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 Young Gunnaz/Ygz 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 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