Doody Home Center

I’ve never been here before. My air mattress tore on the felt side. It was a small tear so I had to find a good glue that would do a good job of bonding vinyl. My research lead me to HH-​66 which is a good vinyl bonding agent that basically fuses vinyl to vinyl. I called doodys to ask if they carried it and the attendant over the phone said yes. So I asked how much in volume and he said 1 ounce for 2.50 $ .
I head to the store and I’m familiar with hardware. I visit the aisle with the glue and silicone/​bonding agents and couldn’t find it. The kid walking around helping customers helped me look for it and he couldn’t find it. Turns out it wasn’t available.
HH-​66 bonds and cures vinyl in minutes. Any other glue or bonding agent in stock would not do for numerous reasons but first and foremost the curing times were unacceptable. I thought all hope was lost however Sean the store manager started helping me out. He asked me what I was looking for and apologized for the miscommunication over the phone. He ended up offering me a solution that was more then fair and I am greatful for that. This puts Doodys rating in variety of hardware products and my personal customer service experience to a rating of beyond 5 stars. If there was any more stars I would probably include them in my rating.
Good job Doodys and friends.
— Philippe

This is a great hardware store and very easy to get to. My husband and I have been here a few times since buying our new home. They have a great selection and good prices. Each time I’ve been to this store, I was approached by a friendly employee offering to help. I appreciate the help, especially in a store like this where I don’t know what some of their products are used for. I’ve shopped in larger stores like Home Depot and the employees often don’t want to help or aren’t available.
Back in January, we got several samples of Benjamin Moore paint, two shovels, paint brushes, and trays. The other night, we stopped by to get a stud finder, a gallon of paint, and some other household items. We found everything we were looking for in a short amount of time.
What I also love about this store is they are open late. It’s hard when my husband gets home from work in the evening past 7pm and many other stores have closed long before he gets home. Once we found out Doody’s is open until 9pm, we knew we’d have a great neighborhood store we’ll use again and again.

Service here is Always good. They always go outta of the way to help. The store is fully stocked and prices are great. Need more stores like this!!!

Very glad to have a great hardware store in my neighborhood, where the staff is helpful and friendly. I want to go out of my way to avoid the big box stores… where you are lucky if you can even find help in the aisle (forget about knowledgeable). They also do the propane exchange quick and easy… and that’s a huge plus.

Been a customer for years. You can keep the «big box» stores with their MIA employees. This neighborhood store has been a staple for decades. The paints are great, housewares, gadgets, tools and seasonal are the best. Hope they never leave the neighborhood. I would be lost without DOODY…

I remember going to the Doody in Brooklyn with my family growing up and it was always their home center store of choice. Recently my girlfriend and I had a headlight out and decided to stop here to see if they had the ratchet tool or a wrench so we could put the new light bulb in. First of all, other reviewers are right, they have a fantastic selection of tools and other home items — ladders, stools, storage pieces, gardening items, everything … And definitely seems to be more of a selection than Lowes or Home Depot. And the service was excellent, we had someone help us right away!
Even more important … The employees, special shout out to Tom! This guy went well out of his way, and beyond succeeded expectations for service!!! They were actually closing as we finished paying, and we were in the parking lot trying to fix the headlight as a few employees (who were going home, might I add!) came to help us. We couldn’t get it to work (wasn’t their fault, I thought something was wrong with the headlight that was actually something else), but then I go to start the car, and it ended up dying from having the lights on too long as we were trying to fix the headlight! My gf and I were mortified and felt so bad because we knew they were leaving and had to go home and shut the gate. Tom stayed for at least an hour!!! He helped us try to get the car jumped, but it wouldn’t work so we couldn’t tell if it meant something else was wrong or if it just wasn’t strong enough. Eventually our friend came to try and jump is with her car, and it worked luckily. But either way, he stayed well after an hour the store had closed! We kept apologizing as we felt so bad, but he was completely cool about it and more than willing to help us!!! Thanks so much Tom!!!
Definitely recommend this store, they have a great selection of products and their service is the best that you will find!

I love this place. The staff is extremely helpful and there is this one person that works there that is awesome and probably knows everything about every item there. I think he’s the manager. Unlike home depot or loews, if you find yourself lost in here or have a question rest assure someone will help you. And unlike home depot or loews you don’t have to go hunt down one of the employees for help. Usually someone there just passing by will ask you if you need help.

It’s nice that some reviewers have called Doody Home Center a «mom and pop store». Yes, it’s certainly not on the scale of the Home Depots/​Lowes of our world. But, guess what? This «mom and pop store» is actually a shrewdly stocked home center that makes up for its smaller dimensions by carrying items that the bigger places can’t bother to stock. Take a grout saw, for example. Doody’s offered me several choices of that humble tool — more than the chain store alternative. Look closely — you’ll find useful and worthy items here that others don’t have. I’ll also note that this was perhaps the last place in the tri-​state area that sold the *made-​in-​USA* Swingline can openers until recently.

I just called asking for ice melt and the lady on the phone quickly said «calcium chloride better than rock salt» and hung up before I could ask another question! Very rude for 9:30am SMH!

A little Mom and Pop store that my family and I have frequented for a long time. I still find myself going there when visiting family looking for items that I have had problems locating. Think of this as a small version of Lowe’s or Home Depot, they have a little of everything for the home or garden.
The staff is outstanding, they go out of their way to find anything you need and will go the extra mile by checking the excess stock in the basement should it not be on the shelves.

After my recent experience at Doody’s Home Center I wrote a letter to the President, Peter Doody. He very quickly responded and was nothing but a gentlemen about the situation. He noted that he rarely gets complaints, which I think is a very good thing. But never less took my complaint seriously and was concerned that something like that would not take place in the future to a customer. In good faith he sent me a refund check for my purchase. I will not be cashing the check, because the item is in working order and that would not be right.

Well, yesterday I found myself in the position of having to go pick up some Doody. haha.
That is, I needed some more canning jars, ShopRite is sold out for the season, I really didn’t feel like going all the way into Manhattan to pay inflated prices at Fish’s Eddy or The Container Store, and I’d called around — this was the only place I could find on S.I. that had them in stock.
And they had them at $ 9.99 per dozen. That is a good deal. Same as I paid earlier in the season at Jack’s World. So right there, I am a fan.
While I was in the store, I also ended up picking up a new window blind ($ 6), a new strainer cup and plug for my tub (less than $ 2 each), new strainer/​stoppers for my kitchen sink ($ 8 each, but very good quality — and they had a bizarrely large selection of sink strainers), and caps that fit onto a beer bottle in case you don’t feel like drinking the whole thing immediately. (99 cents).
Overall, I felt that the prices were very good, and I’ll definitely be remembering this place next time I need canning jars. Now I’m off to go make some chutney.

DOOOODY!!!
Long before the Home Depot and Lowe’s era, when a hardware item was needed, I would overhear my dad saying he was going to Doody’s. AHAHAAAA. Fast forward 30 years and it’s still funny.
They have a good variety of what hardware stores carry, but their prices can’t compare to the super stores. Hopefully the local aspect will continue to keep them in business. It’s encouraging to know that not every single store needs to be a mega sized, mega chain store.

I am a huge fan of mom and pop hardware stores in NYC. This place has a good selection of materials at a slightly higher price than the large home improvement stores. With traffic on Victory being what it is, its a premium I find myself willing to pay for the convenience.
My principle contact has been with the sales clerks so I’m not sure if they’re knowledgeable for answering questions about your particular situation.