rant · moment 9 of 14
Walking Arthur Kill Road and Staten Island Bus Culture
from Bring Back The Mob · #62
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minTim and Ray recount getting off the bus onto the dangerous, sidewalk-less Arthur Kill Road near their old office, riffing on the Cropsey serial killer legend, the College of Staten Island, and the resignation of bus riders.
- 27:37Arthur Kill Road looks like someone got killed there and that's what they named it after—it's a terrifying, suburban version of Deliverance.
- 28:26The Cropsey serial killer operated in the woods around the College of Staten Island, where kids were disappearing.
- 28:48Tim and Ray got off the bus in the middle of Arthur Kill Road with no sidewalk and guard rails—designed to kill you within five minutes.
- 29:23Tim was drinking on the bus and got talkative and gregarious, chatting up Staten Island bus people about a copier deal.
- 29:51Some bus riders are just resigned to being there—they've seen worse and won't exert emotion over a drunk guy talking to them for hours.
- 30:08Being on a bus makes you lose autonomy over your day—you're trapped in a public situation where anything can happen.
- 30:38A bus is worse than a train because it trudges along slowly while old people take forever getting off and you can't get mad.
- 30:53The experience made Tim think he needs to work harder and figure out a way to get out of that situation.
Arthur Kill RoadStaten IslandDeliveranceCropseyCollege of Staten Island