Free visual inspection and a written scope of work before any mitigation begins - photos, moisture readings, and drying logs go in your claim file
The scope we write is the scope we bill. Anything new gets shown to you, in writing, before we touch it.
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AfterDamage Restoration Services in Long Island City, NY
If you’re standing in a flooded ground-floor condo off Vernon Boulevard or smelling smoke that won’t clear out of a Hunters Point high-rise, you need a crew that knows Long Island City’s buildings, not a call center guessing at your ZIP code. Wade’s Restoration has been pulling floodwater, tearing out mold, and putting fire-damaged kitchens back together across LIC since the neighborhood was still mostly warehouses and artist lofts. Call (363) 208-1526 and you’ll reach a live person, not a menu. Wade often answers that phone himself, and his first question is usually “What does it look like right now?”
Most damage restoration calls in Long Island City break down into three buckets, and we’ll get you an honest answer on all three before you spend a dime. A burst supply line in a Dutch Kills loft, a backed-up sewer lateral in a Hunters Point townhouse, a kitchen fire that left smoke in every closet of a Court Square rental. We handle all of it, and we don’t charge a trip fee inside our own county. You’ll know what the job costs, what it will take to fix, and whether insurance should cover it, before any equipment leaves the truck.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Why Long Island City Homeowners Choose Wade’s Restoration
Wade Ferris started this company in 2007, and he never franchised it, never sold it to a private equity firm, and never stopped answering his own phone. When someone in Long Island City calls at 2 a.m. because a basement is filling with water, the voice on the other end is usually Wade himself. He’ll tell you what to do in the next ten minutes, then get a crew moving. That’s not a marketing line; it’s his actual cell phone number on the card.
We do restoration work throughout Hunters Point, Dutch Kills, Court Square, and Blissville. Ask anyone on your street, or the super in your building, whether they’ve seen our trucks. LIC is dense, and word travels fast here. Wade’s promise is simple and it’s in writing on every water, fire, and mold job: a 90-Day Done Right Promise. If something we fixed isn’t done right, we come back and make it right. No arguments, no fine print, no “that’s a separate service call.” It’s the same accountability you get when you know the owner’s name is on the truck and he’s going to run into you at the Food Cellar or on the 7 train platform.
Here’s what that looks like in real terms on a LIC job. Wade’s crew are background-checked and uniformed. They use professional-grade drying and extraction equipment from Dri-Eaz, Phoenix, and XPOWER. Every technician carries IICRC certification, and Wade backs the work with RIA and IFA standards. But the thing homeowners consistently tell us matters most is the moisture log. Every single day, Wade takes moisture readings. At the end of the job, you get the full log in your hand. Almost nobody else in this trade hands a homeowner a complete moisture history. If your insurance adjuster has questions, Wade deals with them directly. You’re never the one stuck on hold, relaying information between two sides.
Damage Restoration Services We Offer in Long Island City
Water Damage Restoration
Burst pipes, appliance failures, and storm surge from the East River are all regular call types in Long Island City. Extraction starts fast because we’re local, not dispatching from a suburb an hour away. We run industrial-grade dehumidifiers and air movers, and we don’t declare a space dry until the moisture log says it is, not before.
Learn more about our Water Damage Restoration in Long Island City.
Mold Remediation
LIC’s converted industrial buildings and high-humidity waterfront air make mold a near-constant concern, especially in basement units and behind uninsulated brick walls. We find the moisture source first, then build a written scope for removal and prevention. You get the lab results and the moisture log, not a vague “we sprayed it.”
Learn more about our Mold Remediation in Long Island City.
Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration
A stovetop fire in a Court Square high-rise or an electrical fire in an old Dutch Kills loft leaves more than char. Smoke gets into HVAC systems, closets, drywall, and upholstery within hours. We handle soot removal, odor treatment, structural cleaning, and full reconstruction, working with your building’s management and your adjuster so you’re not the middleman.
Learn more about our Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration in Long Island City.
Storm & Disaster Restoration
Hurricane Sandy made Long Island City’s flood exposure impossible to ignore, and nor’easters still push East River water into Hunters Point ground floors. We board up, extract, dry, and rebuild. We also work directly with your insurance carrier on storm-damage documentation, which saves you a pile of phone time.
Sewage Cleanup
LIC’s combined sewer system backs up into basements and ground-floor commercial spaces with ugly regularity. This is Category 3 black water, and it’s a serious health risk. Wade handles it with Long Island City Sewage Cleanup protective protocol, proper disposal, and sanitization, and he is blunt about what’s salvageable versus what has to go.
Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup
Unattended deaths, accidents, and other biohazard situations happen, and someone has to handle them compassionately and legally. We’re trained, certified, and discreet. We handle the remediation so the family, landlord, or business owner doesn’t have to carry that weight.
Reconstruction & Cleanup
After the drying and demolition is done, you need floors rebuilt, drywall hung, kitchens reassembled, and paint back on the walls. Wade’s crew does the Long Island City Reconstruction & Cleanup full rebuild, not just the cleanup. One point of contact from the first pump-out to the final coat of paint.
Sanitization Services
Odor control, antimicrobial treatment, air scrubbers, and surface sanitization for residential and commercial spaces in Long Island City. This pairs with water and mold work, but it also stands alone if you’ve got a stubborn smell or a health concern in a rental unit or office.
Commercial Restoration
Restaurants, offices, galleries, and retail across LIC trust us to minimize downtime. We will get your storefront or office back to business without drama, coordinating with building management for after-hours work where needed.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Long Island City
We work throughout Long Island City, and because our operations run out of a New York City office, we’re not coming from another county. Typical response time for a water or flood emergency in LIC is under an hour for dispatch, with crews staged locally for faster arrival.
- Hunters Point
- Dutch Kills
- Court Square
- Blissville
- Queensbridge
Why Long Island City’s Climate & Housing Affect Damage Restoration
Long Island City sits low and flat at the confluence of the East River and Newtown Creek, and large swaths of the neighborhood fall in FEMA Flood Zone AE. That’s not abstract risk management talk; it means a named storm or even a strong nor’easter can push river water into ground-floor condos and commercial spaces along the Hunters Point waterfront. Hurricane Sandy proved it in 2012, and the neighborhood hasn’t forgotten. Storm-surge flooding here isn’t a hundred-year event anymore, it’s a repeated reality.
But LIC has a second vulnerability that’s just as persistent: aging combined sewer lines. In the older blocks around Dutch Kills, stormwater and sanitary flow run through the same brick laterals. When a moderate to heavy rain hits, the system backs up, and sewage surfaces in basements and ground-floor spaces. Any restoration crew that’s been working here for a while treats every Dutch Kills basement flood after a rain event as Category 3 black water, even if the building super insists it’s “just groundwater.” The soil around those old pipes doesn’t care what the super thinks. We test, we treat, and we don’t cut corners on sanitation.
Housing stock adds another layer. LIC is sharply divided between post-2010 luxury towers with high-end finishes and complex mechanical systems, and converted early-1900s factory and warehouse buildings that still occupy blocks across Dutch Kills and the interior. Those older buildings often have asbestos-containing materials and lead paint, and any restoration scope has to account for that before demolition begins. The high-rises demand tight coordination with building management and care around MEP systems and curtain-wall penetrations. Both building types sit side by side here, sometimes on the same block, and restoration that works for one won’t fit the other.
Pricing for Damage Restoration in Long Island City
Water extraction and drying in a typical LIC apartment or condo runs $1,800 to $3,500, depending on square footage and how long the water has been sitting. Sewage cleanup starts around $2,500 and goes up with the affected area and amount of demo. Mold remediation on a contained area generally lands between $2,000 and $6,000, and a full kitchen fire restoration with smoke remediation typically runs $8,000 to $20,000 plus, driven by finishes and electrical work. These are real ranges for this market, not national averages. Wade will give you a written scope and an honest price before work starts, and there’s no charge for the estimate inside our county. Seniors and veterans get a 10% discount, always.
Service Area - Cities Near Long Island City
We handle restoration jobs across western Queens and the surrounding area. If you’re just over the border in Astoria or a couple of stops out in Flushing, we will come. Same crew, same standards, same owner answering the phone.
Serving Long Island City, NY - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Long Island City area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Damage Restoration in Long Island City
For water, sewage, or fire emergencies, Wade heads out immediately, and crews are typically onsite within the hour in LIC. If you’re in a high-rise, we coordinate with building management on the way, so there’s no delay at the freight elevator.
Standard homeowners insurance does not cover river or storm-surge flooding, but separate flood insurance through FEMA’s NFIP does, and Sandy-era claims taught a lot of LIC owners this lesson the hard way. If you’re in Flood Zone AE, check your policy document today. For burst pipes, sewer backup, fire, and mold tied to a covered water event, your standard policy often applies, and Wade will talk to your adjuster directly. Call (363) 208-1526 and we will help you figure out what’s covered before you assume the worst.
If the water came from the East River or a sewer backup in Dutch Kills, you need full remediation, period. Contaminants from Newtown Creek, an EPA Superfund site, and raw sewage from combined overflows are not things you mop up and move on from. A cleaning alone won’t kill what’s growing behind the baseboard, and you’ll smell it forever.
Wade does. He handles the adjuster directly, documents everything with photos, and hands you the moisture log at the end. For co-op and condo work in LIC, he also manages the building management requirements so you’re not running between your unit and the management office with paperwork.
Waiting a day or two to see if it “drains on its own.” It doesn’t. In sea-level Long Island City, standing water turns into mold and structural rot faster than in drier neighborhoods, and every hour it sits spreads the damage upward into drywall and insulation. Call the moment you see standing water, even if it’s small. The estimate is free, and early extraction is always cheaper than late remediation.
If you are dealing with a flood, fire, sewage backup, or mold problem anywhere in Long Island City, call Wade’s Restoration at (363) 208-1526. You’ll get Wade or one of his team, not an answering service. We will tell you honestly what you’re dealing with, what it costs, and what we would do if it were our building. That’s how we have run this company since 2007, and that’s how it will be when the phone rings tonight.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration, serving Long Island City and all of New York City since 2007.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local damage restoration pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Long Island City Customers Say
"He photographed everything before he touched a thing and took moisture readings every single day, then handed the whole file to the adjuster. Our claim went through without one argument."
- Roosevelt Dandridge"Sewer backup into the basement, which is about as bad as it gets. Full protective gear, everything porous out and bagged, sanitised properly, and you would never know now."
- Ignatius Oduya"He talked me through what would happen next while I was still standing in the water crying down the phone at him. That was worth as much to me that night as the equipment."
- Delphine Aubrey