The Good Old Days!

Arentsville: A proposed name for Tottenville. The “Arentsville Times” was published for a short time.

Bentley: A name for the post office, at what is now called Tottenville. The N.Y. State Manual mentions Bentley Post Office in 1861; in 1862, Tottenville is named in its place.

Bentley Dock Road: An old name for Bentley Road, Tottenville. Beers, 1874, calls it Bentling Road.

Biddle Grove: At Tottenville. Map of the Biddle Grove Property. Filed June 30th, 1870. Beers, 1874.

Burial Ridge: The knoll near the Billopp House at Tottenville from which many Indian remains have been exhumed.

Butler’s Cover: At Ward's Point near Tottenville.

Christopher’s Swamp: Near the Billopp House, Tottenville.

Cronk’s or Hopping’s Hill: A prominent knoll on the north side of the Amboy Road. Tottenville.

Elliott’s Pond or The Rink: Near the Amboy Road and Elliott Avenue, Tottenville. This was formerly a swamp, but was a favorite skating place in winter, hence, one of the names.

Manor of Bentley: The grant of 1,163 acres of land at the southwest end of the Island, now Tottenville, was named after Christopher Billopp’s vessel, the “Bentley,” in which he sailded around Staten Island in less than twenty-four hours, and thus secured it to the Duke of York. Bayles, p. 102

Mill Creek Shoals: In the Sound at Mill Creek, Tottenville.

The Neck: Tottenville is sometimes referred to as being on "the Neck."

Strawberry Rock: Off the shore near the foot of Central Avenue, Tottenville. This rock received its name from the circumstance that strawberries once grew about it, before the shore had washed away.

Totten’s Landing: At the foot of the present Main or Totten St., Tottenville. Dripps, 1850.

The Bluff: At Tottenville, near the end of the Amboy Road.

The Pines: A local name for a pine grove along the railroad track between Richmond Valley and Tottenville.

Unionville: Between Tottenville and The Billopp House.

Ward’s Point: Near Tottenville. Still called by this name. On the map of 1797 the position of Caleb Ward's house is shown.

Weir’s Mill Pond: At Mill Creek, Tottenville. Walling, 1859.

West Quarter: Applied to Westfield. The towns were at one time known as West Quarter, South Quarter, North Quarter, and the Manor.