THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Rarely post but I’ll give it a go. Growing up in the Long Island/queens area I can say that LCN is without a doubt a criminal organization. It is also a culture. There are many people who have no real care for LCN but wake up, go to a bar and hustle and bet and basically have their daily life influe...

My understanding of the various Irish Mobs is that there was never any structure per se. You have a boss and maybe he has his number two and in turn there may be a few higher level guys who oversee a number of underlings. Same can be said of nearly every semi-organized criminal group out there. Lack...

Jiggs,

Of course those areas of the Bronx are mobbed up in comparison to the rest of the city.

Agreed on Whitestone and Bayside. Know nothing of the Bronx but obviously those areas are mentioned on the boards as being the most mob infested areas still left.

The stuffed veal chop is amazing. Joseph is always my waiter when I go there, known him for over 20 years now. Great guy and a true professional.

Another thing when it comes to activity is that it’s very broad in terms of definition. Let’s say a 75 year old soldier in one of the families runs a deli or bakery in an old time mob neighborhood that has now demographically changed. Let’s also say this individual runs a multi million gambling/shy ...

Yeah Gondola Cafe is the one. Agreed on Broadway in massapequa.... very similar to the area of Hempstead Turnoike near Frosinone in terms of just a mobbed up feel. Once again.... could be completely wrong but I doubt I am.

Generally speaking the entire southwest area of LI is mobbed up to one degree or another. Take for instance the cafe in Massapequa where the Colombo soldier Minerva got whacked in the 90s. New name now but you still see some characters hanging out there. This is a place that has been open in one deg...

A lot of people see “members only” outside of an Italian social club and they automatically think they are mobbed up. There is a very good chance they are but in many instances they are just social clubs for people descended from certain areas in Sicily or mainland Italy to congregate. Many of the s...

I’ve heard frosinone is NOT mobbed up per se but there are probably periphery figures hanging out there. Haven’t been to Filomenas in forever but it was always good food. King Umberto right up the block is where we go for family and birthday dinners. Great food if you can get over them using the sam...

Howard Beach along Crossbay Blvd is definitely still mobbed up. I would also say certain areas of Glendale along the Queens/Bushwick border. Without a doubt SI probably has the biggest concentration of sheer made/connected guys living and operating in the area. That being said just because an area i...

Speaking as a Long Island guy I would say that the blue collar area of Elmont/Valley Stream/Franklin Square in Nassau County probably USED to have the most significant street level activity going on. Proximity to the 5 boroughs, being close to the airport, numerous social clubs (some still open), nu...