Either way, if you come from there or the Swamp you are a card-carrying member of the bridge & tunnel crowd. Bear in mind that the real Sonny Corleone was from Strong Island by way of the Bronx, not Staten Niland. He died on the Jones Beach causeway.
Wasn't the Godfather was filmed in Forest Hills--Staten Island?
Regardless of the trivia, the island has its share of wise guys. How else can you explain the highway construction in the borough?