Flat Roof Repair
Seams, blisters and flashing on the flat roofs over attached houses.
Learn moreFlat and shingle roofing in Queens, NY
Attached two-family houses, garden apartment co-ops and detached houses under shingles. One borough, every kind of roof, and a phone answered around the clock.
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Quick answer: Queens mixes flat-roofed attached houses and apartment buildings with detached houses under pitched shingle roofs, so a call can be a flat-roof leak at a parapet one day and storm-lifted shingles the next. We work on both and give you a straight answer on repair or replacement.
Roofs in Queens
Queens roofs, block by block
Jackson Heights shows the planned, older side of the borough. Its historic district includes neo-Romanesque garden apartment buildings designed by Andrew J. Thomas and built in 1919 to 1921, with flat roofs behind parapets around shared courtyards.
Much of the borough is attached housing: rows of two-family houses on low-slope roofs that share a parapet line with the neighbors. Elsewhere, houses stand alone under pitched shingle roofs with gutters, dormers and chimneys, work that has more in common with Long Island than with Manhattan.
The Rockaway peninsula took some of the worst of Hurricane Sandy in 2012: a fire in Breezy Point destroyed about 110 homes, and in Belle Harbor and Rockaway Park nearly every home was affected. Queens is one of the four counties where most of New York's storm damage to housing occurred.
Most-called jobs
The jobs we are called for most in Queens
Every roofing service is listed on our services page.
Shingle Roof Replacement
Tear-off and new shingles on detached houses once repairs stop holding.
Learn moreParapet Wall Repair
Shared parapet lines on attached rows, repointed or rebuilt where they have moved.
Learn moreGutter & Leader Repair
Gutters and leaders on pitched-roof houses, cleared, resealed or replaced.
Learn moreCo-op & Condo Building Roofing
Roof programs and replacements planned with co-op boards and managing agents.
Learn moreEmergency Roof Repair
After a storm: make the roof safe, cover what is open, document it, then repair.
Learn moreRules and permits
Rules that shape a Queens roof job
Queens roofs follow New York City's Building Code and local laws. A full replacement of the roof assembly brings in the city's solar-or-green-roof requirements; repairs and coatings do not.
In the Jackson Heights Historic District and the borough's other landmark areas, visible changes to a roof or its details go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Buildings with a parapet facing a street, sidewalk or other public way need the city's yearly parapet observation, whatever their height; detached one- and two-family houses are exempt. We carry out the observation and the repairs.
How we get there
How we get to Queens
Queens jobs run from our service office on Fifth Avenue in Upper Manhattan, across the East River. The arrival window we give you on the phone depends on the hour, the weather and which part of the borough you are in; the Rockaways are the longest trip.
Not sure whether your roof needs a repair or a new one? A roof inspection with photos answers that before you spend money.
Questions we hear
Roofing questions from Queens
Yes. After a storm we make the roof safe first, cover what is open, and photograph everything for your insurer before the permanent repair.
With an inspection and a written report the board can read, then a scope that accounts for the historic district. Replacing the whole assembly also brings in the city's sustainable roofing rules, so we plan for those from the start.
It depends on what is under the surface. A moisture check decides it: a dry, sound roof can be coated, while wet insulation across the roof means replacement.
Sources
Sources for this page
- Jackson Heights Historic District garden apartments, 1919-21 (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission calendar)
- Surveying the destruction: Breezy Point and the Rockaways after Sandy (The Real Deal)
- Hurricane Sandy housing damage by county (NYS Homes and Community Renewal, CDBG-DR report)
- Street-facing parapet observation rule, our guide with the city sources
Queens roof needs a look?
Flat or pitched, call and a person answers, 24/7.