Long Island Building Permits (Great Neck: homes, contractors, design)

[fireondeck1b]

Is there a way to quickly pull building permits and the name of architects / contractors who work on homes? In NYC, there are websites like the Dept of Buildings or NYC ZoLa where you can pull any home's permits pretty easily. I saw a few homes in Great Neck that I am trying to emulate when designing my home in Queens and just wanted to find who the architect and builders on them were.

[TomMoser]

On Long Island, permits are issued by the town. In some towns you can get a history on line, but I don't think there are any which give the level of detail that you are looking for. Your best bet is to go to the building department in person.