Native Islanders



You know your from Staten Island if . . . .

       
  • You refer to Manhattan as 'the city’
  • You stole at least one of those thick glass mugs from A&Ws on Hylan Blvd
  • You call the ferry 'the boat’

  • Jersey mosquitoes played music in your ears

  • You can name all four bridges

  • You went to rock concerts at The Ritz

  • You’ve gone sledding at LaTourette

  • It takes you a half hour to get to your friend's house... and they live less than a mile away

  • You have fond memories of the metal box outside your front door where the milkman put glass bottles of milk

  • You know it's Prince's Bay, not Princess Bay

  • You would never swim in the water here

  • You take pride in being from the South Shore or North Shore

  • You remember where EJ Korvettes was

  • Majors department store was a big deal when it opened in Mariners Harbor

  • You know its The Outerbridge Crossing not the Outer Bridge

  • You have gotten into arguments with people who think Long Island is the fifth borough

  • You remember the two different theaters on New Dorp Lane

  • You recall Weisglass Milk and Weisglass Stadium

  • You know the difference between Richmond Road, Richmond Avenue, and Richmond Terrace

  • You can name at least 15 different movies theaters that were here

  • You know that 'Mike' owns all the good diners

  • You recall the trucks that sprayed the wetlands for mosquitoes

  • You remember the sound of the SIRT gates going down when a train approached

  • You remember the 'orange' home delivery bread trucks from Holtermann's bakery

  • There are now 20 families living in town houses where there used to be one family living in a cape cod

  • You remember trying not to slip and slide around on the wicker seats from the old SIRT 'olive colored' trains

  • Your car cannot fit between the driveways of two houses

  • You remember when Father Capadano Blvd was simply called Seaside Blvd

  • You put pennies on the SIRT tracks so the trains would flatten them

  • You've eaten at the Victory Diner at 3:30 am

  • You have parked at The Point in Great Kills

  • You have fond memories of Bacci's, Stechmann's, Cosmo's, Al Deppe's, Demyan's Hofbrau and Tavern On The Green

  • New Dorp Lane was simply referred to as 'The Lane' and Richmond Avenue was simply 'The Avenue'

  • You remember when there were only about four or five traffic lights along Hylan Blvd from Richmond Avenue all the way to the Conference House

  • You know every back road to the Verrazano

  • You remember a horrible mid-air collision where one of the burning airliners fell into Millers Field in New Dorp

  • Goodhue and Tompkinsville pools brings back fond memories

  • You remember Wetsons, Goodys and Jack in the Box and where they were

  • You remember movies at The Lane, The Ritz, The Empire, The St. George and The Paramount

  • You recall tossing coins at the Verrazano Bridge

  • You know that a chocolate egg cream doesn't actually have any egg in it

  • You remember the trains above ground before they were put underground

  • It was a nickel to ride the bus with your bus pass

  • You went to the concerts every Wednesday evening in the summer at Silver Lake

  • You referred to the King's Arms as "the Arms" and called it the Queen's Legs at least once

  • Pal Joey's "slice of pizza and a coke" was 25 cents

  • You know where Travis is

  • You made Al Deppe's chicken dance for a penny

  • You know that we have an Armory and where it is

  • You went to the July 4th Travis parade

  • Waiting on long lines for Ralph's Ices was a summertime tradition

  • Ice skating on a lake was a wintertime tradition

  • You can name at least four hospitals that were on Staten Island
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