01/05/08

Past Remembrances from Visitors to this Website (please excuse any repeats, as the list gets longer its hard to find them) EJ Korvettes Santa Claus at Lobel's in Port Richmond Food Farm on Hylan Blvd  Garber's Grants in New Dorp Going to Port Richmond for school uniforms Drag racing on the soon-to -be Richmond Parkway The Dump The Paramount Theatre The old Sears on Forest Ave. Cashing in Green Stamps on Forest Ave. The Sugar Bowl Luncheonette in South Beach Gene and Tony's Luncheonette in South Beach Louie's Superette in South Beach Summer "Camp" at PS 39 Chinese restaurant upstairs over Woolworth Stapleton Park Going to the rides at South Beach for a Nickel and a bottle cap Wiegands Bowling Alley .It was said that it was the first bowling alley on Staten Island. It was located on Clove Road in Concord Feasts at St. Michael's on Harbor Road, Mariners Harbor Minstrel Shows at P.S. 44 Remember the old yellow La Rue dry cleaning home delivery trucks? The crash site at Miller Field of the TWA Constellation. (1960s) Shore Acres Pond The grotto at Mt. Manresa Sleigh riding down the hill at the McGiness Mansion on Belair Rd The Pine Room on Fingerboard Rd Holtermann's Bakery Delivery ( Loved their bread and cakes ) Sterner and LeBlanc appliance store near Jewett. If you needed a TV, that's where you went. Parades. We used to have them Memorial Day and the Fourth of July right down Castleton Avenue Zinicola's pepperoni Italian bread - only on Sunday. The Ferry in Port Richmond square to Bayonne Henny's Steak House on Richmond and Travis Aves. Proctor & Gamble as well as US Gypsum Whitehouse Tavern and Coopers Bar on Rossville Avenue Bakers Pharmacy in Prince's Bay Richmond Memorial Hospital Picking lead to sell to the junk man. picking it from the hind side of the shooting range on Claypit Rd while people were firing ( I love this one ) Ghost Town (St. George) C & B on Castleton Ave Snoopy's on Castleton Ave Inn By The Wayside on Hylan Vincent's Bakery (Ferry Terminal) Wilfred Beauty Academy Shuba's in South Beach Parking in Great Kills Park Country Club Diner The Colonade Piccadilly Circus on Richmond Terrace. Master's on Hylan Willowbrook (Home for Mentally Challenged) (Made Geraldo Rivera Famous) The Rainbow Roller Skating Rink" on Quintard Rd. in South Beach. It was then "Skate Odyssey" and then "Motions Disco". Westerleigh Park Concerts 3-Jays bar in New Dorp which later became Toto's. Beachcomber Restaurant in Princes Bay Great Kills Point Beach Parties Artie's Luncheonette in Great Kills Mission Soda Plant - Richmond Road - Concord Chuck Wagon Diner - Hylan Blvd - Dongan Hills The Organ at St. George Theater The Drive-In Theater The Caves Flagship Store on Hylan Blvd. Wetsons Hamburgers ( One on Hylan - One on Forest) Weissglass Saturday Night Stock Car Races Buda Bakers Bacci's hamburgers on Hylan Blvd. and Ross Avenue Buddy, Buddy Club on Clove Road The Swiss Chalet Reinhardt's Bar and Picnic Grounds Rube's Tavern in Charleston Marty's Candy Store in Pleasant Plains The Shoals Penny Beach Vanderbilt's Tomb Ralph's Ices Egger's Ice Cream Shoppe Bowling on the Green ( Just torn down August 13, 2004 ) Nunzio's Woolworths (Port Richmond Avenue and Stapleton) Johns Bargain Store (Stapleton) Tirellis Merry-Go-Round ( South Beach ) Row Boating at Willowbrook Park The Ritz Theater Stechmans on Richmond Avenue Bungalow Bar Ice Cream Truck Goodhue pool Gene's Bayonne Ferry Denino's Riding down Hylan Blvd when there were only 2 lights on the whole Blvd. Venetian Gardens Faber Pool Sleigh Riding (Jack' Pond, Lockman Street, Todt Hill Golf Course) Major's Dept. Store Leaving Doors Unlocked ( Many Visitors said this ) Sky slide on Forest Ave South Beach Rides Tottenville Pool Ice skating on Martlings Pond Swimming at Lyons pool in Tompkinsville Skating at Bradys' pond Mount St. Carmel Feast Serious brush fires in the early 60's when more than 100 homes were destroyed (The fires of 1963. ) Sedutto's Ice Cream Mom and Dad used to give me 10 cents to get into Tompkinsville Pool Melody Ann's dress shop on Richmond Ave The SI airport where the Mall is now Pouch terminal and Pouch Boy Scout Camp Musk rat trapping in Great Kills Park Franzreb Stables in Clove Lakes Linoleum factory in Travis Nanets sweet shop in Tompkinsville Marty's Candy Store in Pleasant Plains Reinhardt's Bar and Picnic Grounds Rube's Tavern in Charleston Mount Loretto church Bayonne Ferry Tottenville Ferry The 69st Ferry to Brooklyn The St George theatre, the matron walked around with her flashlight looking for kids making out. Rolladium at New Dorp Duffys Diner - Midland Beach Graham Beach Bungalow Colony Store of a Million Items in Stapleton Von Briesens park Godomski's Bakery MacNamara's Picnics Jerry Lewis Theater Sites (Seitz’s) Candy Store on the corner of Craig Avenue & Main Street in Tottenville Mikes Place on New Dorp Lane Drag racing @ South Ave. Roller Skating at the Ritz Great Kills Point Friday Night Beach Parties Pheasants were plentiful "Schwartzies" store in Tompkinsville Demyans Hofbrau on VanDuzer Street. Old Farmers Market on Richmond Ave. Madalone's Coliseum ,a bowling alley on Richmond Ave & Richmond Terrace The Jolly Trolley was at Clove Rd & Forest Ave. It was a hamburger/hot dog kind of diner, made out of a real trolley car. The Loose Caboose wasn't around for a long time, but was the same kind of place right next door. Again, was made out of a real caboose. Harmony Park (Schenkel's Harmony Park) Bakers Pharmacy in Prince's Bay Richmond Memorial Hospital Vastola's Farm   Ekstrands florists Stores closed on Sundays Our Lady Queen Of Peace Paul's Sweet Shop New Dorp Lane Racing slot cars at the Family hobby   Shopping in Port Richmond The farmer's market on Richmond Avenue Matinee at the Ritz theater Faber Pool Ice skating on Pots & Pans Madelones Bowling alley The Draft Board office in St. George. Eggers Farms on Richmond Avenue The airport. The old pavillion at the Conference House Al Deppes Lane Theater Swiss Chalet Penn fruit Supermarket Tina's Diner in Meier's Corners Joe's cab stand next to rail road tracks. ~ Eltingville~ The concerts at Silver Lake every Wednesday night Old linoleum factory at the end of Victory Blvd in Travis Sleigh riding down a steep hill someplace near Gordon St. Doc's on Richmond Terrace The "Honeycomb" in the lower part of the mall Luke & John's Deli on Victory Blvd Sand Pits in Great Kills Franks Candy Store - Mariners Harbor  The Old New Dorp High School Jack in the Box on Victory Blvd near Jewett Pizza Town USA - New Dorp Lane (Pizza Clown) Cows near Mt Loretto Cle's Pharmacy ( Midland Beach ) Pete Devitos Dept. Store ( Midland Beach ) Millers Hardware Store ( Midland Beach ) Concerts at Cromwell Center Wed. night dances at Westerleigh Park, Friday night dances at Fox Hills Sleigh riding and ice skating at Clove Lakes   Berardi and Dinno's the best pizza in town. Christmas locomotive ( I heard of one on New Dorp Lane and one on The Terrace) Cusack's veggie truck Robert Hall Clothes Store ( Hylan Blvd ) Deer running wild thru the peach & apple orchids. Old barracks in Fort Wadsworth South Beach rides St.George Movie Theater Ruby Lanes Woolworths La Rosa bakery Remember horseback riding at cloves lakes, Skating at Brady's pond, Woolworth’s Rides at south beach! Old Farmers Market "Schwartzies" store in Tompkinsville where Burger King is now Roller Skating at the Ritz, Jerry Lewis Theater, Plaza Casino being knocked down, Joe's Paramount Bar, Horman's Castle, Piel's Brewery Smiling Sunnys Toy Store ( Forest Avenue ) The Kings Arms Sacred Heart's Summer Bazaar Mucci's Sporting Good's Shop Remember the fire dept big ladder truck driving down North Railroad Avenue every Christmas morning with one fireman dressed as Santa and giving away small boxes of candy to any kids that would run out of the house to get it. They would pass my block between 6 & 7 AM every Christmas morning for years Goodhue Pool Cosmo's restaurant with kiddie rides ( Hylan Blvd near Old Town Road ) A & W root beer on Hylan blvd  Oven Bake Shop Rome's Flying A gas station in Dongan Hills around Cromwell Ave and Atlantic Ave. Tassis's Tire Town corner of Midland and Hylan Jolly Trolley in Dongan Hills ( ? ) The Dog House in Dongan Hills Bohack in New Dorp Safeway Supermarket Hylan and Old Town Road There was a soda factory at the corner of Old Town Road and Hylan Blvd where the bank is now. I believe it was Squirts Francis Ford, Hyland Blvd Dongan Hills Marone's hardware, Norway Avenue The Old Mill at the corner of Hylan and Clove The Cafe Clarette  now met foods Maria's Club Nostalgia on Foxbeach road New Dorp Beach The "Sugar Bowl" was a little shop on Victory Boulevard by Grand Avenue. Sweets galore! Horrman's ( 2 R's) Castle on Howard Avenue was the home of the one owner of the old Stapleton Brewery, Rubsam and Horrman. The site is now housing, it was at Osgood Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue. Memoly Motors, a Dodge dealership on Richmond Terrace at Jewett Avenue. Stuckey's Auto Salvage, Amboy Road Wagner's, used to be a Chrysler dealer on Richmond Road close to the Expressway. Dinger's farm, now Macy's and Circuit City area. Dave's Soda Shop on Bay St. in Rosebank Dot and Vic's Candy Store on Hylan Blvd. & Tompkins in Rosebank Joann's Candy Store on the corner of Evelyn Place and Bay St. Sliding down a dirt hill behind Labetti Post on a cardboard box Playing football behind Labetti Post Swinging on a tree rope behind Labetti Post Smoky's Candy Shop on Fingerboard Running under all the clothes racks at Robert Halls Clothes Store Aures Bakery on Targee Street Sleigh riding on cardboard boxes behind Labetti Post from Maryland Ave. Visiting the museum at Fort Wadsworth Summer camp at Damatti''s playground Rosebank. Roller-skating, tennis and art and crafts trucks would come. Building a go-cart out of old baby carriage wheels and testing it on Maryland Ave The "Pelican Club" on Fingerboard Rd. Smokey's donut shop on Fingerboard Rd. The donuts used to taste like cigarettes St. Mary's School on Bay Street, when there were nuns for teachers and hot lunch. Sister Basil Putting baseball cards on our bike spokes to make clicking noises. Rumble Seats! Grandpa's car. Maryland Ave Gang...Libby the dog was the leader Hanging out at Mount Maresa, and getting chased out by the nuns Playing softball at East Shore Little league. The old P.S.13 on Anderson and Hylan Wetsons on Hylan Blvd Richies Ice Cream Parlor The Honeycomb at the SI Mall The Factory Rocky Horror Midnight Show Sleepy Hollow Inn Sid's Candy Store on Forest Ave A&W on Hylan Blvd, when it was a car hop Joe's Question Mark in Bulls Head Johnny Maestro singing in the stair well on the 8:10 ferry to NY Drag Racing on Arden Ave. New Dorp- Curtis Thanksgiving Football games Semlars Park ( now Grant City Apartments) Professional Wrestling ( Wiessglass Stadium) Bayonne- Staten Island Ferry THE PAVILLION ,TOTTENVILLE FITZGERALDS NITE CLUB THE ITALIAN KITCHEN HYLAN BLVD THE EAST SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER FOX HILLS LUCCIS BOWLING ALLEYS,GRASMERE EIBS POND MOSEL AVE. Edna's Sweet Shop, at the top of Hyatt Street, on St. Mark's Place. After a movie at the St. George, that was the place to go. The Victory theatre was up the street and you got to see 2 movies for 10 cents on Saturday and sometimes they gave dishes and glasses away as gifts. Mt. Loretta , the ORPHANAGE THAT WAS A DEPRESSING PLACE . but the beach behind it was great The two way toll at the Verrazano Bridge sometimes missed exact change hopper had to open car door The Cobblestone roads on Snake Hill and Todt Hill Road The kev-in later petes-eats after softball games Travis As kids we swam in the old saw mill creek and off the old Manhattan barge down from Travis Ave. My father's best friend, Bill LaTourrette, lived in Mariner's Harbor with his wife. At the back of his backyard was a tiny house, rather run down even to my young eyes (maybe I was 8 or 9) belonging to a Miss Butts who lived alone. She was very old and frail, and I was afraid of her. One day Uncle Bill and I paid her a visit and she fascinated me. She had a deep voice and gnarled hands from arthritis. Fear was replaced by an eagerness to get to know her. We talked many times. I loved her stories of Buffalo Bill coming to SI and setting up on the property in back of her. This little house had been her home and she never left it. Stories of cowboys and Indians, Annie Oakley, buffalo and trick riders were music to my ears. It must have been wonderful then. The fluoroscope machine at Lobel's children's dept. where you could x-ray your feet in sickly green and watch the bones move! I think the matron at the Capitol in the '40s was Mrs. Snow. Starched white clothing and white hair. Wednesday was plate night at the Ritz Theater on Richmond Ave. In the late '50s, three of us - my mother, aunt and I, and sometimes my cousin, would see the evening movie and get a plate or whatever, for my cousin's upcoming wedding. It was only 35 cents on plate night. An ice cream place that looked like an ice cave with penguins. Near South Beach. What was the name...the Polar Cave? Sleigh riding on the hill in front of the Latourette Country Club right outside of historic Richmondtown. Cutting class and exploring the TB wards at Seaview When Great Kills "village" actually was a real village with a Chinese Laundry, fish market,  Farrell's Hardware Store, Harry's Dept. Store, Trunz's Meat and last but not least Benedicts Grocery Store where the butcher would slice you a piece of cold cut while your mother shopped! When the Express Bus to Manhatten was a dollar The original SIRT with wicker type seats instead of plastic Farrell’s ice cream parlor at the Mall – remember “the zoo”?? Clarence the milkman (Tottenville) Living below the blvd. in Tottenville Driving all the way down to the waterfront at the Conference House, before the barricade was put up Frank’s Bakery at the corner of Amboy Road & Sleight Ave. Shopping in Port Richmond Center before the Mall was built The Century Inn (now Killmeyer’s) Rinky Dink Roller Rink on Main St. in Tottenville Santa Claus handing out toys on Innis Street by the Cichon Post in Elm Park. Ja-Nets home of the foot-long hot dog George's candy store (the store) Guyon and N. RR Pinky and Jacks luncheonette on New Dorp Lane corner of Clawson Street The Pizza at 3 Jays Drag racing in EJ Korvettes parking lot I remember walks in Clove Park on Easter Sunday afternoons, after  church.  New Dorp Lane Pauls Sweet Shoppe for the black & white egg creams. The Red Barrel Tavern, South Beach on the corner of Sand Lane and Seaside Blvd. Johns Bargain Store was not only in Stapleton, there was 1 on Richmond Avenue nr the railroad tracks. Nathans on Hylan Blvd near Tysen's and the Grant's shopping center. Next to Sears was Neisners a five and ten Cromwell Center in Tompkinsville St. George Diner on Bay Street There was a place called Joe's Question mark?  Richmond Ave and Victory Blvd.? There were 3 locations for Pal Joeys Pizza,  Oakland and Forest,  Forest and Davis & Bement at Forest. I REMEMBER GOING BLACKBERRY PICKING WITH MY BROTHER AND ALL THE HONEYSUCKLES THAT GREW BEHIND OUR HOUSE. MY SISTER WORKED AT THE CANDY COUNTER IN THE PALACE THEATER, WE ALWAY DID OUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ON RICHMOND AVENUE WHERE THE LIGHTS WERE STRUNG ACROSS THE STREET.  Lets not forget "SCHAFFER'S TAVERN" located at Victory Blvd. & Bradley Ave. Schaffer's Tavern has been around since  the 1930's and is still an excellent eating & drinking establishment. James Thompson and sons Lumber Co. and Thompson Stadium, where they had football games and midget auto races. A public school on Tompkins Ave in Stapleton now stands there. THE CHUCK WAGON,  FIRST REAL FAST FOOD  MCDONALD’S TYPE HAMBURGER  JOINT ON THE ISLAND ( BEFORE WETSONS ON THE BLVD) Dorhety's Bar on New Dorp Lane The Stumble Inn on Post Ave. Coral Lanes Bowling Alley on Richmond Ave now the Coral Shopping Plaza Victory Lanes Bowling Alley Sunset Lanes on Richmond Ave. now the 122 pct sub station Piazza's Bakery Friday night bowling at  Madalone's stopping for a pie at Denino's on the way home. I previously mentioned Carvel on Richmond Ave It may have been a Tastee Freeze Tucky's Miniture golf Arthur Kill and Richmond Blue Willow Inn Al's Pizza "Old Dutchman's"  bar and grill  at the top of Clarke Ave Sarcone's Pony Rides Palermos The Towne House Aliseo's Market Sam's Taxi Silvestri's Gas Station Zilly's Pontiac Central Lanes Rendezvous Club Log Cabin Inn Ann's Sweet Shop across from Central Lanes Pops candy store. Vigliottis Bakery Beddia Bros Bakery Ice skating on the site that is now Waldbaums on Richmond Ave. Carvels Across the street from previous. Grasso's Pizza Fanelli's farm Lady of Pity Bazaar Lamberts Ln and Richmond ave Beauty Pond Orchard Inn Mardi Gras Club Great Kills Meurot Club Casa Barone in St. George Oak Room Boulder Stadium off Arlene Sleigh riding down Lamberts Lane toward South Ave. Swimming in the creeks below South Ave. Plaza Casino Knotty Pine Lanes Sunnyside Club Sally's Ice Cream truck Red & Tan and Blue and Grey bus to the city Dew Dale record shop still have an uncompleted card for a free 45 PRHS graduation walking from the CYO to the Ritz Decker Ave Christmas tree Forest Dance Studio Lady of Good Counsel Dances Palms Pizza on Castleton Brighton Lounge Miami Club Crocitto's Bohack’s Supermarket on Forest Ave Splash parties at Goodhue Pool, New Brighton and everyone trying to get the greased watermelon out of the pool Marty's candy store on New Dorp Lane Avino's pizza  at New Dorp Beach The original Jolly Trolley was located on Clove Road just before Victory Blvd. The Miami Club in South Beach Charlie Chips delivery truck bringing potato chips to your door The Sugar Bowl on Victory near Grand Ave was called “Annie’s Sugar Bowl”  Weissglass stadium stock cars. I went round an round, some times upside down. Charles Edkins #43x  Tumble Town (an outdoor trampoline center on Post Ave near Clove Road) The Miami Club (a night club on Jersey St and Brighton Ave that attracted many celebrities). The Good Humor Man (In his white suit) Dugans Bakery Trucks The Knights of Columbus on Clove Road (with the bowling alley in the basement). Cricket games at Walker park Little Joe's Pony Track on Richmond Ave in Graniteville Little Joe's Pony Track and Animal Farm on Richmond Ave in Graniteville Tucky's Pizzeria on Arthur Kill Road in Greenridge Jean's Beans in Forest Ave Plaza selling cooked foods for take-out Rendevous Club on Richmond Ave opp. Our Lady of Pity R.C. Church Bulls Head US Army camp on Richmond Ave in Bulls Head Zinicola's Bakery on Hooker Place opposite Denino's Casa Nova Restaurant on Richmond Ave in Port Richmond Teams of guys climbing the grease poles to get the prizes at the top at summertime feasts at Our Lady of Pity, St. Michael's (Mariner's Harbor) and other local Churches  Lemon creek and Richmond Ave. drawbridges Millways bar on Hylan and Adams Street The Alps restaurant on Richmond Road in New Dorp I used to get ready for school by the clock on the old R&H Brewery Steckman's Sporting Goods on Bay Street next to the Paramount Theater. Supplier of Spaldens Hi- Bounce" pinkies  and sneakers and ice skates to "The Island" for over 50 years.     Add your Staten Island Memories for all to see, write me at   My Staten Island Memories

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