Lobster Joe Truscelli Drive (Staten Island)
Present name:Tennyson Drive and Madison Avenue
Location:Tennyson Dr between Cleveland Ave and Hillside Terrace; and Madison Ave between Hilside Terrace and Fairlawn Ave
Honoree: Joseph Truscelli (1926-1994) worked as a stevedore, served in the Phillippines in World War II, and later did construction work. But he loved fishing and in the 1970s went to Belford, NJ and worked for free to learn lobster fishing. He returned to Staten Island and bought the first of a series of boats. He was the only certified lobster fisherman to work out of Staten Island. He supplied local restaurants and was an advocate for clean waters.
LL:1996/38