Skaggs-Walsh Inc.

The year was 1933. America was in the middle of the Great Depression. Bonnie and Clyde went on a gun-toting crime spree in the Midwest. Franklin D. Roosevelt became the new president. And 'King Kong,' the first film to play the new Radio City Music Hall, was released.That same year, Norris Skaggs and Stanley Walsh saw the great opportunity to convert residents of New York City from dirty, old-fashioned coal to clean, modern oil heat, and they began their business installing oil burners.In the 1950s, Fred Heaney purchased Skaggs-Walsh, which he ran until 1960, when his son, Peter, took over. The company doubled in size when it purchased Sunrise Oil in 1980, at which time it also moved from its former location in Long Island City to its present headquarters and 400,000-gallon terminal in College Point. Several more acquisitions followed, increasing the company's influence in Brooklyn;The BronQueens,ManhattanNassau CountyWestern Suffolk County;and Southern Westchester — but never diminishing the company's commitment to serving its neighbors with old-fashioned customer care and concern.In 1994, Peter's daughter, Allison Heaney, who had been Skaggs-Walsh's sales manager, became the company's owner and president.More than 80 years after introducing the benefits of oil heat to coal-shoveling New Yorkers, Skaggs-Walsh is seeking new ways to help its customers get the most value for their energy dollars.