Christmas Light Installation in Bay Shore, NY

Christmas light installation in Bay Shore, NY

Bay Shore runs right up to the Great South Bay, and the Fire Island ferry terminal near the foot of Maple Avenue sets the tone for the whole waterfront end of town. Inland a few blocks, the 1920s colonials along Saxon Avenue bring deep porches and dormered upper floors, roofline work that takes noticeably longer than a plain ranch. A display here has to answer to both the wind off the bay and the age of the house.

What Bay Shore rooflines are actually like

Saxon Avenue and the streets around it hold onto Bay Shore’s older 1920s colonial stock, with deep porch roofs, dormers, and more trim than a simple gable, all of which add time to the install without adding square footage. Closer to the Great South Bay, canal-front homes often come with a dock or bulkhead that owners sometimes want folded into the lighting plan alongside the house itself. Around Awixa Avenue and toward the Brightwaters line, older colonials sit mixed with newer construction under mature shade trees. Closer to the Maple Avenue corridor, lots sit tighter together and rooflines run shorter and simpler.

• Saxon Avenue and the surrounding blocks: 1920s colonials with deep porches and dormers
• Canal-front streets near the Great South Bay: docks and bulkheads sometimes added to the plan
• Awixa Avenue toward the Brightwaters line: older colonials and newer builds under mature shade trees
• The Maple Avenue corridor: tighter lots, shorter and simpler roof runs

Getting to Bay Shore

Bay Shore is about 10 miles from our Amityville base, one of the closest stops on our whole route, usually a short run east on Sunrise Highway or the Southern State Parkway. That closeness makes it easy to fit into the schedule without the longer routing our farther North Shore stops need.

Nearby towns we light

Bay Shore sits among these south shore and central Suffolk towns we also work in.

• West Babylon, quiet residential blocks near Belmont Lake State Park
• Lindenhurst, a canal-front village on the Great South Bay
• Deer Park, home to the outlet center off the Sagtikos Parkway
• Hauppauge, home to the Hauppauge Industrial Park and the county offices on Veterans Memorial Highway
• Nesconset, post-war ranch and split-level blocks off Route 347

Bay Shore lighting questions

We’re on a canal and it gets windy. What happens if the lights go out?

Call us and we send a crew back. Canal-front and waterfront homes around the Great South Bay see more wind than an inland block, and that is exactly what the Stay-Lit Guarantee covers: if wind knocks something loose mid-season, a crew is back within 48 hours. Reach us at 631-517-0186.

Our colonial has a big wraparound porch and two dormers. Does that change the cost or timeline?

Yes, and it is priced on the actual roofline, not a flat rate. A porch and dormers like the ones common on Bay Shore’s older colonials add roofline and trim that push a job from the smaller end of our range toward the middle or upper tier, generally somewhere in the $1,400 to $2,900 span depending on the full house. We confirm the real number during the walk-through, not a guess over the phone.

We’re right on the water. Does permanent lighting make more sense than seasonal for a house like ours?

It is worth asking about. Permanent lighting typically runs $2,500 to $9,000 for a small to medium home, with no minimum, and carries a limited lifetime warranty on the product plus three years on labor. For a waterfront home dealing with more weather than an inland block, some owners prefer that over a seasonal install, especially with the Glow365 Plan ($59 a month) covering product, labor, and repairs for life. It comes down to what you want to deal with each year.

Bay Shore is in Suffolk County. That page covers pricing, what the local housing stock means for a display, and every other town we light in the county.