Yes, the shoe shine guy. Years ago, I’d read in the Advance his name was Carmine Rizzo, and he polished shoes for more than 30 years on the Staten Island Ferry, retiring in 2000 at the age of 76. He ...

MILTON — For someone who’s been involved with shoes for most of his life, collecting shoeshine boxes comes as no surprise. Ray Leeser, retired owner of Leeser’s Shoe Store at 18 Broadway, began ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Three hours and 45 minutes. That's how long my round-trip commute took every day to Manhattan in the late '80s/early '90s as a college student. Bus to the Staten Island Ferry, ...