Your leather sofa deserves better than a wipe-down. We remove deep dirt, stains, and buildup from leather furniture using 100% organic, chemical-free solutions right here in Long Island.
Searching for leather furniture cleaning near me? We are based at 2275 Merrick Avenue in Merrick, in the middle of Nassau County, and our trucks are in both counties every day, so “near you” usually means we have same-day openings within a few hours. Drive times from our office: Nassau — Bellmore (5 min), Wantagh (8 min), Freeport (10 min), East Meadow (12 min), Levittown (15 min), Massapequa (15 min), Rockville Centre (15 min), Hempstead (15 min), Garden City (20 min), Hicksville (20 min). Suffolk — Farmingdale (18 min), Babylon (20 min), Deer Park (22 min), Lindenhurst (22 min), Bay Shore (25 min), Huntington (30 min), Brentwood (30 min), Islip (30 min), Commack (32 min), Smithtown (35 min). Farther east, the Hamptons and Riverhead run on scheduled days each week. Open 24 hours; call (516) 894-2901 for the next opening in your town.
Leather furniture is an investment. Most people in Long Island spend good money on their leather sofas, chairs, and sectionals and then watch them slowly crack, discolor, and collect grime because they don't know who to call. That's where we come in. At Green Choice Carpet Cleaning Long Island, we've been restoring leather furniture across Long Island for years. We know leather what it needs, what damages it, and how to bring it back to life without using harsh chemicals that make things worse.
Your leather sofa gets used every single day. Body oils, food spills, and pet contact all build up over time. We deep clean leather sofas using safe organic solutions that lift the grime out without drying or cracking the surface. Your sofa looks and feels brand new after we're done. Our Couch Cleaning process is built specifically for leather care, not just a general wipe-down.
Leather chairs and sectional sets are tough to clean because of all the creases, seams, and folds. Dirt hides in those spots and doesn't come out with regular cleaning. We go into every fold and seam to pull out the hidden buildup leaving your entire set looking consistent, clean, and fresh again.
Cleaning leather without conditioning it is one of the biggest mistakes homeowners make. We don't just clean we condition after every service so the leather stays soft and doesn't crack. For stubborn stains like ink, grease, or pet marks, our Stain Removal treatment is applied first to break the stain down before the full clean begins.
Don't just take our word for it homeowners all across Long Island have seen the difference after one visit from our team. We get calls every week from people who tried everything leather wipes, DIY kits, other companies and nothing worked until they called Green Choice Carpet Cleaning Long Island. Our reviews speak louder than anything we could say.
The proof is in the results. Here's what our leather cleaning service actually does to furniture that looked worn-out and stained. Every photo below is a real job done right here in Long Island. Look at the difference one service makes.
This is something most Long Island homeowners don't think about until it's too late leather that looks "fine" on the surface is often holding serious damage underneath.
When leather isn't cleaned and conditioned regularly, it loses its natural moisture. Cracks start small and get worse fast. Once leather cracks deeply, it's very hard to restore — cleaning it early saves you money long-term.
Leather is porous. A fresh spill sits on top — an old spill has soaked in. The longer a stain stays on leather, the harder it is to fully remove. Calling us early makes the job easier and the result better.
Every time someone sits on your leather sofa, skin oils transfer onto the surface. Over months, this builds a layer that dulls the leather, weakens it, and speeds up wear — especially on armrests and seat cushions.
Pets on leather furniture leave behind dander, oils, and micro-scratches you can't always see. Our Fabric Upholstery Cleaning team handles pet-related upholstery damage daily — and the same applies to leather.
Most store-bought leather cleaners contain alcohol or harsh solvents. They strip the finish, dry out the leather, and sometimes permanently discolor it. Safe, organic cleaning — like what we use — protects the leather instead of attacking it.
Wrong cleaning products pull the dye out of leather over time. You end up with patchy, uneven color that looks worse than the original stain. Our trained team knows exactly which products are safe for each leather type.
When it comes to leather furniture cleaning in Long Island, NY, here's why people keep calling us back:
We come to you everywhere across Long Island. Your leather furniture stays in the environment it knows while we do everything on-site, carefully and completely.
Homeowners across Nassau County trust us to restore their leather furniture. Whether you're in Garden City, Hempstead, Great Neck, Valley Stream, Massapequa, Hicksville, Levittown, Freeport, Syosset, or Merrick — we come right to your home with everything needed to restore your leather furniture the same day.
Suffolk County homeowners in Huntington, Bay Shore, Babylon, Commack, Smithtown, Brentwood, Islip, Medford, Lindenhurst, and Hampton Bays — your leather furniture is in good hands with our local team.
Offices, law firms, real estate offices, and medical waiting rooms across Long Island all have leather seating that needs professional attention. We handle commercial leather cleaning for businesses in Melville, Mineola, Woodbury, Plainview, and surrounding areas. Our Commercial Carpet Cleaning team handles full commercial properties — leather furniture included.
You're not just hiring a cleaning company. You're letting someone into your home to work on furniture you spent real money on. That means trust matters more than anything else. We built Green Choice Carpet Cleaning Long Island on one simple promise — show up, do the job right, and leave your home better than we found it. No chemicals. No shortcuts. No surprises on the bill. Our team is trained, local, and accountable. Every job we do in Long Island is a job we stand behind. Call us at +1 (516) 894-2901 and let's get your leather furniture looking the way it should.
Of about 100 upholstery jobs we completed on Long Island between July and early October 2026, only a handful were leather; here is what we do on leather, what we turn down, and what it costs.
Between July 1 and October 8, 2026, we completed about 100 upholstery jobs in Nassau and Suffolk: 51 sofas, 38 sectionals, 23 chairs and recliners, 6 loveseats, and one ottoman. Leather was a handful of those. Almost everything we cleaned on Long Island was fabric. The leather tickets we closed in the same stretch were mostly in city apartments: a three-seater leather sofa, a pair of leather chairs a cat had sprayed, and a leather sofa in a building that needed a certificate of insurance before our tech could come up.
That ratio does not surprise us. A fabric sofa shows dirt and holds odor, so people call about it every year or two. Leather hides dirt for a long time. When a Long Island leather owner does call, it is almost always a dog or cat accident on a cushion, headrests and armrests gone dark and sticky from body oil, or a sofa going into a sale or a move. We rarely get a routine maintenance call for leather. The towns that sent us the most upholstery work were Sag Harbor, Bay Shore, East Hampton, Hewlett, Long Beach, and Plainview; leather calls follow the same map, just far less often.
Leather is not cleaned the way we clean a fabric sectional. Our truck-mounted hot-water extraction stays in the truck for finished leather, because hot water and suction push moisture through the finish into the hide, and that is how leather ends up stiff, blotchy, or cracked a month later. The technician works by hand with a pH-neutral leather cleaner, a soft brush for the grain, and clean microfiber. A three-seater takes 45 to 90 minutes and can be sat on about an hour after we leave.
The first step is finding out what the leather is. The tech checks the tag, then does a water drop test on a hidden spot behind a seat cushion. If the drop sits on top, the leather is protected or pigmented and we clean it with confidence. If it soaks in and darkens, it is aniline or nubuck, and the conversation changes before we touch the rest of the piece.
A few kinds of leather are not worth your money to have cleaned, and our office says so when you call rather than sending a truck to Bay Shore to say it in your living room. Bonded and bicast leather that is already peeling cannot be fixed by cleaning: it is leather dust on a fabric backing under a polyurethane skin, and once the skin lifts, cleaning makes it lift faster. The same goes for suede and nubuck with set-in stains; suede has no protective finish, so a months-old stain is part of the fiber. We can brush and freshen it, but we will not promise the stain leaves.
Cracked finished leather is a middle case. We can clean and condition it and it usually looks better, but conditioning does not close cracks. Color loss or a torn seam needs a leather repair specialist, not a cleaner.
| Leather type | What we do | Typical outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Pigmented / protected (most sofas, recliners, office chairs) | pH-neutral clean, oil removal on contact areas, conditioner | Grime and body-oil darkening come out; looks even again |
| Semi-aniline | Test spot first, gentle clean, conditioner | Good result; faint spots may stay lighter, not gone |
| Aniline (unfinished, soaks up water) | Dry brush and light surface clean only, after test | Fresher and softer; water rings and oil shadows mostly stay |
| Pet urine on finished leather | Cover and foam treated separately, leather cleaned both sides, deodorized | Odor gone in most cases; faint tide line possible if it sat for weeks |
| Bonded or bicast leather, peeling | We decline on the phone | Cleaning speeds up the peeling |
| Suede / nubuck with old set-in stains | Brush and freshen only, no promise on the stain | Nap restored; stain usually lighter, not removed |
Leather is priced the same as fabric on our tickets: sofa from $99, sectional from $150, chair or recliner from $79. The price is written before the tech opens a bottle, and booking online takes $20 off. Our upholstery-only jobs in this period ran from $80 to $900 with a middle of about $250, and a single leather sofa sits at the low end of that.
Most Long Island customers do not book leather by itself. A Plainview customer had a three-seater at $99 and a loveseat at $79 cleaned together for $250. In Amityville, two rooms of carpet, a hallway, and a recliner came to $220. A Coram customer booked a sectional at $150 and a staircase at $3 a step for $320. Nearly half of our upholstery jobs were paired with carpet, rugs, or a mattress on the same visit; a leather chair or sofa adds roughly an hour to that visit, not a second trip. With a fabric sectional and a leather recliner in the same room, the tech runs the truck-mount hose on the fabric and does the leather by hand while the fabric dries. A rug on site is priced as an add-on, and for buildings in Long Beach or Rockville Centre that require it, we email a certificate of insurance the day before.
Leather furniture should be professionally cleaned once a year minimum — twice if you have kids, pets, or heavy daily use.
Yes. We treat old ink, grease, food, and pet stains on leather using our safe organic stain removal process before the full clean.
Absolutely. Our organic, dye-safe products work on all leather colors including white, cream, and light beige without discoloration.
Yes — every leather cleaning job includes conditioning. We never leave leather dry, which is what causes cracking after cleaning.
We're based at 2275 Merrick Ave, Merrick, NY 11566 and serve all of Long Island — Nassau County, Suffolk County, and everything in between.
Almost certainly. We serve every town in Nassau and Suffolk County from our office at 2275 Merrick Ave, Merrick, NY 11566, with same-day and next-day appointments across western and central Long Island and scheduled East End days. Call (516) 894-2901 and we will tell you the next opening near you.
Mostly fabric. Of about 100 upholstery jobs completed in Nassau and Suffolk from July through early October 2026, leather was a handful, and most of the leather we closed in that stretch was in city apartments. A leather call from Hewlett or Bay Shore is usually a pet accident, body-oil darkening on the headrests, or a sofa going into a sale.
The same as fabric: sofa from $99, sectional from $150, chair or recliner from $79. The written price is set before work starts, and online booking takes $20 off. A leather sofa added to a carpet visit in Plainview or Freeport adds about an hour and the piece price, with no second trip charge.
No. The truck-mounted hot-water extraction we use on carpet and fabric sofas stays in the truck for finished leather, because forcing hot water through the finish stiffens and cracks the hide. The tech cleans leather by hand with a pH-neutral cleaner and soft brush, wipes it dry, and conditions it. A three-seater takes 45 to 90 minutes and is ready to sit on about an hour later.
On finished leather, usually yes. The tech unzips the cushion cover, treats the foam separately, cleans the leather on both sides, and deodorizes. If the urine sat for weeks, a faint tide line can remain after the odor is gone. On aniline or suede, odor control works but the stain tends to stay lighter rather than disappear, and we tell you that on the phone before booking.
No, and we will not take the job. Peeling means bonded or bicast leather, a polyurethane skin over a fabric backing, and cleaning lifts the skin faster. Real leather that is dry and lightly cracked can be cleaned and conditioned and will look better, but conditioning does not close cracks. Color loss or torn seams need a leather repair shop; we say so when you call (516) 894-2901.
“My wife appreciated how careful these cleaners were with our furniture while working in our Merrick home. Everything stayed neat and organized.”
“I noticed right away that the carpet felt softer after this team finished their work. It honestly looks almost new again.”
“So glad we called Green Choice Carpet Cleaning Long Island after our puppy made a mess on the rug. They removed the stains and the odor completely.”
“Our experience with this company in East Meadows was smooth from start to finish. They arrived on time and worked very professionally.”
“I had been putting off carpet cleaning for months but Green Choice Carpet Cleaning Long Island made the whole process simple. The floors look refreshed again.”
“Couldn’t be happier with how these folks treated our sofa and hallway carpet in Wantagh. It feels cleaner and even smells better now.”
Same-day appointments across Nassau and Suffolk. Carpet from $25 per room (3-room minimum), $20 off any service when you book online, and a written price before we start.
