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A small-business owner has gone viral for his riveting videos about Long Island’s most obscure oddities.“People don’t realize everything that goes on around here,” said Arthur Frischman, a sign-store owner-turned-media sensation, to The Post.“Now a big part of my job is driving all over Long Island, and I’ve seen more of it in the past two years than in the last 60,” said the 60-year-old Northport resident and former marketer, known on Instagram as Long Island Sign Guy.Frischman’s quick clips include stories such as the reason behind a bizarre street name stemming from a town founder’s lunch one day.Frischman also has delved into how a local iconic site was modeled around one of Europe’s most beautiful structures and how there was once a marvelous idea to make a bridge connecting Long Island and Westchester County.“These are huge stories that people just drive by and never ever know about,” he said.Frischman’s first social-media videos rated local signage — as a way to promote his business — starting about two years ago.Then he started throwing oddball Long Island facts into the mix, usually standing next to the landmark and doing an impromptu monologue on his phone, and soon realized he was onto something big.“A lot of what I do now is suggested by people who watch and say, ‘Hey, you should check this out,’ ” Frischman said.He has amassed 2,000 followers and been promoted on the popular page Long Island Wiseguy.
Last week, he filmed at Jerichio’s Millerigde Inn, one of the nation’s oldest restaurants that is home to several exotic peacocks which walk around its parking lot.“The fact that so many people like hearing about all the fun facts of where they live just feels great to me,” he said.Here are some of the hard-to-believe facts he’s stumbled upon.Drivers on the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway may wonder why the relatively short roadway abruptly ends on Jericho Turnpike and Merrick Road.“It was supposed to go from...