Named for Nathan Hale.
Wikipedia says Halesite is named for Nathan Hale, the Continental Army captain who landed at Huntington Harbor, at the site now called Halesite, just before his capture; a rock with a tribute to him stands off the traffic circle at Mill Dam Road and New York Avenue. Until about World War I a trolley ran from Amityville through downtown Huntington to the end of New York Avenue. The Halesite Fire Department has served the area since 1901, its old 11745 ZIP code was folded into Huntington's 11743 around the 1980s, and Huntington Hospital sits on its southern edge. The CDP covers about 0.97 square miles, 9% of it water.
The Census Bureau's latest five-year survey counts about 1,000 homes, with a median year built of 1955. 41% went up in the 1950s, 21% before 1940, and 23% after 1980. 87% are single-family detached houses, 10% are in buildings of five or more units, and 86% are owner-occupied.
So a typical house here has drain and water lines around 71 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 70% of homes heat with utility gas and 20% 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.
Water heaters in Halesite.
The Census Bureau's survey puts the average owner household at 2.68 people, with a median of 7.5 rooms; 87% of homes have three or more bedrooms and 44% have four or more. A tank sized for a smaller household, or one full of sediment, is what runs out first when several people shower back to back. When a heater fails, we size the replacement to the household and the number of bathrooms, not just to the label on the old tank. Most houses here heat with gas, so the water heater is usually gas too, and it needs a sound flue, a working shutoff and a relief valve that discharges where it should; we check all three when we replace one.
Cesspools and septic, mostly.
Laying Suffolk County's sewer-district map over the Census boundary puts about 16% of Halesite in the Huntington Sewer District, which the Town of Huntington runs; the town says a pump station at its treatment plant serves the Halesite area to the north along New York Avenue up to Youngs Hill Road, and the plant's treated water goes out through an outfall in Huntington Harbor off Halesite Marina. The rest of the hamlet is outside any sewer district, so those homes drain to cesspools or septic systems. A sewer district charge on your tax bill means you're connected. We clear the line from the house, 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.
Flood risk.
Laying FEMA's current flood map over the Census boundary, about 16% of Halesite is in the high-risk (1% annual chance) flood zone (8.6% in zone VE, 7.3% in zone AE; shares of the Census area, water included). If your water heater or gas appliances ever sat in flood water, have them checked before relighting.
New York Avenue and the tide.
An engineering summary of the state's NY 110 drainage and roadway project (L.K. McLean Associates) says Route 110 through Halesite, first built in 1929 between Mill Creek and Huntington Harbor, flooded often from the Madison Street/Prime Avenue intersection to Mill Dam Road, depending on the storm and the tide; the project added a creek bypass culvert and tidal gates that close on excessively high tides.
Water: Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA).
EPA's service-area map puts essentially all residents on the Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA); your bill is the final word. The main supplier's most recent 90th-percentile lead result was 1.3 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 17 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 (SCWA: (631) 698-9500). For anything on your side of the meter, call us.
Permits.
Halesite is an unincorporated hamlet, so plumbing permits go through the Town of Huntington.
