A 1963 Levitt development that became a village.
Wikipedia says the core of Islandia is a roughly 500-home Levitt & Sons development built around 1963 with seven model homes. After years of organizing, and Town of Islip opposition that wasn't dropped until December 1984, residents voted to incorporate, and Islandia became a village in April 1985. The LIRR Ronkonkoma Branch forms most of its southern border, the Expressway crosses its northern half, and Honeysuckle Pond and part of the Connetquot River lie inside Lakeland County Park. It covers 2.2 square miles.
The Census Bureau's latest five-year survey counts about 1,300 homes, with a median year built of 1969. 3% went up in the 1950s, 2% before 1940, and 28% after 1980. 81% are single-family detached houses, and 96% are owner-occupied.
So a typical house here has drain and water lines around 57 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 20% of homes heat with utility gas and 74% 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 puts only small pieces of Islandia in a county sewer district: the Wind Watch Sewer District (about 8%), roughly 8% of the area in all. 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 Islandia in the high-risk flood zone.
Mostly oil heat, mostly cesspools.
The Census counts 74% of Islandia's homes heating with fuel oil, and Wikipedia says the overwhelming majority of the village, apart from some commercial properties, relies on cesspools and septic systems. That makes oil-to-gas switches and house drain lines to the cesspool two of the most common calls here.
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.
Islandia is an incorporated village, so plumbing permits go through the Village of Islandia's building department, not the town.
