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Some
of the most influential criminals in history got their start on
the Lower East Side of New York City...
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GANG
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ETHNICITY |
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O'Connel Gaurds |
Early 1800s |
Irish |
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American Gaurds |
Early 1800s |
American-born |
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| Daybreak Boys |
1830s-40s |
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| Buckoos |
1830s-40s |
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| Hookers |
1830s-40s |
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| Swamp Angels |
1830s-40s |
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| Border Gang |
1830s-40s |
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| Patsy Conroys |
1830s-40s |
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Short Tails |
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Whyos |
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Irish |
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| Plug Uglies |
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Dead Rabbits |
1840s-1860s |
Irish |
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Bowery Boys |
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American-born |
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| Gophers |
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| McCarthy's |
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| Batavia Street Gang |
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| Squab Wheelmen |
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| Crazy Butch Gang |
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Eastman gang |
1890s-early 1900s |
Jewish |
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Five Points Gang |
1890s-early 1900s |
Italian/mixed |
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Gas House Gang |
1800s-early 1900s |
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Humpty Dumpty Gang |
1800s-early 1900s |
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Pansy Gang |
early 1900s |
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Gambino Crime Family |
1930s-present |
Italian |
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Luchese Crime Family |
1930s-present |
Italian |
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Bonano Crime Family |
1930s-present |
Italian |
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Genovese Crime Family |
1930s-present |
Italian |
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Lower East Side Dragons |
1960s |
Hispanic |
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Lower East Side Assasins |
1960s |
Hispanic/mixed |
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Black Panthers |
1960s/70s |
African-American |
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Black Liberation Army |
1960s/70s |
African-American |
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Young Lords Party |
1960s/70s |
Hispanic |
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Poisoners |
1960s |
African-American |
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Hells Angels |
1968-present |
Caucasian/mixed |
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Dynamite Brothers |
1970s |
African-American |
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Ghost Shadows |
1970s |
Asian |
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Little Wild Boys |
1980s |
African-American |
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Latin Republic |
1990s |
Hispanic |
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God's Nation |
1990s |
African-American |
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Website compiled by Eric Ferrara. Contact
him via East-Village.com
GangsOfNY.org, East-Village.com, EastVillageTours.com, AvenueA.org,
evcm.org
copyright 2001 - 2007 East Village Community Media
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