There are two places where I publish my ongoing research on New York City youth gangs from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, this website and Facebook.
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- Bronx Gangs
- Brooklyn Gangs
- “Black Patch” of the Jesters and the Pastor who tried to help him
- “How Can You Be a Good Boy When You Don’t Have a Father?”
- “So dont for get to wright me”
- An Italian Immigrant’s Story
- Beebop of the Roman Lords
- Billy of Pigtown Gang and His Mother
- Bishops Invade Flatbush
- Bruce Davidson and Brooklyn Gang
- Confiscated Contraband in New York State Reformatory 1962
- Court-ordered diary from a Hellburner
- Does this drawing reveal anything?
- El Kovans Youth Gang, Red Hook, 1950s
- From one brother to another
- Gowanus Boy in His Own Words
- Greene Avenue Stompers, Nits & Memorial Day Rumble
- Hector of the Phantom Lords
- JM and an Attack in Williamsburg
- Joseph and the Fish Sandwich
- Marcy Ave Chaplains and Brief Description of the Immortal Sinners gang
- Marcy, Sumner and a Nest of Youth Gangs
- Memoir Excerpt from Efraim Ruiz of the Roman Lords
- Papo of the Apaches Gang
- Postscript of Beebop’s Life
- President Street Boy → Colombos → Back to Beginning
- Profile of a Williamsburg gang assault
- Sands Street, Brooklyn – Diorama of Late 1940s Street Scene
- Selling Price for a Switchblade in 1952
- Socialistic Gents (Brownsville)
- Story Behind a Picture – The Life and Times of the Jackson Gents
- The Halsey Bops
- They were pals
- Vice of the El Kovons Gang from Red Hook
- “I’m Ready to Take my Medicine”
- Mafia
- Manhattan Gangs
- A Friend is a Friend, No Matter What He Does
- A Harlem Party, a Knock at the Door and a Smith & Wesson
- Assassins, West Harlem
- Copians and Dragons East Harlem
- Crime Scene Photos from a 1950s Youth Gang Homicide: Harlem Assassins and Sinners
- East Harlem Dukes
- Eddie of the Enchanters Gang, 1955
- Edward Falco of the Mayrose Lower East Side
- Gang Initiation
- Ground Zero – Socialistic Dukes and Comanches Gangs’ (Harlem)
- Hector of the Forsythe Boys
- Interview with Jocko of the Harlem Lords
- Joe of the Red Wings Gang
- Julio Rosario & Lower Eastside Sportsmen
- Little Known Youth Gang from Manhattan – The Seven Saints
- Profile of a Python Knight, an East Harlem Gang
- Robert, The Sailor and a Manhattan Assault
- Rudolph and the Colt .45
- Scotchmen from Harlem
- Sportsmen from the Lower East Side
- Two Viceroys and a Gun
- Viceroy Alberto Torres vs. Judge Gerald Culkin
- East Harlem Gangs in the 1950s
- What’s New in NYC Gang Research
- Introduction to 50s Gangs
- “A Useful Citizen Employed”
- After the gang, what next?
- Blades, man!
- Court Records for NYC Youth Gang Homicides
- Gang boys’ relationship with their fathers
- Gang Graffiti
- Gang Jackets
- King of Queens
- Little Known Gangs
- New York City Italian Youth Gangs and the Mafia
- P.A.L. (Police Athletic League)
- Radio & TV sources for New York City Youth Gangs from the 1950s
- Reformatories
- Reports on JD and… Interesting Film Project on Gangs
- Social Clubs vs. Gangs
- Zip Guns and Two Enterprising Entrepreneurs
- Gang Jargon
- What constitutes a “gang” killing?
- NYPD
- Suggested Reading
- Gang Homicides 1953-1960
- 1953 Gang Killings
- 1954 Gang Killings
- 1955 Gang Killings
- 1956 Gang Killings
- 1957 Gang Killings
- 1958 Gang Killings
- 1959 Gang Killings
- 1960 Gang Killings
- 1961 Gang Killings
- Summary of Specific Gang Homicides
- 1954 Red Wings & Fordham Baldies
- Death of “Bo” Andrew Whalen a Jackson Gent
- Ditmas Dukes & Gremlins
- East Harlem Red Wings & Jefferson Park Killing
- Mau Maus and Sand Street Angels, 1959
- Michael Farmer Murder
- Capeman & Umbrella Man
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