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Jun 4, 2013 · 1. The Forty Thieves. One of Gotham’s earliest known criminal outfits, the Forty Thieves operated between the 1820s and 1850s in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan....
Dec 11, 2019 · Published December 11, 2019. Updated January 2, 2020. From the Short Tail gang of the 1880s to the Black Spades of the 1970s Bronx, take a peek at New York gangs of the past through these unbelievable photos. 37 Photos Of The New York Gangs That Terrorized The City Through Two Centuries Of History. View Gallery.
- Natasha Ishak
May 17, 2024 · In the 19th and early 20th centuries New York City has had to deal with a multitude of violent street gangs with creative names such as The Dead Rabbits, the Hudson Dusters, the Whyos, The Five Points Gang, The Eastman Gang, Murder Inc, and the New York Camorra to name just a few.
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Mar 7, 2021 · Robert McNamara. Updated on March 07, 2021. It is impossible to overstate how notorious the lower Manhattan neighborhood called the Five Points was throughout the 1800s. It was said to be the roost of gang members and criminals of all types, and was widely known, and feared, as the home turf of flamboyant gangs of Irish immigrants.
Gangs of New York (19th Century) “Poverty, wretchedness, and vice are rife enough where we are going now” wrote Charles Dickens in his book American Notes. 1 The now orderly streets of Lower Manhattan were once at the mercy of the multiple gangs that dominated in the 19 th century.
Mar 22, 2023 · Mar 22, 2023. How Irish whiskey save the Italian mafia from destruction by an Irish mob. Getty Images. The Westies were a bloodthirsty Irish American gang who ruled over the Hell's Kitchen area...
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Nov 12, 2020 · In 1931, following decades of turf warfare, Brooklyn bootlegger Salvatore Maranzano established the leaders of New York City's five largest Italian American criminal organizations and declared ...
