Roofers in Glen Cove

This page lists roofing companies based in the City of Glen Cove, Nassau County. Glen Cove is a city with its own building department at 9 Glen Street, not part of a town building department. The city lists roofing, siding and replacement windows as work that needs a permit. Its fee schedule charges $250 for the first $1,000 of value and $20 for each added $1,000. The roofer needs a Nassau County home improvement license.

Last reviewed October 31, 2026.

The dumpster is booked and the shingles are on order. In Glen Cove, the permit has to be on file before anyone climbs a ladder. The building department’s own page puts roofing, siding and replacement windows on its list of jobs that need one, right beside decks, sheds and demolition. Nassau County has three towns and two cities, Long Beach and Glen Cove, and Glen Cove runs its own permits out of 9 Glen Street.

The Glen Cove permit file for a reroof

The department page boils its rule down to one line: structural change means a permit. Then it lists roofing anyway. So a straight tear-off and reshingle still goes on the application, which has a roofing box under the work being requested. You write in the estimated cost of the proposed work. The fee schedule, as amended December 23, 2024, charges $250 for the first $1,000 of value and $20 for each further $1,000 or part of one. Add scope after approval and the amendment runs $20 per $1,000 of added value.

For a residential job, the city checklist revised November 2020 wants the completed application, a residential zoning data sheet, a current property survey, the Nassau County assessor’s sheet, and the contractor’s current Nassau County home improvement license with workers’ comp and liability insurance.

Drawings are the murky part. Page one of the checklist asks for two sets signed and sealed by an architect or engineer. Page two says the state Education Law seal requirement does not reach alterations costing under $20,000 or homes under 1,500 square feet of living area. Before you pay anyone to draw a plain reroof, ask the department whether it needs drawings at all.

The city code backs up the license line. Section 111-9 bars any contractor or subcontractor from residential work that needs a permit in Glen Cove without a license from Nassau County Consumer Affairs and the insurance the chapter requires. The Nassau license guide walks you through the county lookup.

Once issued, a permit lasts up to 2 years, per the checklist. It goes void if work has not started within 1 year of issue. The owner or contractor books inspections at least 48 hours ahead. Changes after approval go through an amendment form before the work happens, not after. And the application carries a signed promise on hours: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays.

Old houses, downtown blocks and where the rain goes

The checklist says work under a permit falls under state and federal asbestos rules. On an older house, ask the roofer whether anything coming off has been tested. Ask at the estimate, not on the morning of the tear-off.

Downtown adds a step. Under Section 280-10 of the city code, no building permit is issued for an exterior alteration or renovation inside the officially designated urban renewal area until the Planning Board approves it. The board gets 30 days from its first regular meeting after it receives the file. The City Clerk keeps the boundary description. A landmark or historic site has its own $35 building permit line on the fee schedule.

The city also cares where your roof water ends up. The checklist tells applicants to size drywells for a 5 inch rainfall and show them on the site plan, and it flags flood zone rules for properties inside one. If new gutters or leaders will tie into an existing drywell, ask whether the department wants to see it.

None of this picks your shingle. For materials, see the roof replacement page. For lifespans, the roof age guide. For what Long Island contractors publish on price, the cost guide.

Three Glen Cove shops in this directory

Three cards in the October 2026 directory carry a Glen Cove address: ABC Roof Repair and Skylight Repair on Morris Avenue, Elite Waterproofing & Roofing on Glen Street, and L.I.N.Y. Roofing LLC on School Street. All three list roofing. ABC adds skylights. Elite adds waterproofing. None was confirmed in our October 28, 2026 search of the Nassau register, which can mean a legal name we did not try. The city wants that license in the permit file regardless, so ask each company for its number and run it through the county lookup yourself. Our method is on how we check contractors.