djmikedr Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 You know you are from Queens if...1) You know someone who went to Newtown, Adams, Bryant, Cleveland orMary Lewis High Schools2) You have shopped on Steinway St.3) You don't go to Manhattan, You go into the"City" or down to "TheVillage"4) The Belt Parkway And Grand Central Suck But You Know Them Both LikeThe Back Of Your Hand5) You Know That Crossing Queens Blvd. At Rush Hour Is A Suicide Mission6) You Live Within 20 Blocks Of A Cemetery And A Strip Club7) You Know The Difference Between Crossbay & Woodhaven Blvd.8) At One Time In Your Life You Have Fished Off Of The Crossbay Bridge9) You Know The Difference Between Goin' With,Seeing,Fooling Around WithAnd Going Out With Someone10) You Curse, A Lot11) You Can Name At Least 6 (if not all) Members Of The "86 "METS12) You Have Gotten Drunk, High Or Stoned At "Astoria Or Forest Park"13) You Know That Juniper Valley Is Not Between 2 Mountains14) You Know Where To Get Alcohol At 4am15) Your Friends Came Over To Hang Out On The Stoop16) You Know Someone With Mob Ties17) At Least One Of Your Neighbors Is A Mental Case18) You Have Cruised Crossbay Or Franny Lew Blvd.19) Private Beach?Whats That? Meet Me At B116 St.20) You Know What A Two Fare Zone Is21) You Know That "New Park "On Crossbay Has The Best Pizza22) You Know That You Can Renew Your License And Visit Your ParoleOfficer On Jamaica Ave23) Every Day Of Your Life A Pigeon Has Shit On Your Car24) You Know That Bayside Girls Are As Bitchy As Middle Village GirlsAnd That Howard Beach Girls Are The Worst25) You Have Been To Or Heard Of The Big Bow Wow26) Some Of Your Family Live On The Island The Rest Live A Few BlocksAway27) You Have Been To At Least a Dozen Different Church Bazaars WhetherYour Catholic Or Not28) There Is A Bodega On Your Corner29) There Is A Bar On Your Corner And You Have probably Been Hangin'OutThere Since Before You Were 1830) Even Though It Sucks You Still Go To The Queens Center Mall31) You Have Learned To Ignore The Deafening Roar Of Low FlyingAirplanes32) You Know To Avoid The Grand Central Pkwy During The US OPEN(especially when the METS are playing at home)33) You Have Searched Over An Hour For A Parking Space34) You Hate Alternate Side Of The Street Parking35) Deep In Your Heart You Fantasize About The JETS Coming Back ToQueens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandekyd18 Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 that's queens for you! lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xpander Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 1) You know someone who went to Newtown, Adams, Bryant, Cleveland or Mary Lewis High Schoolsdamn ex girlfriend...2) You have shopped on Steinway St.But I was buying something for my girlfriend!3) You don't go to Manhattan, You go into the"City" or down to "The Village"Goddammit...4) The Belt Parkway And Grand Central Suck But You Know Them Both Like The Back Of Your HandAnd I don't even drive...5) You Know That Crossing Queens Blvd. At Rush Hour Is A Suicide MissionI thought that was common knowledge...6) You Live Within 20 Blocks Of A Cemetery And A Strip ClubJust two of 'em!7) You Know The Difference Between Crossbay & Woodhaven Blvd.But it's like night and day...?9) You Know The Difference Between Goin' With,Seeing,Fooling Around With And Going Out With SomeoneTell me you don't know that...10) You Curse, A LotSHUT THE FUCK UP!!11) You Can Name At Least 6 (if not all) Members Of The "86 "METS Who's Tom Seaver?12) You Have Gotten Drunk, High Or Stoned At "Astoria Or Forest Park"But it has such a cool view...13) You Know That Juniper Valley Is Not Between 2 MountainsDUH!14) You Know Where To Get Alcohol At 4amIs it my fault the bodega's nice and frendly?15) Your Friends Came Over To Hang Out On The Stoop HA! I live in a co-op...16) You Know Someone With Mob TiesDoesn't everybody know Msoprano?17) At Least One Of Your Neighbors Is A Mental CaseBut I have old neighbors...18) You Have Cruised Crossbay Or Franny Lew Blvd. But they're nice and wide...19) Private Beach?Whats That? Meet Me At B116 St. Oh, you can see that on the map...20) You Know What A Two Fare Zone IsHey man, one token can only get you so far...21) You Know That "New Park "On Crossbay Has The Best Pizza 22) You Know That You Can Renew Your License And Visit Your Parole Officer On Jamaica Ave It's a rough neighborhood...23) Every Day Of Your Life A Pigeon Has Shit On Your Car Every car...26) Some Of Your Family Live On The Island The Rest Live A Few Blocks AwayJust cuz I've relatives living in the same apartment complex...27) You Have Been To At Least a Dozen Different Church Bazaars Whether Your Catholic Or NotCome on...FLEA MARKETS!!!28) There Is A Bodega On Your CornerBut it's a Korean one...30) Even Though It Sucks You Still Go To The Queens Center MallIt really does blow...31) You Have Learned To Ignore The Deafening Roar Of Low Flying AirplanesLaGuardia's a bitch...32) You Know To Avoid The Grand Central Pkwy During The US OPEN (especially when the METS are playing at home)Place gets packed...33) You Have Searched Over An Hour For A Parking SpaceMy friends have big cars...34) You Hate Alternate Side Of The Street ParkingNo, but I hear about it very morning...35) Deep In Your Heart You Fantasize About The JETS Coming Back To Queens They're from Queens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blchrbean Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 How can we know forget about the Q11 or Q60You know your from queens when u ride one or both of them. And, that bit with the high schools........we all KNOW Molloy is the best and Christ the King Sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0nythelover Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 ok, you know ur from queens if you know where the midway theater is or you have chilled on austin street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 you know your from queens when u know potato republic on austin is the greatest place in the world ...you know youre from queens when you know the name of every single park where there is good basketball on the weekends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0nythelover Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 omg potatoe republic. how bout this u know ur from queens if uve been to bang bang at queens center mall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeakillin Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 Originally posted by t0nythelover omg potatoe republic. how bout this u know ur from queens if uve been to bang bang at queens center mall how about no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyboy Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 Dude. this is not funny. I like fit 75% of that and I am not even from queens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackorn Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 that you've puked SOMEWHERE on Bell Blvd at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxlea Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 Originally posted by blchrbean How can we know forget about the Q11 or Q60You know your from queens when u ride one or both of them. And, that bit with the high schools........we all KNOW Molloy is the best and Christ the King Sucks! LMAO, those were the buses I used to take during freshmen yr of H.S.!!!All of these are sooo true! I can think of 2 places where I can buy liquor at 4am on a sunday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorfern Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 I use to take the Q88 to and from high school.I love #31...learn to ignore the airplanes. The little flashing red light that's on the bottom of airplanes use to light up my bedroom at night. Aaahh, LaGuardia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blchrbean Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Don't worry. I live in Brooklyn and everything seems to fit me as well. Also, you know your from queens when you throw a keg at cunningham or 67 park. and sometimes have a police helicopter along with several cars and too many officers bust you....well not EVERYtime. <<starts laughing>> i was too fast for them to catch me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalondon3 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 i am from queens, but i have no clue what the "Big Wow Wow" is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty19 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 i am definitely a queens girl but i think this list only applies to people that live in certain areas of queens and have gone to school in queens.. jamaica... yeaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bito21 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 This is so true. Jamaica definitely rulez!!!>>Kitty19;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmikedr Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 Originally posted by xpander 28) There Is A Bodega On Your CornerBut it's a Korean one... omg lol, a Korean Bodega? I gotta see that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavkrap Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 you know you're from queens if you have cruised 'the strip' at astoria parkyou know you're from queens if you have been to papagallo's at least once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 u know ur from queens if u know the # to the 24hr korean bodega that delivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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