Hiring movers in Nassau County runs about $131 per hour for a local crew at market rates, with two-hour minimums standard across Long Island. A one-bedroom move typically starts around $678 and a three-bedroom cape or colonial from $2,466 (moveBuddha market data, July 2026 — estimates, not a quote). Big Apple Moving has moved families between New York City and Nassau’s 64 incorporated villages since 1979 — rated 5.0 on Google, with a certificate of insurance issued the same business day for any building that requires one.
Moving to Nassau County Usually Means Leaving an Apartment for a House
Most of the moves we run into Nassau County start in a New York City apartment and end in a driveway. In the city, 32.7% of households own their home; in Nassau County it is 81.9% (U.S. Census). That flip changes the whole job. The origin needs a certificate of insurance for the building, an elevator reservation or a walk-up carry, and legal curb space for the truck. The destination needs none of that — but it has its own work: furniture that spent years in a two-bedroom spreading into a colonial, basements and garages that become overflow rooms on day one, and a lawn you’d rather we didn’t drive across.
Big Apple Moving has been running this corridor since 1979. The same crew that wraps and carries your furniture out of a Manhattan or Queens building delivers it into Levittown, Garden City, or Massapequa — one truck, one team, one point of accountability from the city side to the island side. We also run plenty of moves that never cross the city line: house to house within Nassau, village to village, and out of the county entirely.
Houses, Co-ops, and Everything In Between
Single-family houses
Nassau is house country: capes, colonials, splits, and ranches, including 17,447 near-identical Levittown homes built between 1947 and 1951. House moves are about volume and staging — garage first, rooms labeled, beds reassembled before the crew leaves.
Co-ops and condos
Great Neck, Rockville Centre, and Long Beach carry most of the county’s co-op stock. Boards set move hours and insurance requirements just like the city’s do — we handle the paperwork and the certificate of insurance before move day.
Apartments and downsizing
Village-center rentals, accessory apartments, and downsizing moves from a family house into something smaller — often with a storage stop between closings.
Two Cities, Three Towns, and 64 Villages — We Cover All of Them
Nassau County is not one place. It is two cities (Glen Cove and Long Beach), three towns (Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay), 64 incorporated villages, and more than a hundred unincorporated hamlets — each with its own rules about parking, permits, and what a moving truck can do at the curb (nassaucountyny.gov). A crew that works the county every week knows the difference between staging a truck in Garden City and staging one on a Long Beach block in summer.
We run moves across the full county: the North Shore from Great Neck and Manhasset through Roslyn, Sea Cliff, and Oyster Bay; the middle of the island through Mineola, Westbury, Hicksville, and Levittown; and the South Shore from Valley Stream and Rockville Centre through Freeport, Merrick, and the Massapequas. Dedicated pages: Freeport, Hicksville, Long Beach, Port Washington, and Woodbury.
Why Your Moving Truck Can’t Take the Northern State
New York State bans commercial vehicles from its parkways (Vehicle and Traffic Law §1621) — and Nassau County is laced with them. The Northern State and Southern State are off-limits to trucks for their entire length; the Wantagh is closed to trucks north of exit W5E and the Meadowbrook north of exit M9E. Every moving truck crossing Nassau runs the Long Island Expressway, Route 25, or Sunrise Highway instead — shared with every other truck on the island.
That is not trivia; it is why quotes from crews that know the island are more accurate. A mover who plans your Manhattan-to-Manhasset move down the Northern State has never driven it. We quote drive time on the roads a truck can legally use, which is why our arrival windows hold.
What Moving in Nassau County Costs in 2026
Local moves bill hourly by crew size; the market average in New York is about $131 per hour with a two-hour minimum (moveBuddha, July 2026). Market-rate estimates for Nassau-size homes — published as ranges, not guaranteed quotes:
| Home size | Typical crew | Typical hours | Market estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-bedroom apartment | 2 movers | 4 | from $678 |
| 2-bedroom co-op or condo | 3 movers | 5 | from $1,081 |
| 3-bedroom cape or split | 4 movers | 8 | from $2,466 |
| 4–5 bedroom colonial | 4–5 movers | 9–10 | from $2,825 |
Market estimates based on moveBuddha NY cost data, July 2026. Not a quote. Get a free written estimate.
Moves crossing the city line add drive time on the truck-legal routes above. The number that matters is the one on your written estimate — free, and based on what you actually own, not a form average.
How a Nassau County Move Runs
Tell us both addresses and what you own. We flag anything the buildings or villages require before move day.
COI for the NYC building, board requirements for a co-op, elevator reservation — handled before the truck rolls.
The crew wraps, loads, and drives the legal truck routes. You get one team end to end, not a handoff.
Furniture placed by room, beds reassembled, and the boxes you want in the basement actually in the basement.
Moving From Nassau County Out of State
Leaving the island entirely, we run interstate moves from Nassau County under our own federal operating authority — one carrier from your Nassau driveway to the destination, no brokered handoff. Routes, timing, and market pricing for long-haul moves live on our long-distance movers page.
Why Nassau County Moves With Big Apple Moving
Since 1979
Moving New Yorkers onto Long Island for five decades — date, not a slogan.
Licensed and insured
NY DOT #T9942, fully insured, COI issued the same business day.
220,000+ moves
Apartments, houses, offices, pianos, and everything that didn’t fit the form.
One crew, both sides
The team that clears your NYC building delivers into your Nassau house. No handoff.
24/7 operations
Crews around the clock; phones staffed 7 AM–9 PM.
Nassau County Moving — Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about moving to, from, and within Nassau County.
Market rates run about $131 per hour for a local crew with a two-hour minimum (moveBuddha, July 2026). As market estimates: a one-bedroom from $678, a two-bedroom from $1,081, a three-bedroom house from $2,466. Your written estimate is free and reflects what you actually own.
It’s the corridor we run most. The same crew handles the city side — certificate of insurance, elevator reservation, walk-up carry — and the Nassau side, from driveway staging to placing furniture by room.
No. New York bans commercial vehicles from its parkways, so the Northern State, Southern State, most of the Wantagh, and the Meadowbrook north of exit M9E are all off-limits to moving trucks. Crews route via the Long Island Expressway, Route 25, or Sunrise Highway — and quote drive time accordingly.
All of it — both cities, all three towns, and all 64 incorporated villages, from Great Neck and Port Washington on the North Shore through Mineola and Hicksville to Long Beach, Freeport, and the Massapequas on the South Shore.
Many do — co-op stock in Great Neck, Rockville Centre, and Long Beach commonly sets move-in hours and insurance requirements, the same way city buildings do. We handle the certificate of insurance and work to your board’s schedule.
A one-bedroom typically runs about four hours with two movers; a three-bedroom house about eight hours with four. Driveway access and staging space usually make house moves faster per room than apartment moves.
Mid-month, mid-week, outside summer. Late May through early September is peak season on Long Island, and month-end weekends book out first. Booking three to four weeks ahead gets the best crews at the best rates.
Yes — house closings rarely line up, so we hold full households in our storage facility between move-out and move-in, with the same crew on both ends. See moving and storage.
Yes — piano moving, antiques, and fine art with crating where a piece needs it.
Yes — licensed under NY DOT #T9942 and insured for residential and commercial moves throughout New York State, operating since 1979.
