Smithtown, 5.7 miles west of our base, shares more than a border with Stony Brook.
It shares the scars of the same August 2024 storm, which breached the 226-year-old Stump Pond dam the very night it destroyed Stony Brook's Mill Pond dam.
☎ Call (631) 314-0697On August 19, 2024, the storm that dropped nearly 10 inches of rain on this stretch of the North Shore breached the Stump Pond dam in Blydenburgh County Park, a dam built in 1798 by Isaac Blydenburgh to power his mill, and sent a 100-acre pond draining into the Nissequogue River.
Jericho Turnpike flooded from the outflow.
Smithtown Town Hall took four feet of water in its basement.
The Nissequogue crested at Paul T.
Given Park, LIRR service between Port Jefferson and Kings Park was suspended, and Maple Avenue closed at Millers Pond. Suffolk County declared a state of emergency that covered Smithtown and Stony Brook alike.
We lead with that story because it defines Smithtown's real water damage risk better than any generic description could.
The Nissequogue River, one of Long Island's few free-flowing rivers, draining roughly 50 square miles of central Suffolk, runs straight through the heart of the town, and homes and businesses along its corridor from Hauppauge through the hamlet to Kings Park live with genuine river-flooding exposure that most of Long Island doesn't.
Superstorm Sandy made the same point in 2012, when the river jumped its banks at Paul T. Given Park.
Smithtown's neighborhoods are predominantly 1960s-to-1980s colonials and split-levels, with older housing near Main Street and the historic town center by the Smithtown Bull monument.
That pre-1980 construction carries the standard restoration considerations of its era: joint compounds and materials that require careful handling during demolition, plaster in the oldest structures, and finished basements throughout.
We scope Smithtown jobs with that construction history in mind rather than treating every house as if it were built to modern code.
For river-corridor and storm-driven flooding.
Wind, rain, and flash-flood response.
From seepage to full flooding: Town Hall wasn't the only basement hit in 2024.
For backups driven by overwhelmed systems during heavy rain.
Including delayed-onset mold from imperfectly dried 2024 flood damage.
Full fire, smoke, and soot restoration.
Smithtown's hamlet center is a 10-to-15-minute run from Stony Brook along Route 25A or Main Street, close enough that we treat Smithtown calls with the same urgency as our home hamlet.
If your property took water in the 2024 storm and was never professionally dried and verified, it's worth an inspection now: delayed-onset mold from that event is something we're still finding, more than a year later.
Yes, severely. The same August 19, 2024 storm breached Smithtown's 1798 Stump Pond dam, flooded Jericho Turnpike, put four feet of water in Town Hall's basement, and suspended LIRR service, the same night it destroyed Stony Brook's Mill Pond dam.
For properties along its corridor, yes. The river drains roughly 50 square miles of central Suffolk and has jumped its banks in multiple events, including Sandy in 2012 and the 2024 storm. Homes near Paul T. Given Park and the river's course carry genuine river-flooding exposure.
It's worth a check. We're still finding delayed-onset mold in 2024 flood-affected properties where drying was incomplete. Moisture trapped in wall cavities or under flooring can support mold growth months after the visible surfaces dried.