Dickies in Staten Island is at Quazi Supply, 519 Port Richmond Avenue, 10302. We carry the 874 in every waist from 28 through 50, the FLEX 874 with mechanical stretch, the Eisenhower jacket in three colors, the long-sleeve work shirt in five, and the short-sleeve in seven. Open 11 to 8, seven days. The Dickies wall is one of the deepest workwear stocks in the borough.
The 874 has been around since 1967. It's the work pant. Polyester-cotton twill, permanent crease, no-iron, hidden tunnel belt loops, sits at the natural waist. Mechanics, building supers, school custodians, line cooks, restaurant managers, valets, security, and stagehands have worn it for sixty years and the cut hasn't changed. We stock it in black, navy, charcoal, khaki, and dark brown, in waist sizes 28-50 with 28, 30, 32, 34, 36 inseams.
The FLEX 874 is the same pant with elastane in the weave — mechanical stretch through the seat and thigh. If you've worn the original 874 for years and you want a little more give when you squat or kneel, FLEX is the answer. Same cut, same crease, same supplier — it's just been updated for the way people actually move on a shift.
The 873 slim straight is the trimmer cut for guys who don't want the full traditional 874 leg. 873 is what most younger workers reach for, and what restaurant front-of-house wears when the uniform spec says 'black work pants but make them fit.'
On the jacket side, the Eisenhower is the SKU. Cropped at the waist, snap front, two chest pockets, real cotton twill in a Sanforized weave that doesn't shrink in the wash. Building supers, stagehands, and old-school auto-body guys have worn it for decades. We stock it in black, charcoal, and dark navy. Sized true to size with room for a sweatshirt under it.
The long-sleeve work shirt (574) and the short-sleeve (1574) are the pair to the 874. Permanent crease through the sleeve placket, two button-through chest pockets, available with or without name patches. Auto shops, mechanic crews, HVAC techs, and equipment-rental yards order them in batches with a name above the pocket and the company on the back. We do that embroidery and screen-print in-house — full uniform setup in a week.
Fit reality: Dickies cuts old-school. The 874 sits at the natural waist, not low. The leg is straight, not tapered. The 873 is the slim cut. Sleeve length on the work shirts runs slightly long — Dickies expects you to pull a stretch and let the cuff sit at the wrist with the button done. If you're between waist sizes go up; the polyester-cotton blend doesn't stretch in the way denim does.
Trades that buy Dickies: mechanics (more than any other trade — every Staten Island auto shop I know has a uniform program with us or has had one), school custodians and building supers (DOE and DCAS suppliers send people to us), HVAC and refrigeration techs, restaurant kitchen and front-of-house staff, valet and parking attendants, and stagehands at the venues on the North Shore.
Uniform programs are the bigger conversation. If you have ten guys in a shop and you want everyone in matching 874s and 574 work shirts with names on the pocket and the shop on the back, the fleet account with in-house custom printing is built for exactly that. Net-30, volume pricing, full size run, and we'll re-up the program as you hire.
Walk in. 519 Port Richmond. If you've been wearing the 874 since 1989 and you want to try the FLEX, we'll put both pairs in your size on the counter. Five minutes and you'll know.