You Know You Are From Staten Island When...

This is from a great site called A History of Staten Island, New York, which has plenty of historic photos, and other items of historical interest as well. Definitely worth a visit to see what this little Island of ours is all about!

You know you are from Staten Island when...

• You refer to Manhattan as 'the city.’
• You call the ferry 'the boat.’
• You can name all four bridges.
• 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
  '
• At least one of your relatives or neighbors speaks Italian.
• 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 or someone you know has more than one matching velour jogging
  suit in their closet.
• You take fresh mozzarella and prosciutto for granted.
• Every year you went to the New Dorp/Curtis game before
  Thanksgiving dinner, even if you didn't go to either school.
• You recall Weisglass Milk and Weisglass Stadium.
• You know the difference between Richmond Road, Richmond Avenue,
  and Richmond Terrace.
• You know that 'Mike' or 'Nick' own all the good diners.
• 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 homes 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 know that we don't have apartment houses, we have Projects.
• You've eaten at the Victory Diner at 3:30 am
• You have fond memories of Bacci, Steinman'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 pool brings back fond memories.
• You remember Wetsons, Goodys and Jack in the Box
• You remember movies at The Lane, The Ritz, The Star, The
  Tompkinsville, The St. George, The Paramount.
• 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 remember when Father Capadano Blvd was simply called Seaside
  Blvd
• You put pennies on the SIRT tracks so the trains would flatten
  them.

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