List of criminal organizations in New York City

Due in large part to its steadily high population and rich history, New York City has played host to various criminal organizations, gangs, mafias, and syndicates. The following is a list of these groups, past and present.

Active

• Black Spades
• Crips
  • Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips
• Dominicans Don't Play
• Five Families - The five most prominent families of the Italian-American Mafia (Cosa Nostra) in New York City.
  • Bonanno Family
  • Colombo Family
  • Gambino Family
    • Ozone Park Boys
  • Genovese Family
    • Greenwich Village Crew
    • 116th Street Crew
  • Lucchese Family
  • The Commission - Governing body of LCN
  • Sixth Family - placeholder title for a family which matches or surpasses the power of the Five Families
• Greenpoint Crew
• Hell's Angels
• Hip Sing Association
• Latin Kings
• MS-13
• Pagans
• Savage Skulls
• South Brooklyn Boys
• Trinitarios
• United Blood Nation - East-coast faction of the Bloods street gang.
  • Nine Trey Bloods Gangsters
  • Sex Money Murder
• Velentzas Organization

Inactive

• 19th Street Gang (1870s)
• Albanian Mafia
  • Albanian Boys (1990s)
  • Rudaj Organization (1993-2004)
• Batavia Street Gang (1890s- early 1900s)
• Baxter Street Dudes (1870s)
• Boodle Gang (1850s-1890s)
• Born to Kill (1980-1992), who were active in Chinatown ^[1]
• Bowe Brothers (1840-1860)
• Bowery Boys (1830s-1860s)
• Breed Motorcycle Club (1965-2006)
• Broadway Mob (1920s)
• Brooklyn Camorra (1885-1918)
• Bugs and Meyer Mob (1920s-1930s)
• Charlton Street Gang (1860s)
• Cherry Hill Gang (1890s- early 1900s)
• Chichesters (1820s-1860s)
• Cosa Nostra
  • DeMeo Crew (1960s-1983)
  • Gallo Crew (1950s-1972)
  • Morello family (1890s-1931) - Predecessor to what would become the Genovese family
  • Tanglewood Boys (1990s)
• Crazy Butch Gang (1890s- early 1900s)
• Daybreak Boys (1840s-1859)
• Dead Rabbits (1830s-1860s)
• Dutch Mob (1870s-1880s)
• East Harlem Purple Gang (1970s-1980s)
• Eastman Gang (1890s-1910s)
• Five Points Gang (1890s-1920s)
• Flying Dragons (1967-1994)
• Forty Thieves (1825-1860s) - Considered the first known street gang in New York City
• Gas House Gang (1880s-1910)
• Ghost Shadows (1970s-1990s)
• Gopher Gang (1890s-1910s)
• Grady Gang (1860s)
• Honeymoon Gang (1850s)
• Hook Gang (1866-1876)
• Hudson Dusters (1890s-1917)
• Jheri Curls (1990s)
• Kerryonians (1825-1830s)
• Lenox Avenue Gang (early 1900s-1910s)
• Marginals (early 1900s)
• Mau Maus (1950-1965)
• Molasses Gang (1870s)
• National Crime Syndicate (1929-1960s)
  • Murder, Inc. (1929-1941)
• Neighbors' Sons (early 1900s-1916)
• New York divorce coercion gang (1980s-2013)
• Patsy Conroy Gang (1860s-1874)
• Potashes (1890s)
• Potato Bag Gang (1970s)
• Rhodes Gang (1890s-1910s)
• Roach Guards (1820s-1860s)
• Savage Nomads (1960s-1970s)
• Shirt Tails (1830s-1860s)
• Slaughter House Gang (1840s-1860s)
• Supreme Team (1981-2001)
• Swamp Angels (1850s-1890s)
• Tenth Avenue Gang (1860-1870s)
• The Council
• Tub of Blood Bunch (1860s)
• Westies (1960s-1988)
• White Hand Gang (early 1900s-1925)
• White Tigers (1980s-1990s)
• Whyos (1860s-1890s)
• Yakey Yakes (1890s-early 1900s)
• Yiddish Black Hand (early 1900s)
• Zwi Migdal (1867-1939)

References

1. English, T.J. (1995). Born to Kill: America's Most Notorious Vietnamese Gang, and the Changing Face of Organized Crime. William Morrow & Co. ISBN   0-688-12238-8.