, 9% before 1940, and 15% after 1980. 85% are single-family detached houses, and 83% are owner-occupied.
So a typical house here has drain and water lines around 63 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.
Oil to gas means new gas piping.
The ACS shows 50% of homes heat with utility gas and 37% 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.
Cesspools and septic, mostly.
Laying Suffolk County's sewer-district map over the Census boundary shows none of the hamlet in a county sewer district, so most homes rely on cesspools or septic systems. We clear the line from the house to the system, but a full or failing cesspool is a job for a cesspool or septic contractor; we don't do cesspool work, and we don't install septic systems.
Little mapped flood risk.
FEMA's current flood map puts under 2% of Greenlawn in the high-risk flood zone.
Water: Greenlawn Water District.
EPA's service-area map puts about 93% of residents, with about 6% on the South Huntington Water District and under 1% on SCWA on the Greenlawn Water District; 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.
Greenlawn is an unincorporated hamlet, so plumbing permits go through the Town of Huntington.
