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The Brooklyn clubs were OK, but the clubs from the Bronx and Queensthe Savage Skulls, the Nomadsthey could cause some problems. Everybody wants to make a name for themselves, a reputation. I used to steal a lot from factories. Plus, if you had a leather jacket on and I shot you, chances are the bullet wouldnt even go through the jacket. We had like one pistol, and that was for everybody, because every now and then you had a confrontation that would require it. We were big wine drinkers. Anyway, we werent vicious kids. That was East New York. To this day, we still hang out, and wed do anything for each other. I could make up to $20. I would go anywhere Jews worked because on Fridays, they cant put on the light, the air conditioning, nothing. When I lived in the Bronx, prior to 1953 - there was a gang called the Fordham Daggers. You won. Our "uniform" was teal bowling shirts with black velvet vertical stripes. The parents always got along, and we always respected their parents and they respected our parents. Wed hang out in the park at night. But that was once in a while, you know? Caleo took another bullet just about the left buttock, near his belt line. At our peak, we were only about 100 strong, but the Dirty Ones had chapters in Bay Ridge and the Bronx. All except the sadistic Ducky Boys who seem to suddenly materialize at the opportune moment, are more like social clubs and do little besides partying and hanging out. So wed form a line, walk right down and stop. It had to be girls who were in that particular gang. About a month later, when he got out of the hospital, they invaded us again. It started as a dance club, and as things happened in the clubarguments and fightsit became a gang. I was 12 or 13. The Micheal Farmer killing was an incident that happened during the showing of West Its like a family, or the police department, or the priesthood. It feels bad. When I was in Spanish Harlem, the guys in gangs wore silk jackets with their name on the front and the club name on the back. My mentality wasnt, I have to join that gang. It was, I like the guy, the guy likes me. Before you knew it, I married the president of the gang. I was from one side of the Southside, and the Unknowns were from the other side. Then, in a way that only the Internet can make happen, I received an email from another nephew of Ernests who was actually able to find Ernests unborn son at the time (when Ernest was killed he was married with a boy and his wife was 7 months pregnant with another son on the way). Little Italy was strictly Italian. Corona Queens - Best Italian Ice in New york City. But still, they found the same guy who got stabbed before. And I tell you, it was a great fuckin scam. bayonets, brass knuckles, and garrison belts before officers swoop I think he got arrested. All of them met violent deaths. Dion, whose last name is DiMucci, had been a member of the Bronx, New York street gang the Fordham Baldies when he joined musical forces with Carlo Mastrangelo, Freddy Milano, and Angelo D'Aleo, who were part of a rival gang, the Imperial Hoods. We went to Our Lady of Lourdes Grammar School on Aberdeen Street. We were able to do that, whereas the newcomers werent. You went home, you needed a couple of stitches, you know, you went to the neighborhood drugstore, you got butterfly stitches. hairstyle later made famous by Fonzie from Happy Days. If it aint from close range, you just have to wait for the pellets to come out later. Although the Jewish residents of East Harlem moved to other areas of NYC, they stayed in the neighborhood to sell their wares, either door to door, or via a storefront business. In the 1950s and 60s the youth gangs in the Bronx, New York, emerged with a particular notoriety.. One gang, the Fordham Baldies were reputed to shave the heads, and other body parts, of those they caught. The fordam baldies aka belmont baldies aka baldie mob shaved their heads as far back as the 1940's and hung out at a candy store on belmont between 189th and fordham. Bernard Caleo and Angelo DiVincenzo were seated on the stoop in front of the candy store, unaware of what was about to happen. If he was alone, he got his ass kicked. If anyone stepped in, (stepped out of turn) he was accounted for verbally and brutally. We used to convert it to our style, with bandanas and patches and everything. In the 1950s and 60s the youth gangs in the Bronx, New York, emerged with a particular notoriety. This was found to be a nice touch in the Wanderers movie, but in reality, the Fordham Baldies were named for the Bald Eagle and had the Duck's Ass or "D.A." hairstyle later made famous by Fonzie from Happy Days. At the same time, Henry remembers . Department Chair: Dr. Ipsita Banerjee (JMH 642) Associate Chair: Dr. Joshua Schrier (JMH 616) Administrator: Adriana Magnotta (JMH 642) Ipsita Banerjee, Ph.D. In fact, you dont turn around for anybody either. I got into the gangs very, very early. Some of the cops knew us too. In the 1960s, among students citywide, truancy increased and socializing gained priority, whereby other high schools often issued diplomas once their requirements were met via Roosevelt's evening and summer . Dusty Vision TV on Facebook and IG Hit the subscribe and notification (bell) button!BRONX GANGS Of The 1960s - FORDHAM BALDIES Wanderers Ducky Boys Lost Boys of The Bronx James HannonI dont not own the rights to any music in this videoDusty Vision TV Instagram: Dusty Vision TVFacebook: Dusty Vision TVIf you would like to be a guest on my program please email me at dustyangeloddcast@gmail.com or DM me on Instagram \"Dusty Vision TV\"Check out my other youtube channel \"Dusty Vision Radio\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQCpoV0wVvjtGQN5ijpjGKACheck out my music. People from the neighborhood never called the cops on us because we were never troublemakers. On Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at around noon hour, six Red Wings arrived at Orchard Beach, the Bronx in a dark-coloured 41 Cadillac, driven by Frank Giampetruzzi who was AWOL from Camp Dix. So it worked both ways. However, in this case below, the violence was actually with another white gang called the Fordham Baldies. I never jumped anybody. If they wandered to our side of the park, Bronx Park East or we into their side there was trouble. At its centre is Italian-American kid Richie (Ken Wahl) who is one of. You werent even allowed to kick the guy once he was down. I lived down the block from an armory, and there was a sergeant who would come every morning and buy seven bags of dope. Some people were robbing other gangs for their drugs. That was it. The Majestics started in the early 70s. A Mother of one of the Lucky Lords was arrested with a gun. This event took place in Washington Heights, (1) The Harlem Redwings did a "drive-by" on the Fordham Baldies, on If you looked down the hill toward Evergreen Avenue, there was a schoolyard, and thats where all the black kids used to hang out. The rivalry was like what you see in movies and worse, because gangs back then, the people they hung out with meant more to them than their family. You have your murderers, your rapists, your thieves. They were like, Oh, its not bad. Prostitution was everywhere too. He used to shake when he walked and shit like that. My childrens fatherwe had five children togetherhe and I slept in abandoned cars and buildings, what we called clubhouses. It was two carloads of the fellas, just headed toward the block, coming from Greenpoint. Also, we used to have a lot of gay guys come around and theyd get us a couple pills, some marijuana, and bullets for our zip guns. People hustled their money. I dont have any emotions anymore. I remember a particular time when a group of us girls had a rumble with a gang called the Seven Immortals. For each institution, films are listed by release date, starting with the most recent. One gang, the Fordham Baldies were reputed to shave the heads, and other body parts, of those they caught. Then he became the President of the Majestics. I was trying to find my way out, and I went into this room and there was an opium den. They loved us, you know, because they were fags and they loved young kids. A close knit group that consisted mainly of blacks and Puerto Ricans, Life magazine ran a big story on us. The Woodside Chiefs, teenage boys, were self funded. Nobody fights to hurt anymore. Girls drank free. We meet the Wanderers (Italian), the Del Bombers (Black), the Wongs (Asian Kung Fu), and the Fordham Baldies (oversized bald guys). The police were able to trace the car to Giamppetruzzi and a week later had arrested all the defendants in the case. I was a heroin addict from the age of maybe 13 to 17, but not like a falling-down addict. Wasnt too much of a fight. I swear to God. Somebody else could come and rob your mother and you wouldnt like it. We quit school at 16, and we went up to the park, we drank wine, and we ran up and down the street beating each other up. I gave her two bucks and I came in about two seconds, then went home and jerked off ten times thinking about it. We went to the same school and we were all young. And the drugs? But it made a big noise and a flash of light. It wasnt about, This is where were hanging out, anymore. However, when they got there, the Fordham Baldies who had been frequenting Orchard Beach on a regular basis, found out the Red Wings were hanging out on Section 17 of the beach. Wed break into cars, stuff like that. We never had problems against each other, because we grew up in the same neighborhood. After 1940, the Jewish population faded and their diaspora paved the way for the hispanics to settle there. There was one Irish kid, I think, and one black kid. The Red Wings with Frank that June 1 were John Hall, Louis DePetris, Philip Bonnano, Jerry Santaniello and a girl only known as Bella. I never robbed anybody. In 1957, the Viceroys stabbed and killed an Enchanter. Forget about iteverywhere you went, every corner, the drugs were there. We were in the papers more than the president. His laugh reflex got fucked-up. 1954 Red Wings & Fordham Baldies The Red Wings were a well-known and powerful Italian gang situated in East Harlem. Wake him up, hustle. THE 5TH (EAST,TREMONT AND MAPES AVE.) area in the 1970's: THE BLACK SPADES, PEACE MAKERS, HARLEM TURKS, 7 IMMORTALS, P.O.W.E.R. Back then, gang-wise, there werent too many guns used. The Wanderers (1979) - The Fordham Baldies MOV Clips 31.8K subscribers Subscribe 178 25K views 2 years ago American comedy-drama film written and directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Ken Wahl,. I was too young to know much about them, except that everyone was afraid of them. I got arrested October 1980, came home December 1993. Who the hell knows whats in your brain? It was an opportunistic thing. This let anyone down in the park know you were coming. Homicide Dozen, The Hustlers, The Web, El Kavons, Cobras, and The Murder Junkies. They were knife-happy. In that neighborhood, if you werent in a gang, you just went to school and you were fine, but if you were in a gang your chances of survival were 50/50. You get high. It could more than double in size at that point. They knew it was my kid brother, but all the witnesses were saying it was me. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. A lot of shit went on. I wound up doing like 13 years and change in jail. By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. This was from a roof maybe four stories up. And that would touch it off right away, because theyd start yelling back at us, and before you knew it, wed be running down on the railroad tracks, theyd be running up. There are 41 of them, and each member is a serious brawler. All of a sudden wed start hitting each other. Anybody who had a Boy after their nameJohnny Boy, Frankie Boythey were always in trouble, cause they were always trying to prove they were a man. They had a lotta heart. You usually carried a knife, something to protect you. Second, I want to expand the introduction. It was where I was going to end up, whether I wanted to or not. Murder Inc. came out of that neighborhood. Rivals: Allerton Avenue gang, Parkside gang, and the Wanderers gang. Someone from the car said, you called us punks. Both pistols were then brought out and six shots rang out from both guns, brandished by Ciappetta and Gugliemelli. The problem with that was, if you snatched one of their hats in the wrong neighborhood, youd have a hell of a chase. These are the people that we grew up with. I also had a guy who used to bring me cars for parts. A lot of the guys started moving out of the neighborhood or going off to Vietnam. In Williamsburg, where we were, it was the Majestics, the Dukes, the Unknown Bikers, South 9 Bikers, Spanish Kings, Devil Rebels, Dirty Ones, and a bunch more. Everyone was ready to enjoy the wind, sun and surf. The force would cause the rubber band to shoot a .22 bullet. But I wasnt there, I just wound up getting accused of it. Here is what Piggys Candy Store looks like today now it appears to be an Islamic school. Our drug of choice then was heroin. The ones that didnt go in are the ones that died along the way. Someone happened to see two of the guys from the Arabian Knights so we pulled over. After I received this email, I received yet another email, this time from Ernests niece who has some stories to share about Ernest that her father shared with her. Today, thats what the gangs call itthe Bloods, the Crips, all of them, they call it flagging: I die for my flag. I was like, What the hell is this? Then, slowly but surely, I started to gravitate towards them. It could be that she had sex with one of the girls guys, it could be that she was just wanting to have sex with one of the girls guys, or she could have just been from another club. I am currently researching these two killings one in 1958 and the other in 1959 and hope to write about them in more detail in the future. Our gang was the wiseguys, you know what I mean? If you want to have a "See also" section where wiki articles on bklyn etc gang-related movies, etc are handled, I guess you could, but I didn't particularly feel the need so I didn't. Not embarrassed to say I was a member and yes, they were very real. We were just crooks, you know what I mean? Basically, the Dirty Ones was the only gang that was friendly with us. Was a wild time growing up, some bad, some good, but many learning experiences came from those times. They were going back to the Bronx to pay the Baldies a visit they would never forget. I think Frankie got the best of him, and they got back in the cars, and Frankie chased him. I dont want to glorify it, because for todays youth theres nothing to glorify in gangs, but back then it was what we did to survive. Montuoro, who was 25, was not in the Baldies but did have a criminal record for assault and robbery in 1947 and possession of a firearm in 1949. The Duckies got their name because the original guys hung out at the Duck pond in the Bronx Botanical Gardens and shot at the ducks with slingshots, therefore, they eventually called themselves "Duckies". They had another Italian neighborhood, down on Cherry Street and Madison that was just the same as ours. at the Astoria Houses at 27th Ave. Patrol cars screamed into both We just got along. Wed look down on them and theyd look up at us. And they wouldnt flip colors. Set in the Bronx in 1963, the film follows a gang of Italian-American teenagers known as the Wanderers and their ongoing power struggles with rival gangs such as the Baldies and the Wongs. After a while, I realized that theynot just them, other clubs toowere being paid by the landlords to burn the buildings for the insurance. Oh yeah, and if you went down on a girl then, you couldnt walk around the neighborhood afterward. You were whacked out of your face. Most of us came from broken homes, or parents that had two jobs or alcohol and drug problems. Click here to learn more about Ernests life as well as pictures of Ernie before he was killed. I never let anybody get close to me or walk behind me. Interestingly, this second nephew of Ernests that emailed me works just a few miles from where Ernest was shot and killed. You lived in one building, and the buildings to your left and right were abandoned, because they were gutted out by fires. Me and a few other guys started making a lot of noise, you know, fighting all these other gangs. We didnt shake nobody down or hurt nobody. Baldies didn't shave their heads and in reality wore Ducks Ass hairdoos like The Fonz and were named after bald eagles? In the back of the park there were freight trains that ran underneath and there was one tunnel that was closed off due to an explosion. Later on we had a clubhouse where wed hang out all the time. If you had war with somebody, then you could walk around their block wearing your colors, trying to be funny. I left in Mean Streets temporarily, but I am pretty sure that the Little Italy it depicted was Manhattan's, and therefore it should be out as well. It wasnt like the guy on the corner was a doctor, the one across the street was a lawyer. The '50s and '60's were a time when loyalty actually meant esteem, consequence, and prestige. There was nothing you could do about it. On any given weekend night, as you reached the 'balcony', you started the Ducky 'whistle'. They punctured his lung and he almost died. Before we started getting high on dope, we were sniffing glue. There was a lot of acrimony between the Red Wings and Puerto Rican gangs from East Harlem like the Dragons and Viceroys. John Gotti, too. When I last saw them, they were street fighters, members of the Fordham Baldies, a gang that made our Little Italy neighborhood unsafe for outsiders. It was all music and sex and everybody getting high. I remember my first encounter with a drive-by. One of the Red Wings yelled out, Are you the Fordham Baldies? At hearing this, Bernard, Angelo and Ernest approached the vehicle, standing about seven feet from the curb. It really wasnt a good way to come up, but thats just the way the neighborhood was. Big car, big wallet, and next thing you know theyre doing fifty years in jail. But back then, if you had a girlfriend, if you were getting laid, you were the king of the mountain. So after a while, he would make an apartment available to us. The 70s was real nice. He got killed a few years later. Before that, date rape was the usual. The reputation of the Baldies name had preceded them and the mere mention of Baldies, was good enough to get everyone worried about an impending gang attack. That was right before the Kennedy assassination. The last thing we wanted was heat on the block. That was it. Wed get high and go into the city. It was a mixed group, Italians, Blacks and Irish boys who had grown up together. It was a sanctuary, this rectangle here. The battle lines between opposing armies had already Back then, Washington Heights neighborhood consisted mainly of Irish and Jews. We had the apartment on the first floor and even the old guys from the neighborhood would come in and play cards and dominoes. Its much harsher than coke. I think I shot two or three times with my .25 before it jammed. I lost my virginity at like 14. They banded together too, and thats the way it went. We went up there and basically we started hanging out and we became the Railroad Boys. lol" Another former gang member from the Garrisons had this to say about the Duckies: "If you were planning to visit the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx you needed to concern yourself with the "Duck(ie)s." Legend has it, if you are visiting the Bronx Botanical Gardens and blast out a 'Duckie Whistle', Duckies will show up to greet you till this day! You know, if somebody needed to get high, you made sure they got high; if someone got locked up, you make sure when they got out, you threw a party. And a lot of these girls from these clubs, let me tell you, a lot of them could have been better fighters than Alis daughter. banerjee@fordham.edu. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: Twitter Baseball: Instagram Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: Twitter Cross . All those clubs that were fighting back then hang out together now. She used to be a dispatcher for a car service. For everybodyespecially our people but even for strangers, what we called Merigans, like Ameriganswe had respect for all of them. The Jewish part of East Harlem was mostly west of 2nd Avenue. I left it, but recommend changing that line. Often it was handled one on? Eventually, though, it got to where you were lucky to get within a block of each other. We spent a couple nights in jail. We were so fuckin broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys. Sometimes after I got done kicking her ass, one of my girlfriends would come and, you know, kick her ass some more. Robert Beer, Ph.D. (JMH 634) Ill be honest with you, the Spanish guys had a little more guts than the black guys. *Click on Fullscreen to see the full trial minutes*. I saw him on the corner at South 10th and Bedford, and I started shooting. Hell no. Id be there for a few hours. When the pill came, everything changed. And then he died. In football, the Rams play in the Patriot League of NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision. The story is set in The Bronx in 1963, starring a series of young actors who were mostly first-timers and relative unknowns. The Woodside Chiefs were a Pop Warner, multi-division, football team from 1955 thru 1965. By todays standards, there would have been a lot more lawsuits. Unknown Bikers were just big in Williamsburg, South 9 Bikers the same. It wasnt too hard to see the handwriting on the wall. Eventually everybody said, Were not going to dance no more. We burned fires in the tunnels in the winter to stay warm, and we went swimming in the Bronx river when it was hot. All the gangs were there: The Sportsmen, that was a big black gang, pretty tough guys, and the Dragons, that was the Puerto Rican gang. They help people out. I would say, three out of every five shootouts, somebody would get hit. Then of course the cops picked up on it, and it got to be really tough. This was our life. We went to Seward Park High School, and it was mostly Jews. (2) Police busted up a rumble between two (South) Bronx gangs. Mario was Ernests brother but passed away a couple of days prior to his son emailing me in March 2012. who descended on Micheal Farmer in the city owned: Highbridge swimming pool, whom they perceived This guy was always strapped. Most were dressed in the 'uniform There were opium dens down in Chinatown. I also had to fight some of the guys in the club. Once again, I wanted to go out with someone who was in that gang. And I think using full years instead of century description is better. He left behind a wife and child. We went for the cheap wine. Thats the way the neighborhood was. Giampetruzzi, Bonano, Santanielli and the rest of the Red Wings high tailed it out of the Bronx back to East Harlem, seething over the insults and plotting revenge. Click here to learn more about Ernests life as well as pictures of Ernie before he was killed. But as things started to change and people started with the drugs, making money off of it, a lot of violence erupted. Some shotguns, a .30-06, a .30-30. I told him to open the garbage can, one of those big silver ones, and I went in there, and I told him to put everything on top of me and put the lid on. Now were going to wear these denim jackets with patches on them. And then all of a sudden, youd find yourself claiming a piece of Brooklyn as your fuckin real estate. We had a building on the Southside that we painted up with Free Sonny Barger. 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