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76-533: The first scrap crew featured in the show is "Scrappers U.S.A.", made up of Frankie Noots (Frank Fidilio), Joe Posa, and Darren. The second group is "P&F Service and Removal", headed by Sal the Barber and his employee Greg. The third group is Mimmo (pronounced mee-mo) and Dino, who are unaffiliated. Scrappers is shot entirely on location in Brooklyn, New York, mostly in the neighborhoods of Gravesend , Bensonhurst , and

152-805: A Compete.com survey. In the US HomeDepot.com has 5 Call centers located in Kennesaw, GA; Atlanta, GA; Marietta, GA; Ogden, Utah and Tempe, AZ. Home Depot online offers in-store pickup and online returns. In 2006, The Home Depot started testing fuel centers at some of its stores. The first two "Home Depot Fuel" convenience stores (C-Store) were located in Tennessee . Four additional prototype stores were built in Acworth, Georgia ; Smyrna, Tennessee ; Greensboro, Georgia ; and Winchester, Tennessee . In 2012, Home Depot VP of Corporate Communication Stephen Holmes stated that

228-480: A 75% share. All of the Aikenhead's Hardware stores were later converted to The Home Depot stores. By 1995, sales reached $ 10 billion while operating 350 stores. Former General Electric executive Robert Nardelli became CEO and president of The Home Depot in 2000. San Diego maintenance and repair supplies company Maintenance Warehouse was purchased by The Home Depot in 1997 for $ 245 million. Maintenance Warehouse

304-620: A catalog and online sales, but with five physical locations. The five physical locations were not included in the deal. In December 2020, Home Depot bought back HD Supply for $ 8 billion. In January 2022, The Home Depot announced Craig Menear would be stepping down as the CEO and president effective March 1, 2022, while continuing to serve as the chairman of the board. He was replaced by former executive vice president Ted Decker . In February 2023, Home Depot announced that it would spend $ 1 billion to raise hourly employee wages. As of 2020, Home Depot

380-547: A destination for ostracized or controversial groups, Nonconformists or Dissenters such as the Quakers , who briefly made their home in the town before being chased out by the succeeding New Netherland director general Peter Stuyvesant , who arrived in 1647. He was wary of Gravesend's open acceptance of "heretical" sects. In 1654 the people of Gravesend purchased Coney Island from the local Lenape band for about $ 15 worth of seashells, guns, and gunpowder. In August 1776 during

456-704: A for-associate charity, is named after the mascot, who since its creation, has been a part of Home Depot culture ever since. This includes signage, advertising, awards, and even a life-size costume for stores to rent out. Homer has a wife, named Daisy. Home Depot stores average 105,000 ft (9,755 m ) in size and are organized warehouse-style, stocking a large range of supplies. Home Depot's two largest stores are located in Vauxhall, New Jersey , which encompasses 217,000 ft of space, and in Anaheim Hills, California , where it encompasses 204,000 ft . The company color

532-451: A major tourist attraction throughout the 20th century, the closing of Gravesend's great racetracks in the century's first decade resulted in the rest of the old town fading into obscurity. Most of it was developed as a working and middle-class residential Brooklyn neighborhood. During the 1920s, many one-family homes were built in Gravesend, which were then converted to two-family housing during

608-579: A police station, and were met with chants of "go back to Africa" and various racial epithets from a predominantly white crowd. Beginning in the 1990s, the northeast section of the neighborhood was redeveloped with larger, upscale single-family homes, whose prices reached $ 1 million. This dramatically changed the composition of part of the neighborhood. In addition, some two-family homes were being converted back to single-family houses. Despite high rates of car thefts, Gravesend's crime rate remained relatively low. The Brooklyn Public Library 's Gravesend branch

684-505: A popular vacation spot, the town was developed as a successful resort community . John Y. McKane was credited with this. A Sheepshead Bay carpenter and contractor, he gained a variety of elected and appointed positions: as Gravesend town supervisor, chief of police, chief of detectives, fire commissioner, schools commissioner, public lands commissioner, superintendent of the Sheepshead Bay Methodist Church, head tenor of

760-540: A significant concentrated community of Black residents even though some Asian and Hispanic residents also live within the housing development as well. Gravesend's earliest European settlers were predominantly English and Dutch. Slavery was legal in the colony, and many settlers had enslaved African Americans as workers until after the American Revolution, when New York gradually abolished the institution. African Americans continued to work and live in Gravesend after

836-655: A suburban Detroit store in Harper Woods, Michigan , rejected a bid to be represented by a labor union , voting 115 to 42 against joining the United Food and Commercial Workers . If the union had won, the Michigan store would have been the first Home Depot to have union representation. Your Other Warehouse, a large plumbing distributor with a focus on special order fulfillment, was acquired by The Home Depot in 2001. Your Other Warehouse also supplied two divisions of The Home Depot and

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912-456: Is a bright orange (PMS 165, CMYK 60M100Y, HEX FF6600), on signs, equipment and employee aprons. Contractors make up only five percent of Home Depot's customers but they account for 45 percent of the companies $ 132 billion in annual sales. To address these contractor customers the company is building new flatbed distribution centers designed specifically to cater to builders that roll up in a contractor flatbed trucks . The Home Depot announced

988-526: Is also owned by The Home Depot, with 70 distribution centers across the United States. It is the sixth largest United States–based employer globally . The Home Depot was co-founded by Bernard Marcus , Arthur Blank , Ron Brill , Pat Farrah , and Ken Langone in 1978. The Home Depot's proposition was to build home-improvement superstores , larger than any of their competitors' facilities. Investment banker Ken Langone helped Marcus and Blank to secure

1064-509: Is an industrial supply and distribution company. The company, formerly called The Maintenance Warehouse, provided infrastructure and construction support services for businesses throughout North America. Renamed as HD Supply, the business was re-acquired by THD in December 2020. The Home Depot exclusively carries several major brands, including: Additionally, the retailer sells the following house brands , though it does not manufacture any of

1140-506: Is effective as of February 1, 2016. Ms. Campbell has been employed by Home Depot for over 30 years, beginning as a cashier in a branch in South Florida . Her most recent role was as president of Home Depot's Southern division. The Home Depot has over 90 distribution centers throughout the United States to serve over 2,000 The Home Depot stores. The domain homedepot.com attracted at least 120 million visitors annually by 2008 according to

1216-607: Is in the neighborhood. The B1 , B3 , B4 , B64 , B68 , B82 and B82 SBS lines operate through Gravesend. Gravesend is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 60th, 61st, and 62nd Precincts. Notes Bibliography The Home Depot This is an accepted version of this page The Home Depot, Inc. is an American multinational home improvement retail corporation that sells tools , construction products, appliances, and services, including fuel and transportation rentals. Home Depot

1292-427: Is located at 303 Avenue X near West 2nd Street. It opened in 1962 and was renovated in 2001. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Gravesend was 29,436, an increase of 179 (0.6%) from the 29,257 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 731.83 acres (296.16 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 40.2 inhabitants per acre (25,700/sq mi; 9,900/km ). The racial makeup of

1368-407: Is located southwest of the neighborhood. South of Shore Parkway and north of Coney Island Creek, is sometimes called White Sands . Originally, White Sands consisted of several short, dead-end streets with no through-routes within the neighborhood. Currently, it consists of two blocks of residences and a Home Depot location. White Sands' name is derived from the white sand which formerly covered

1444-573: Is ranked #26 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. In 2023, the company was ranked 67th in the Forbes Global 2000 . For the Q2 of 2020, the company reported sales of $ 38.1 billion, which represented a growth of 23.4% from the same period, the previous year. The net earnings for the period of three months (ending August 2) rose 27% up to $ 4.3 billion. The growth in

1520-680: Is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States. In 2021, the company had 490,600 employees and more than $ 151 billion in revenue. The company is headquartered in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia , with an Atlanta mailing address. Home Depot operates many big-box format stores across the United States (including the District of Columbia , Guam , Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ); all 10 provinces of Canada; and all 32 Mexican states and Mexico City . Maintenance, repair, and operations company Interline Brands ( The Home Depot Pro )

1596-401: Is very heavily dependent upon the success of the company. Although a longtime deputy to Nardelli at GE and Home Depot, Blake was said to lack Nardelli's hard edge and instead preferred to make decisions by consensus. Indeed, Blake repudiated many of his predecessor's strategies, and it has been reported that the two men have not spoken since Nardelli departed Home Depot. In 2008 and 2009, with

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1672-568: The Belt Parkway to the south, Bay Parkway to the west, Avenue P to the north, and Ocean Parkway to the east. Gravesend was one of the original towns in the Dutch colony of New Netherland . After the English took over, it was one of the six original towns of Kings County in colonial New York . Gravesend was the only English chartered town in what became Kings County, and is notable as being one of

1748-669: The Great Depression . In the 1950s, the city constructed the 28-building Marlboro Houses , public housing units run by the New York City Housing Authority , located between Avenues V and X from Stillwell Avenue to the Gravesend subway yards. Gradually this housing became occupied predominantly by African Americans. On the other hand, the area in the northeast part of Gravesend, bound by McDonald Avenue , Kings Highway , Ocean Parkway , and Avenue U , saw an influx of affluent Sephardi Jews (mostly Syrian Jews ) during

1824-702: The NASDAQ , raising $ 4.093 million. The Home Depot joined the New York Stock Exchange on April 19, 1984. The Home Depot began to branch out of Georgia to Florida in 1981 with stores opening in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale . By 1984, The Home Depot was operating 19 stores with sales of over $ 256 million. To enter the Dallas market The Home Depot acquired Bowater Home Center from Bowater Inc. on October 31, 1984, for $ 40 million. The increased expansion of The Home Depot in

1900-496: The 1970s. These residents built large Spanish Colonial -style houses, and had their own police force. In 1982, an African-American transit worker named Willie Turks was beaten to death in Gravesend by a group of white teenagers. The relationship between the predominantly African-American and more poor population of the Marlboro Houses and the predominantly white surrounding neighborhoods continued to be tense through much of

1976-450: The 1980s. By 1986, crime was generally low in Gravesend, except for Marlboro Houses, where illegal drugs contributed to higher crime rates than in the rest of the neighborhood. On December 25, 1987, white youths beat two black men in the neighborhood in an apparent "unprovoked attack." In January 1988, to protest the specific attack and the general climate of racial violence, Reverend Al Sharpton led 450 marchers between Marlboro Houses and

2052-633: The American Revolutionary War, Gravesend Bay was the landing site of thousands of British soldiers and German mercenaries from their staging area on Staten Island, leading to the Battle of Long Island (also Battle of Brooklyn ). The troops met little resistance from the Continental Army advance troops under General George Washington then headquartered in New York City (at the time limited to

2128-812: The EXPO Design Centers. The "EXPO Design Center" division was reorganized in 2001 with three divisions based in the Northeast at South Plainfield, New Jersey , the West at Orange, California , and the Southeast at Atlanta, Georgia . The Home Depot entered the Mexican market in 2002 with the acquisition of the home improvement chain Del Norte. In addition, The Home Depot had begun construction of stores in Mexicali and Tijuana . In

2204-470: The Hispanic and Black populations to be under 5000 residents. East Gravesend overlapping to Homecrest showed a higher proportion of white residents of between 30,000 and 39,999 with Hispanic residents of between 5,000 and 9,999 and as well as Asian residents of between 5,000 and 9,999. The affordable housing NYCHA development Marlboro Houses located right on the borderline of Gravesend and Coney Island holds

2280-765: The Moody House and Van Sicklen family cemetery are located. Next to, and parallel with the van Sicklen Family Cemetery is the Old Gravesend Cemetery , where Lady Moody is said to be interred. Egyptian émigré Mohammad Ben Misoud , who was part of a late 19th-century attraction at the Coney Island amusement park, was given a proper Muslim funeral upon his death in August 1896 and also buried in Old Gravesend Cemetery. The religious freedom of early Gravesend made it

2356-564: The Puritan colony. Kieft was recruiting settlers to secure this land that his forces had taken from the Lenape. Some clashes continued, and the town organization was not completed until 1645. The signed town charter and grant was one of the first to ever be awarded to a woman in the New World. John Tilton became the first town clerk of Gravesend and owned part of what later would become Coney Island. Moody,

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2432-522: The Southwest Division. He subsequently served as senior vice president of merchandising from August 2003 to April 2007. He then served as an executive vice president of merchandising from April 2007 to February 2014. Until becoming CEO, Menear served as president of U.S. Retail from February 2014 to November 1, 2014. The company had a data breach in September 2014. One major reason for the data breach

2508-508: The Tiltons, and other early English settlers were known to have paid the Lenape for their land. Another prominent early settler was Anthony Janszoon van Salee . The Town of Gravesend encompassed 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) in southern Kings County, including the entire island of Coney Island . This was originally used as the town's common lands on the Atlantic Ocean . It was divided, as was

2584-417: The United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico that serve customer needs for MRO supplies. The brands of Interline Brands include: Online seller of textile and textile goods for the home decor market. Originally founded in 1911 as a purveyor of home furnishings, its online division—only—was acquired by THD in 2017. Online contractor referral service founded in 2009; now called THD Pro Referral. HD Supply

2660-546: The abolition of slavery, clustering near the BMT Brighton Line at East 16th Street. The now-defunct Gravesend Race Track opened on August 26, 1886 and hired mainly black workers, who tended to live nearby. Later, there was a surge in Irish , Italian , and Jewish residents, immigrants and their descendants who moved out from Manhattan. Chinese , Mexican , Puerto Rican , Russian , Ukrainian and West Indies immigrants are

2736-802: The area that would become Gravesend was Henry Hudson , whose ship, the Half Moon , landed at Coney Island in the fall of 1609. The Dutch claimed this land as part of their New Netherland Colony. Gravesend is notable as the only colonial town founded by a woman, Lady Deborah Moody . In 1643, governor general Willem Kieft granted her and a group of English settlers a land patent on December 19, 1645. Moody, along with John Tilton and wife Mary Pearsall Tilton, came to Gravesend after choosing excommunication, following religious persecution in Lynn, Massachusetts . Moody and Mary Tilton had been tried because of their Anabaptist beliefs, accused of spreading religious dissent in

2812-424: The church choir, and Santa Claus at the annual Sabbath school Christmas celebration. From the 1870s to the 1890s, McKane cultivated Coney Island , which was then part of the township of Gravesend, as a pleasure ground. He participated in both political and physical development. As town constable , McKane expanded the Gravesend police force considerably and personally patrolled the beach. McKane became corrupt, using

2888-489: The company had no plans for additional fuel centers or growth in that area. The Home Depot offers rental vans and trucks at most of its locations. Blinds.com is an e-commerce retailer of window blinds and window coverings . Blinds.com was founded by Jay Steinfeld in 1993. By 2006, the company was named #186 on the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, as well as the 10th fastest-growing e-commerce company on

2964-455: The company's patent-pending Instafit shade product. In January 2014, Blinds.com was acquired by The Home Depot. Power equipment rental company that prior to 2017 provided equipment to rental departments in over 1,000 Home Depots in North America. Acquired by The Home Depot on July 6, 2017. Interline Brands (renamed in 2018 as The Home Depot Pro) has over 90 distribution centers throughout

3040-420: The downturn in the housing market, The Home Depot announced the layoff of several thousand associates, as well as the closing of 54 stores nationwide, including the entire EXPO Design Center chain. Associates at EXPO were allowed to re-apply for Home Depot jobs after the layoffs , and did not lose any tenure if hired back. In the year of February 2009, sales totaled $ 71.288 billion, more than $ 20 billion down from

3116-457: The east, Stillwell Avenue to the west, Avenue P to the north, and Coney Island Creek and Shore Parkway to the south. To the east of Gravesend is Homecrest and Sheepshead Bay , to the northeast Midwood, to the northwest Bensonhurst , and to the west Bath Beach . To the south, across Coney Island Creek, lies the neighborhood of Coney Island , and across Shore Parkway lies Brighton Beach . Calvert Vaux Park , formerly Dreier Offerman Park,

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3192-472: The first towns founded by a woman, Lady Deborah Moody . The Town of Gravesend encompassed 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) in southern Kings County, including the entire island of Coney Island , and was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1894. The modern-day neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 11 and Brooklyn Community Board 13 . As of 2010, Gravesend had a population of 29,436. The name "Gravesend"

3268-521: The following year, McKane was tried, convicted, and sentenced to six years in Sing Sing for such corruption. He was released near the end of the century and died of a stroke in his Sheepshead Bay home in 1899. After McKane's fall from power, Gravesend and Coney Island were annexed in 1894 by the city of Brooklyn , which in turn became part of New York City in 1898. George C. Tilyou created one of Coney Island’s first amusement parks, Steeplechase Park ,

3344-496: The goods itself: Home Depot is mainly owned by institutional investors, who own around 70% of shares. The largest shareholders in December 2023 were: The Home Depot Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the company created in 2002. It has contributed over $ 200 million in time, labor, money, and supplies to a number of causes, including Habitat for Humanity , California-based City of Hope National Medical Center , and playground construction organization KaBOOM! Home Depot supports

3420-484: The largest home improvement store in the United States, surpassing Lowe's . In the 1990s The Home Depot searched for ways to redefine its marketplace. The EXPO Design Center subsidiary was launched in 1991 to provide high-end products and design services. A 480-page book Home Improvement 1-2-3 was published in 1995. The Canadian hardware chain Aikenhead's Hardware was acquired by The Home Depot in 1994 for $ 150 million with

3496-516: The late 1990s and "The Home Depot: First In Home Improvement!" from 1999 to 2003. Long-time employee Marc Powers became the head of Home Depot's US stores division in 2014. He took the place of Marvin Ellison, who left to become the chief executive of J.C. Penney . In January 2016, Home Depot announced the departure of Powers as division head, to be replaced by another veteran employee, Ann-Marie Campbell , one of Powers' deputies. The change in leadership

3572-521: The launch of "Paces Trading Company," its online lighting store. In mid-2006, the Home Depot acquired Home Decorators Collection, which was placed as an additional brand under its Home Depot Direct division. In 2006, the Home Depot acquired Hughes Supply the largest home retailer in the United States for $ 3.2 billion. Hughes Supply was integrated into The Home Depot Supply to better serve business-to-business customers. The Home Depot Supply rebranded under

3648-582: The list. In 2009, Blinds.com was given the Marketer of the Year Award by the American Marketing Association , in recognition of its innovative marketing strategy. In response to demand for window coverings that could be installed quickly and easily, CMO Daniel Cotlar led a partnership with a manufacturing vendor to design a window shade that could be installed without tools or adhesive. This led to

3724-491: The management of Interline Brands for $ 1.6 billion. Interline Brands became fully integrated with The Home Depot in August 2016 with the Interline Brands website merging with The Home Depot website. The subsidiaries of Interline Brands are now companies of The Home Depot. In 2017, Home Depot acquired the online presence of The Company Store from Hanover Direct . The Company Store was founded in 1911, operating primarily as

3800-404: The mid-1980s created financial difficulties with earnings falling by 42% and debt rising to $ 200 million. The financial difficulties of The Home Depot also caused the stock price to fall. To curb The Home Depot difficulties it opened only 10 stores in 1986 with a stock offering 2.99 million shares at $ 17 per share which helped The Home Depot to restructure its debts. In 1989, The Home Depot became

3876-580: The most recent residents to share this neighborhood. The largest group is thought to be Italian American and named for Gravesend's Italian community is a professional soccer team, the Brooklyn Italians who play in Gravesend's John Dewey High School football stadium. Of the Italian-American community, Sicilians (especially from Castellammare del Golfo ), make up the largest specific region of people. In 2008, The New York Times reported that

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3952-645: The much bulkier standard trains. In 1889, the BBR began running a short route between the Gravesend stop of the Sea Beach Railroad (near the intersection of 86th and West Seventh Streets) and Brighton Beach in Coney Island, a distance of just over a mile. Despite the smooth and speedy ride, the BBR ultimately failed and the test route fell into disuse, as did the Boynton train and its shed. Although Coney Island continued to be

4028-409: The names of Dutch towns like Vlissingen (Flushing), Breukelen (Brooklyn), Amersfoort (Flatlands), Heemstee (Hempstead, Heemstede which means homestead) and Gravesant ('s-Gravenzande). Because of the association with Lady Moody, some speculate that it was named after the English seaport of Gravesend, Kent . The modern neighborhood of Gravesend lies between East 12th Street or Coney Island Avenue to

4104-717: The necessary capital . Bernie and I founded The Home Depot with a special vision – to create a company that would keep alive the values that were important to us. Values like respect among all people, excellent customer service and giving back to communities and society On June 22, 1979, the first two stores, built in spaces leased from J. C. Penney that were originally Treasure Island " hypermarket " ( discount department and grocery ) stores, opened in metro Atlanta (in Doraville and on Memorial Drive in Decatur , both near I-285 ). On September 22, 1981, The Home Depot went public on

4180-502: The neighborhood had become particularly popular among Sephardic Jews . It was among several Syrian Jewish communities of the United States . The New York Times also reported that in the 2012 presidential election , a precinct in Gravesend was one of the few parts of New York City carried by Mitt Romney , with 133 votes to just 3 for Barack Obama . Gravesend is served by three New York City Subway corridors. The services and lines, respectively, are: The Coney Island Subway Yard

4256-715: The neighborhood was 52.8% (15,535) White , 21.2% (6,250) Asian , 8.4% (2,469) African American , 0.1% (41) Native American , 0.0% (1) Pacific Islander , 0.1% (41) from other races , and 1.3% (383) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 16.0% (4,716) of the population. In the 2020 census data from NYC Dept. Of City Planning , West Gravesend showed there were between 20,000 and 29,999 white residents and 26,700 Asian residents showing both their populations to be almost equivalent and there were between 5,000 and 9,999 Hispanic residents. South Gravesend has between 10,000 and 19,999 white residents and has between 5,000 and 9,999 Asian residents, but showed each

4332-658: The new name HD Supply in January 2007. Five months later The Home Depot sold HD Supply to a consortium of three private equity firms, The Carlyle Group , Bain Capital and Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (with each agreeing to buy a one-third stake in the division). On January 2, 2007, the Home Depot and Robert Nardelli mutually agreed on Nardelli's resignation as CEO after a six-year tenure. Nardelli resigned amid complaints about his heavy-handed management and whether his pay package of $ 123.7 million (excluding stock option grants) over

4408-478: The new slogan "How Doers Get More Done" on December 5, 2019, replacing the previous slogan "More saving. More doing." which was introduced in the March 18, 2009, circular, replacing "You can do it. We can help." which had been used since 2003. Other slogans used in the past 25 years include "The Home Depot, Low prices are just the beginning" in the early 1990s and "When you're at the Home Depot, You'll feel right at home" in

4484-601: The opening of which ushered in Coney Island’s golden age. Around the same time, Gravesend was the site of testing for the Boynton Bicycle Railroad , the earliest forerunner of the monorail . The BBR consisted of a single-wheeled engine that hauled two double-decker passenger cars along a single track; a second rail above the train, supported by wooden arches, kept it from tipping over. The engine and cars were four feet wide and were capable of speeds far greater than

4560-461: The other areas immediately surrounding. This article relating to reality television in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gravesend, Brooklyn Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn , on the southwestern edge of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York . It is bounded by

4636-566: The peak of two years earlier due to the sale of HD Supply and falling revenue at the retained business. In 2012, they proceeded to close the big-box style stores that they had in China, however, smaller stores that specialized in custom products and that focused on more intimate interactions between customers and associates remain open there. In 2013, The Home Depot established two large distribution centers in Atlanta and Los Angeles . In August 2014, it

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4712-454: The pretense of town permits to extort tribute from every business, large or small, on Coney Island. Presenting himself as a champion of law and order, he skimmed much money from the many brothels and gambling parlors that thrived in his bailiwick. During McKane's reign Coney Island came to be known by many as "Sodom by the Sea". McKane became a Democratic Party ward boss and had loose standards on who

4788-426: The previous five years was excessive, considering the stock's poor performance versus its competitor Lowe's . His severance package of $ 210 million was criticized because when the stock went down, his pay went up. His successor, Frank Blake , previously served as the company's vice chairman of the board and executive vice president. Blake agreed to a much more conservative compensation package than Nardelli, which

4864-475: The properties in White Sands, and by 2002, the acquired properties had been razed and replaced by a new Home Depot location. The island and its environs were first inhabited by bands of Lenape , an Algonquian-speaking tribe that occupied territory along both sides of Long Island Sound, and through coastal areas through present-day New Jersey and down to Delaware. The first known European believed to set foot in

4940-548: The sales was a result of Americans staying at home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . In the Q3 for 2020, ending November 1, Home Depot reported a revenue of $ 33.5 billion; it represents a year-on-year increase of 24 per cent. The Home Depot's mascot has been Homer D. Poe since 1981 when he was first used in advertising. Gwyn Raker, the illustrator, says, "I designed him to be a funny guy next door who wasn't intimidating." The Homer Fund,

5016-551: The same year the Home Depot Landscape Supply was launched to integrate professional landscapers and upscale plants into a plant nursery retail chain. Home Depot Landscape Supply lasted only five years with only a few stores each in metro Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth . The Home Depot decided to close all Home Depot Landscape Supply stores in late 2007. In September 2005, Home Depot Direct launched its online home-furnishings store, 10 Crescent Lane, shortly followed by

5092-465: The shore and the mouth of Coney Island Creek. The first houses to be built in the neighborhood were bungalows that were raised on stilts above the sand, but as development slowly progressed, much of the sand was removed and replaced with landfill. In 1993, Home Depot became interested in White Sands as the location for a new store due to its location near the highly-used Cropsey Avenue and Shore Parkway. By 2000, Home Depot had acquired about two-thirds of

5168-412: The tip of Manhattan Island). The battle, in addition to being the first, would prove to be the largest fought in the entire war. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, Gravesend remained a sleepy suburb. With the opening of three prominent racetracks ( Sheepshead Bay Race Track , Gravesend Race Track , and Brighton Beach Race Course ) in the late 19th century, and the blossoming of Coney Island into

5244-451: The town into four quadrants, which were subdivided into ten plots of land each. This grid of the original town can still be seen on maps and aerial photographs of the area. At the center of town, where the two main roads met, a town hall was constructed where town meetings were held once a month. The neighborhood center is still the four blocks bounded by Village Road South, Village Road East, Village Road North, and Van Sicklen Street, where

5320-599: The town itself, into 41 parcels for the original patentees. When the town was first laid out, almost half of the area was made up of salt marsh wetlands and sandhill dunes along the shore of Gravesend Bay. It was one of the earliest planned communities in America. It consisted of a 16-acre (6.5 ha) square surrounded by a 20-foot-high wooden palisade. The town was bisected by two main roads, Gravesend Road (now McDonald Avenue ) running from north to south, and Gravesend Neck Road, running from east to west. These roads divided

5396-541: The town, as he was entitled to do by law. However, when the observers reached Gravesend town hall at dawn on election day, McKane, along with a large group of policemen and cronies, confronted them. When the observers balked and produced injunctions from the Brooklyn Supreme Court, McKane supposedly declared "injunctions don't go here" and ordered the men away. A scuffle ensued and five of the observers were beaten and arrested. This event raised great outrage. Early in

5472-430: Was a leading direct-mail marketer of maintenance, repair and operations supplies that could reach customers out of reach by The Home Depot. Atlanta-based company Apex Supply was acquired by The Home Depot in 1999. Apex Supply is a wholesale distributor of plumbing, HVAC, industrial pipe and fittings. Apex Supply and Maintenance Warehouse were rebranded in 2004 as "The Home Depot Supply." In 2004, Home Depot employees at

5548-402: Was allowed to vote: immigrants, dead people, seasonal migrant workers, and criminals. Voting records show many specious entries. On the eve of the 1893 election, William Gaynor, a lawyer running for Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice, decided to test McKane's methods by dispatching more than 20 Republican observers to examine the Gravesend voter registries and oversee the voting in all six districts of

5624-454: Was announced that Frank Blake would step down as CEO and would be replaced by 57-year-old Craig Menear . The change occurred on November 1, 2014. Blake continued with the company as chairman. Menear joined The Home Depot in 1997 and served in various management and vice-presidential positions, until 2003, including merchandising vice president of hardware, merchandising vice president of the Southwest Division, and divisional merchandise manager of

5700-545: Was given to the area by New Amsterdam's Dutch authorities. Local sources think that the name probably comes from Dutch words, which when combined can mean "groves end" or "Count's beach". Historic sources, written in Dutch, suggest that it was named by the Dutch governor general Willem Kieft for the Dutch settlement of 's'Gravesande (now 's-Gravenzande ) in the Netherlands, which means "Count's Beach" or "Count's Sand". A 1656 map of Nova Belgica confirms this, by mentioning

5776-624: Was the practice of entering credit card numbers directly into computers at the service-desk and pro-desk, and in specialty departments including flooring, kitchen cabinets, appliances, and millwork , rather than using POS credit card terminals directly. The practice was stopped, and Home Depot offered a year of free credit monitoring through AllClearID for any customers who requested it. There were also reports of credit card numbers being stolen when used to make purchases on Homedepot.com. On July 22, 2015, Home Depot acquired Interline Brands from P2 Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs' private equity arm, and

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