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20-848: National Wholesale Liquidators is a Brooklyn, New York -based company that operates warehouse-style closeout discount stores. It offers a mix of brand-name items, everyday household items, and furniture . National Wholesale Liquidators carries over 120,000 items. The company also offers appliances, automotive products, bath towels, bedding, carpets and floor covers, detergents and cleaning products, electrical hardware, electronics, food products, furniture outdoor, giftware, health and beauty aids, holiday decorative, and household storage products. In addition, it offers indoor furniture, jewelry, kitchen towels-linens, luggage, men's apparel and fragrances, paint and sundries, paper goods and supplies, personal umbrellas, pet supplies, sporting goods, vacuums and accessories, video games, and women's fragrances. At its peak,

40-786: Is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County , on Long Island , in New York , United States. The population was 19,835 at the time of the 2020 census. It is an unincorporated area in the Town of Hempstead and is represented by Councilman Edward Ambrosino. West Hempstead first appeared on maps as the name of a Long Island Railroad station in 1893. There are three railroad stations within its borders: West Hempstead , Hempstead Gardens , and Lakeview . The line continues to Valley Stream where it joins

60-583: Is easily accessed from the Southern State Parkway at Exit 17N. The West Hempstead Union Free School District currently operates 5 schools; 1 kindergarten, 2 elementary, 1 middle school and 1 high school. The West Hempstead Fire Department (also referred to as West Hempstead FD and abbreviated as WHFD) is the main provider of Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services within West Hempstead. West Hempstead's name reflects upon

80-427: Is no standard definition for what this means quantifiably, though it always refers to the level response by the local authorities. In some cities, the numeric rating refers to the number of fire stations that have been summoned to the fire. In others, the number counts the number of "dispatches" for additional personnel and equipment. Fire protection in land-based buildings , offshore construction or on board ships

100-405: Is typically achieved via all of the following: Passive fire protection (PFP) in the form of compartmentalisation was developed prior to the invention of or widespread use of active fire protection (AFP), mainly in the form of automatic fire sprinkler systems. During this time, PFP was the dominant mode of protection provided in facility designs. With the widespread installation of fire sprinklers in

120-611: The Babylon Branch . Halls Pond Park, the main park within West Hempstead, was dedicated by Nassau County in 1961. The smaller Echo Park contains a public indoor pool. Its name is derived from the community's first four little league teams: Eagles, Cardinals, Hawks, and Orioles. In 1956, the West Hempstead Public Library was founded and chartered by the State in 1967. Its present 28,000 square-foot facility

140-483: The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County elementary school among its local institutions. Fire protection Buildings must be maintained in accordance with the current fire code, which is enforced by the fire prevention officers of a local fire department. In the event of fire emergencies, Firefighters , fire investigators, and other fire prevention personnel are called to mitigate, investigate and learn from

160-453: The damage of a fire . When deciding on what fire protection is appropriate for any given situation, it is important to assess the types of fire hazards that may be faced. Some jurisdictions operate systems of classifying fires using code letters. Whilst these may agree on some classifications, they also vary. Below is a table showing the standard operated in Europe and Australia against

180-479: The AHJ to make sure that the change is still in compliance with the law to prevent any unsafe conditions that may violate the law and put people at risk. For example, if the firestop systems in a structure were inoperable, a significant part of the fire safety plan might be compromised in the event of a fire because the walls and floors that contain the firestops are intended to have a fire-resistance rating . Likewise, if

200-877: The CDP was 70.8% White , 12.8% African American , 0.5% Native American , 9.5% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 11.3% from other races , and 4.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.3% of the population. In the 2017 ACS, the CDP population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18 and 14.8% age 65 or older. The median age was 40.3 years. The CDP is 5.1% people under age 5, 5.8% people age 5–9 years old, 7.9% people age 10–14 years old, 7.3% people age 15–19 years old, 7.0% people age 20–24 years old, 11.8% people age 25–34 years old, 11.1% people age 35–44 years old, 16.5% people age 45–54 years old, 7.2% people age 55–59 years old, 5.6% people age 60–64 years old, 8.1% people age 65–74 years old, 4.1% people age 75–84 years old, and 2.6% people age 85 or older. In 2017,

220-531: The West Hempstead CDP population had an approximately even number of males (9,922) and females (9,919). However, there is nuance to this data: for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males, and for every 100 females age 65 or over, there were only 65.7 males. West Hempstead, along with adjoining Franklin Square has a sizable Orthodox Jewish population that counts seven synagogues and

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240-404: The age of 18 living with them, 66.3% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.47. The median income for a household in the CDP

260-633: The center of West Hempstead, feeding into Halls Pond. The community is bordered on the east by Hempstead Lake State Park and on the south by the Southern State Parkway . As of the 2010 2010 Census , there were 4,867 families residing in the West Hempstead Census Designated Place (CDP) and the population density was 7,039.1 inhabitants per square mile (2,717.8/km ). There were 6,110 housing units at an average density of 2,298.3 per square mile (887.4/km ). There were 6,024 households, out of which 38.1% had children under

280-1090: The company operated more than 50 stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2008. [1] and, following a bankruptcy court auction, moved to close 35 of its 45 stores in December 2008. The Chapter 11 reorganization was converted to Chapter 7 liquidation on February 26, 2009. Some of NWL's assets were acquired out of bankruptcy by NSC Wholesale Holdings Inc., operated by former NWL executives. As of February 2018, NWL operated 12 retail locations in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The company filed for bankruptcy again in October 2018 and closed its 11 remaining stores. A group of former managers purchased

300-687: The fact that it is located immediately west of the Village of Hempstead . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km ), of which 2.7 square miles (7.0 km ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km ) (3.64%) is water. West Hempstead lies on a gently sloping terrain between the Hempstead Plains and the Atlantic Ocean . Pine Stream runs through

320-632: The name and intellectual property, and opened two stores: its longtime location in Brooklyn and the previous incarnation's location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , in a former Kmart , in early 2019. The company opened an additional store on Long Island in Massapequa, NY (a former Toys R Us ) in November, 2019. This retail business article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . West Hempstead, New York West Hempstead

340-500: The past 50 years, the reliance on PFP as the only approach was reduced. Fire protection within a structure relies on all of its components. The building is designed in compliance with the local building code and fire code by the architect and other consultants. A building permit is issued after review by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) . Deviations from that original plan should be made known to

360-615: The system used in the United States . Technically there is no such thing as a "Class E" fire, as electricity itself does not burn. However, it is considered a dangerous and very deadly complication to a fire, therefore using the incorrect extinguishing method can result in serious injury or death. Class E, however generally refers to fires involving electricity, therefore a bracketed E, "(E)" denoted on various types of extinguishers. Fires are sometimes categorized as "one alarm", "two alarm", "three alarm" (or higher) fires. There

380-525: Was $ 97,627 and the median income for a family was $ 102,481. Males had a median income of $ 52,391 versus $ 39,871 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 32,732. About 2.4% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over. As of the American Community Survey of 2013–2017, there were 19,841 people in 6,148 households. The racial makeup of

400-608: Was completed in 2007. In 2001, residents of West Hempstead held a nonbinding referendum on renaming the community. The vote followed a two-year effort by the West Hempstead Civic Association and the West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce to give the community a unique name, distancing itself from the neighboring crime ridden Hempstead. By a 94-vote margin, West Hempstead retained its name over the proposed Mayfair Gardens. West Hempstead

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