Security & Alarm Sales in Hicksville: a Long Island base for burglar-system retrofits

Security & Alarm Sales (full listing name: Home Security & Burglar Systems Long Island & NYC) files its address as 36 West Village Green, Hicksville, NY 11801. The address sits in central Nassau County in the Hicksville hamlet, a base that points toward Nassau and Suffolk single-family-home work rather than the dense walk-up and high-rise installs that dominate the NYC five-borough side of the market.

The single-family burglar-system shape

A Nassau County single-family home built between 1955 and 1985 typically has a perimeter alarm coverage need that runs about 12 to 20 sensor points: front and rear exterior doors, garage interior door, basement and bulkhead doors, and selected ground-floor windows. Most homes in Hicksville, Plainview, Levittown, and the surrounding hamlets fit this profile. Newer construction post-2000 often added side and rear doors that increase the sensor count. The install sequence is mature: panel and keypad first, then perimeter sensors, then motion detectors in living spaces, then smoke and CO if integrated.

How the Nassau police response model differs from the NYC pattern

Alarm response in Nassau County runs through the Nassau County Police Department or the Hicksville Fire District depending on the alarm type. The response window for a verified intrusion alarm differs from NYPD response in the five boroughs: officers are dispatched from county precincts with a different geographic spread, and verified alarm response typically falls within a tighter window for residential addresses than in dense urban areas. False-alarm fees apply for repeat unverified alarms; most installers will brief homeowners on the local ordinance during the first install.

The smart-home integration question for Nassau homes

Newer single-family installs in this corridor increasingly pair the traditional burglar panel with a smart-home hub — Z-Wave or Zigbee — that allows arm/disarm via app, integrates with garage-door openers, and exposes the panel state to home-automation platforms. The trade-off versus a pure burglar-only panel is recurring monthly fees: smart-home integrated panels usually require a monitoring plan that includes app access, where pure burglar panels can be self-monitored with no monthly fee.

Calling: the first conversation

The listed number is +1 516-550-3900. For a Nassau homeowner, the four-question intake is: number of exterior doors and ground-floor windows, whether the home has an existing panel that should be replaced or expanded, whether smoke and CO should be integrated into the alarm panel or kept on a separate system, and whether the homeowner wants central-station monitoring or self-monitoring. A 15-minute call usually scopes a site visit.

Getting to 36 West Village Green

The address is in the Hicksville hamlet, accessible by car via the Long Island Expressway Exit 41N or the Northern State Parkway Exit 35S. The LIRR Hicksville station is the closest commuter stop, about a 6-minute walk from the office. The Village Green area is residential with light commercial; parking is available on the surrounding side streets.