Family-owned since 1995, minutes away at our Freeport office. We gut and rebuild homes, repair flood and fire damage 24/7, and build to the flood rules that apply in the village.
Gotham Builders of New York has been a family-owned contractor since 1995, more than 30 years. We hold Nassau County Home Improvement License #H18D7530000 and NYC License #0916825-DCA, and we work from one office at 108 W Merrick Rd in Freeport. From there, Island Park is a quick drive, which matters when water is coming into a house.
Island Park is surrounded by channels that connect to the ocean, and nearly every home in the village is in a flood hazard area. Many houses here have been raised, rebuilt or fully renovated since Sandy. That is the work we do most in Island Park: full gut renovations, flood repairs and rebuilds done to current code.
On Ostend Road in Island Park, we took a home down to the studs and rebuilt the inside from scratch. The new layout opens the living room to a double-height ceiling, with an upper landing framed by a glass railing with a metal cap rail.
The living room centers on a floor-to-ceiling stacked-stone wall with a linear fireplace and a floating mantel, under dark ceiling beams and a tiered crystal chandelier. Large marble-look tile runs through the main floor, with dark hardwood upstairs and new windows that bring in light from both sides.
Sandy damaged 1,100 of the village's 1,144 homes in 2012, along with its schools, library and Village Hall, and the village recorded extreme water levels of 10.89 feet. Soon after the storm, about 80 Island Park homes had damage estimated at more than half their value, which under federal rules meant they had to be raised before their owners could move back in.
Island Park has been rebuilding ever since, and the mayor has called the wave of new and remodeled homes a renaissance. If you're renovating or buying here, find out early whether the house was substantially damaged or will need to meet current flood elevation rules. We help you get that answer before the walls come down.
From pumping out a flooded first floor to a complete gut renovation, one local team handles the work, the insurance paperwork and the Village permits.
Island Park is an incorporated village with its own Building Department, which issues permits and can tell you your flood zone, your base flood elevation and whether your street is in a repetitive loss area. It also keeps FEMA elevation certificates on file for many buildings. Harbor Isle and parts of Barnum Island are under the Town of Hempstead instead. We file with whichever office covers your home.
Flood cleanup or full renovation, every Island Park job follows the same steps, with the flood rules checked before the plan is set.
Our office is at 108 W Merrick Rd in Freeport, a short drive away, and we answer 24/7. Call or text (516) 377-0400 and we will send a crew to stop the damage.
The Village of Island Park Building Department. Homes in Harbor Isle and parts of Barnum Island go through the Town of Hempstead. We file the permits for the work we do.
Not always. It depends on your flood zone, your home's elevation and how the cost of the work compares to the building's value. If damage or improvements reach 50 percent of the value, the house generally has to meet current flood rules, which can mean raising it. We help you find out before you plan the job.
Yes. We take homes down to the studs and rebuild them: new layout, framing, electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall, flooring, kitchens, baths, stairs and finishes, with one team responsible for all of it.
Most Island Park homes are in a flood hazard area, and standard homeowners insurance does not cover flooding. Because the village takes part in the National Flood Insurance Program, flood insurance is available to all owners and renters. We work with both flood and homeowners insurers on claims.
Water and fire damage restoration, mold remediation, kitchens, bathrooms, roofing, siding, dormers and additions, all from the same local team.
