Tree Care in Bay Shore, NY

If you're looking at the trees in your Bay Shore yard and feeling uneasy, you're not imagining things. Many of the mature trees here, like the silver maples and Norway maples, were planted when these neighborhoods were built in the 1960s. They were chosen for fast growth, not for longevity or storm resilience. Now, 60 years later, you're dealing with the consequences: weak wood, aggressive surface roots, and trees that are simply too large for their planting space. The specific weather here, with 49 inches of annual rain and 24 storm events a year, means saturated soils are common. This is when wind can most easily uproot a tree with a compromised root system. We see this pattern often after nor'easters.