William Reynolds' resort.
Wikipedia says Lido Beach was developed by former state senator William H. Reynolds, who had built Coney Island's Dreamland and, from 1906, dredged Reynolds Channel to open up the Long Beach resort area. The community is named for the Lido in Venice. After losing re-election as Long Beach mayor in 1929, Reynolds built the Moorish-style Lido Beach Hotel just east of the city; parts of The Godfather were filmed there in 1969. The CDP covers 4.3 square miles, about 60% of it water.
The Census Bureau's latest five-year survey counts about 1,400 homes, with a median year built of 1957. 22% went up in the 1950s, 18% before 1940, and 4% after 1980. 69% are single-family detached houses, 22% are in buildings of five or more units, and 75% are owner-occupied.
So a typical house here has drain and water lines around 69 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.
Gas piping.
The ACS shows 64% of homes heat with utility gas, 27% with electricity and only 7% with fuel oil. New gas ranges, dryers and water heaters need properly sized gas piping, and a leak test after any change; we do the gas line work.
Water heaters in Lido Beach.
The Census Bureau's survey puts the average owner household at 2.25 people, with a median of 6.2 rooms; 70% of homes have three or more bedrooms and 40% 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.
On the sewer.
Nassau County's health department lists Lido Beach's sewers under the Nassau County Department of Public Works (516-571-6841). 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 county at 516-571-6841.
Flood risk.
Laying FEMA's current flood map over the Census boundary and counting land only, about 99% of Lido Beach's land is in the high-risk (1% annual chance) flood zone (zones AE and VE). 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.
Electric heat and apartments.
The Census survey counts 27% of Lido Beach's homes heating with electricity and 22% in buildings of five or more units. So electric water heaters and shared condo or co-op risers are part of the picture here, and a heater or boiler that sat in salt water after a storm should be checked before it's turned back on.
Water: Lido-Point Lookout Water District.
EPA's service-area map puts essentially all residents on the Lido-Point Lookout Water District; your bill is the final word. The main supplier's most recent 90th-percentile lead result was 1.4 ppb, under the 15 ppb action level; lead usually comes from a home's own pipes and fixtures, so results vary house to house. The main supplier wasn't part of EPA's 2023–2025 UCMR 5 PFAS testing, so its annual water quality report is the place to look before choosing a filter. 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.
Lido Beach is an unincorporated hamlet, so plumbing permits go through the Town of Hempstead Building Department (One Washington Street, Hempstead).
