When will the power be back in Hempstead, NY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Hempstead is a village of about 59,569 residents in Nassau County.
PSEG Long Island has reported outages for Hempstead by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Hempstead is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Hempstead:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Hempstead: the closest other places we track are Garden City, about 2 miles to the northwest; Rockville Centre, about 3 miles to the south; Mineola, about 3 miles to the north; and New Hyde Park, about 4 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Freeport (4 mi SE), Westbury (4 mi N), Lynbrook (4 mi SW), Floral Park (5 mi W), East Rockaway (5 mi SW), Valley Stream (5 mi SW), Long Beach (9 mi S) and Massapequa Park (9 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Glen Cove (13 mi); east toward Lindenhurst (13 mi); west toward Guttenberg, NJ (21 mi); and northwest toward Great Neck (9 mi).
Who serves Hempstead?
We track live outage data from PSEG Long Island in Nassau County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Village of Freeport and Village of Rockville Centre also serve parts of Nassau County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see PSEG outages across every state it serves.
Hempstead's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 78 customers out, and was restored in 8 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Oct 2 — 78 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Oct 1 — 28 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Oct 1 — 88 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 30 — 984 customers out, restored in 7 hours
County context: across all of Nassau County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 7.3 hr. The full record for Nassau County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Hempstead, NY?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Hempstead's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Hempstead, NY?
To check your own street, search a Hempstead ZIP code — 11549, 11550 or 11551 — and the map opens on that area.
