Retaining Walls in Sands Point, NY

Sands Point occupies the northernmost tip of the Port Washington peninsula, with properties fronting Long Island Sound to the north, Manhasset Bay to the east, and Hempstead Harbor to the west. The village's terrain is among the most dramatic on Long Island — steep coastal bluffs, rolling interior hills, and rapid grade transitions create conditions where retaining walls are often the only way to create functional outdoor space.

The village's estates — many built during the Gold Coast era of the 1920s — feature grounds that were originally sculpted with formal terraced gardens, stone walls, and carriage drives. A century of freeze-thaw cycling, root growth, and drainage neglect has left many of these original walls in various states of failure. Brothers Paving specializes in rebuilding these heritage walls with modern engineering while preserving the character of the original design — matching stone type, mortar style, and wall profile.

Coastal proximity is a defining factor in Sands Point wall engineering. Elevated groundwater, salt-air exposure, and storm-driven soil saturation demand drainage systems with significantly more capacity than inland walls. We use oversized drainage aggregate zones — 18 to 24 inches behind the wall face rather than the standard 12 — and specify materials rated for marine-adjacent environments. Wall anchors and geogrid connections are hot-dipped galvanized to resist salt corrosion.

Properties in Sands Point regularly command values from $3 million to $20 million or more, and the retaining wall is often the most structurally important element on the entire property. A failure can result in slope collapse that threatens foundations, driveways, and outdoor structures. We engineer every Sands Point wall as if the entire property depends on it — because in many cases, it does.