Roofers in Valley Stream

This page lists roofing companies with a Valley Stream address in Nassau County. Valley Stream is an incorporated village inside the Town of Hempstead, so a house inside the village files with the village Building Department, not the town. The village fee sheet charges $50 for work up to $1,000 and $6 for each added $1,000. The village FAQ says a contractor working on a home of up to three families needs a Nassau County home improvement license.

Last reviewed October 31, 2026.

Rain gets in over a back bedroom after a storm. In Valley Stream that leak is more than a nuisance. Section 64-5 of the village property maintenance chapter says every roof, wall, window, exterior door and hatchway must be kept free of holes or leaks that let water into the building. So whether to fix it is settled. The open question is who takes the paperwork, and for a house inside the village that is Village Hall at 123 South Central Avenue.

Village Hall on South Central Avenue, not the town

Nassau County lists Valley Stream as an incorporated village of the Town of Hempstead. Its Building Department enforces the state building and fire codes along with the village code.

The department’s FAQ names replacement windows, dormers, exterior siding and “all other exterior finishing” among the common jobs that need a permit. Roofing never gets its own mention. The FAQ adds that the list is not limited to the jobs it names, and that the best way to know is to contact the department. Call (516) 825-4200, option 3, before anyone sets a tear-off date. Permit applications and documents are available through the village’s online permitting system.

The residential fee sheet on the village site carries no date. It starts at $50 for work up to $1,000 and climbs $6 for each added $1,000, so a $15,000 contract lands on the $134 line. Work done first and legalized later pays the permit fee plus another 50 percent.

A dormer adds a step. The Architectural Review Board form (2021) lists dormers under residential renovations and asks for scaled plans, a color rendering and photos of the houses on both sides, 10 copies each, at least 14 days before the board’s monthly meeting.

Swapping rafters for trusses or engineered lumber brings in one more form. The village has a notice under 19 NYCRR Part 1265 for declaring roof framing of that kind, and it notes that truss signs are sold at Village Hall for $10 each.

A Valley Stream mailing address does not prove the house is in the village. The county list counts North Valley Stream and South Valley Stream as unincorporated communities. Houses there file with the town, which the Hempstead permit guide covers.

Kennedy Airport normals and the February 2026 gusts

We found no Weather Service almanac for the village itself. What does exist is the one the National Weather Service office in Upton publishes for Kennedy Airport in Queens. Its January page, built on 1991 to 2020 normals and labeled unofficial, gives a normal high of 39.5 degrees, a normal low of 26.2 and 7.5 inches of snow for the month. The biggest single January day on that sheet is 30.3 inches, on January 23, 2016. The ice dam guide shows how a month like that turns into ice at the eaves.

During the February 22 to 23, 2026 blizzard, the Weather Service log has a Valley Stream station reporting a 40 mph gust before dawn on February 23. The Kennedy Airport sensor hit 62 mph. Lynbrook got 24.0 inches of snow, and a spot a mile southwest of Elmont got 21.2. The log gives no Valley Stream snow total.

After a storm like that, check the shingles along the rakes and ridge, and the gutters on the windward side. Water coming through a ceiling is a job for emergency roof repair.

Low streets add a flood question. The Building Department page links to the FEMA flood map portal. Chapter 34 of the village code makes it unlawful to undertake development in a mapped special flood hazard area without a floodplain development permit, and the forms page lists a separate Floodplain Application. Whether a given roof job counts is the department’s call, so check the map before the contract is signed.

Dumpsters, debris and the four Valley Stream shops

Those old shingles have to go somewhere. The village FAQ says any dumpster or carting company must be registered with the village, and the fee page lists a dumpster permit at $25. The Sanitation Department at 175 Arlington Avenue takes construction debris at $120 a ton, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., checks only. Ask whether the quote covers the dumpster permit.

The same FAQ says a contractor working on a home of up to three families needs a Nassau County home improvement license, and every contractor must comply with state workers’ compensation law. Don’t ask the department for a name. It will not recommend a roofer and calls that a conflict of interest. The Nassau license guide shows how to run the lookup yourself.

Four companies in this directory’s October 2026 snapshot give a Valley Stream address. One sits on East Merrick Road with an 11580 ZIP. The other three use 11581, on Rockaway Avenue, Gibson Boulevard and Sunrise Highway. All four are marked for roofing, and one for siding too. A ZIP code does not settle the village line, so the cards tell you where the shop is, not which counter permits your house.