Farms, trolleys and a 1931 village.
Wikipedia says members of the Hewlett family settled here and built the Hewlett Homestead around 1713, and farm goods went out through Manhasset Bay, Port Washington and Hempstead Harbor. In the early 1900s two trolley lines of the New York & North Shore Traction Company met at Middle Neck Road and Northern Boulevard, where the Roslyn trolley yard stood. Fearing they'd be drawn into a proposed City of Port Washington, residents voted unanimously on April 27, 1931 to incorporate. St. Francis Hospital, off Port Washington Boulevard, is the largest employer. The village covers 1.6 square miles, all land.
The Census Bureau's latest five-year survey counts about 1,600 homes, with a median year built of 1958. 32% went up in the 1950s, 11% before 1940, and 30% after 1980. 92% are single-family detached houses, and 94% are owner-occupied.
So a typical house here has drain and water lines around 68 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 73% of homes heat with utility gas and 18% 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.
Partly sewered.
Nassau County's health department lists the eastern part of Flower Hill under the Port Washington Water Pollution Control District (70 Harbor Rd., 516-944-6100) and the western part as not publicly sewered. Wikipedia says most of the village relies on cesspools and septic systems, with some portions connected to the Port Washington district's sewers. 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 Port Washington Water Pollution Control District (516-944-6100). If you're outside the district, the line runs to a cesspool or septic tank: we clear the line from the house, but a full or failing cesspool is a job for a cesspool or septic contractor, since we don't do cesspool work.
Little mapped flood risk.
FEMA's current flood map puts under 2% of Flower Hill in the high-risk flood zone.
Water: Port Washington Water District.
EPA's service-area map puts about 37% of residents on the Port Washington Water District, with about 32% on the Roslyn Water District, about 31% on the Manhasset-Lakeville Water District; your bill is the final word. The main supplier's most recent 90th-percentile lead result was 2 ppb, under the 15 ppb action level; lead usually comes from a home's own pipes and fixtures, so results vary house to house. In EPA's UCMR 5 testing, the main supplier's highest single PFOA/PFOS result was 5.3 parts per trillion. EPA's 4 ppt limits apply as a running annual average starting in 2029, so one high sample is not a violation, but it's the kind of number a carbon filter is sized against. 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.
Flower Hill is an incorporated village, so plumbing permits go through the Village of Flower Hill's building department, not the town.
