AMAZING TEAMWORK BY A TRAINED & SKILLED TREE SERVICE CREW, SIMPLY AMAZING. ADD 5 EXTRA STARS ON, WE…read moreGIVE IT A 10 STAR RATING! 516-306-3839 This may be a bit long, but please read, thank you. We hated to cut down this over 100 year old Oak tree in our yard. But it was near our house and the branches high above were over our house and the trunk was starting to lift out of the ground! Before it destroys our home or our neighbors homes from strong winds and storms, we decided to have it cut down, it was time for it to go. I called in 5 tree experts, we chose CROSS ISLAND TREE SERVICE, we liked the reviews seen on Google, Santos the owner came over in less than an hour after I called him for an estimate, after a little back and forth about the price, Santos gave us a very fair price the we could afford. Santos also assured us, no property would be damaged and all debris would be cleaned up. Santos told us, to trim and prune the Red Maple tree in front of our house and to remove and grind down the stump of the Oak tree on the side of our house and because we are a corner property with wires on the side and in front of our house, it would take about 3-4 hours using 10 men. Santos told us this was really a small job for him and he does small as well as much larger jobs too. We were lucky, CITS had a morning opening to do the work 3 days from the time the estimate was given. The day the work began, I opened my door at 7:30AM, their truck and chipper machine were already in front of our home! Men were moving in all directions, some started trimming the Red Maple tree and others were already climbing up the old Oak tree, Santos said for this job he did not need to use his bucket truck, his men were skilled enough to climb and take down this tree even over wires and a busy Avenue with morning traffic.Wow, I did not know where to look and watch first? Everyone knew exactly what they had to do! No branches were dropped to the ground, all branches were lowered by rope and placed exactly where they wanted it to be, from there it carried to the chipper machine and blown into the back of their truck to be hauled away. Santos the owner stayed on this job the full time, he manned the chipper machine and did other jobs too. We were in awe, this crew ran like a precision time piece, as the branches and leaves came down, there were men raking and cleaning up as the tree removal progressed, just amazing! When it came time for the heavier branches and tree trunk to be cut they used what I call a hydraulic grabber that grabbed the heavy wood and placed it where they wanted it to go, Santos was operating this grabber machine even between the wire on the street, I still cannot believe what I saw happening before my very eyes. CITS equipment to me looked all brand new, trucks and machinery alike, you could see all was well taken care of and NO OIL LEAKS in the streets, like other reviews complained about using OTHER tree service companies! With the okay from Santos, around 10AM, I had delivered a hot breakfast and coffee for everyone and when the job was done I gave each of the men a nice thank you tip. I felt they really deserved it! With all these long branches coming down, they NEVER TOUCHED our home, the fence, the hedges or shrubs, when the left at 11:30AM, 4 hours later, our lawns and streets were so clean, you would never know they were here at all. They even brought wood to my neighbor for his fireplace two doors down. I cannot say enough about this great tree service company run by Santos! BRAVO to CROSS ISLAND TREE SERVICE, and we thank you AGAIN! Joe & Angela

This is not a company you want to hire, They cut down two trees for my neighbor and left divits in…read moremy lawn, destroyed my garden, left piles of trees bark and refused to come back and clean up or fill the holes they left in the lawn, wood chips all over the yard. Stay away from this company as they don't finish the job professionally, very disappointed, there are better trees cutting services out there, but it ain't Cross island tree service

They removed two very tall pine trees from our narrow yard. they couldn't bring in any equipment so…read morethe work was all done manually. they did an excellent job. highly recommend.

guys came gave a decent price and got the work done BUT they didnt finish grinding the stump left a…read morebig piece of root sticking out of the ground i have been calling and texting for 3 weeks now to have them come back with my calls ignored and false promises of them coming back

Professional and one of the best services I have ever had to deal with. where do you recommend to…read moreanybody that I know. Did an absolute fantastic job for a great price.

Great company to work with. They came by on time, got the job done exactly as I wanted it done, and…read morethe price was very reasonable. I would recommend this company to anyone who needs their trees, trimmed or removed.

For the 2nd year in a row, we hijacked our neighbor's tree trimmers to take care of some…read moreintermingling trees in the front of our house. They are really good doing what you ask of them. The value is better than others we've called, but everything is so expensive lately. I guess that's the cost of living in the 'burbs in a good neighborhood.

Excellent service, Courteous, experienced, prompt, good value. Did not leave a mess. Highly…read morerecommend.

100% satisfied with quality of job, reasonableness of price, & customer service…read more My front yard tree died this year. It was one of those things where I thought "Man, I need to look into getting that cut down" but kept putting it off. Luckily, Howard happened to drive through the neighborhood & left a price quote. Very reasonable price. I gave him a call & he swung by a few minutes later. I showed him some branches in the backyard that I also wanted trimmed. He gave me very good deal to combine the jobs. A week later a large crew of ultimate professionals got the job done in about an hour. Left the place spotless. Even threw in adding the mulch to my shrubs. Normally I do a bunch of research before hiring someone. I'm quite fortunate that Howard's Tree Service fell in my lap because it was the perfect job. Good value, great service. Extra shout out to the receptionist, who I spoke with a couple of times and was very helpful. I stupidly had my ringer turned off my phone and thus made her job much more difficult than it should have been. She never lost her patience with me failing to pick up the phone! If you need a tree cut, go with these guys!

Called them,for a pruning of three trees,lots of large dead branches...estimate was reasonable,they…read morecame promptly on the agreed upon date,and went to work immediately...very satisfied.

great experience with elmer and his team. highly recommend. Fair price, arrived on time, and did…read moregreat work quickly with no mess, removing a storm damaged tree and trimming overgrown ones. 5 stars!

Owner responds very quickly. Came out same day I requested a quote. Cut 5 trees with crew. Two…read moretrees were pretty large. Crew cleaned up well after job was completed. Reasonable pricing. Highly recommend.

Great service, amazing customer support. This company is reliable and trustworthy. They are also…read morepriced reasonably. They showed up when they said they would and were a pleasure to work with. I will be calling them for all of my tree services needs.

Very disappointed with this company. They rescheduled me for several months. The day of the…read moreservice they changed the time three times and then no show. I will not be using them in the future or recommending them.

Edwin and his men provide quality service. They are efficient, professional and do an excellent…read morejob. They are fairly priced.

Initially very communicative, came out, provided a competitive quote. We scheduled the service, and…read morethey didn't show up. Messaged later to say they were backed up and asked to reschedule for the next day. That was the last I heard from them, and that was now over a week ago. Today I got the same service done by Two Climbing Tree Service.