Joe Gambino in real estate

[Wiseguy]

Gambino condo family? Former heroin pusher plans Coney Island resi project

Giuseppe Gambino and attorney Richard Gravante are bringing 20 units to 2850 West 15th Street

By Will Parker
August 16, 2018


Staten Island-based Giuseppe Gambino, a convicted mafioso once described by federal prosecutors as “an important soldier” in John Gotti’s Gambino crime family, is developing a 20-unit condominium in Coney Island, an offering plan filed last week with the New York State Attorney General’s office shows.

The project, at 2850 West 15th Street, is located just half a block from Gargiulo’s restaurant, where the FBI conducted surveillance on Gotti in January of 1986, court records show.

If the condo application is approved, the 20 apartments will eventually go on sale for a total of $15 million, or $750,000 a piece on average.

Co-sponsoring the project is attorney Richard Gravante, son of noted Gambino family attorney Nicholas Gravante.

Reached by phone, Gambino said the development was not his first and that he had done another one nearby. When the topic of his past was brought up he abruptly hung up the phone.

In 1993, Gambino, who is also known as “Joseph” and “Joe,” pleaded guilty along with his better-known brother, Giovanni or “John,” to narcotics trafficking, murder, jury tampering, illegal gambling and loan sharking charges, according to the New York Times.

The pair had originally fled from Italy, and were convicted in absentia on heroin charges. At their trial, a witness testified the brothers ran a racketeering enterprise out of Caffe Giordano in Bensonhurst, which the FBI had bugged and where a large number of Gambino figures were arrested in 1988. “A crowd of about 100 had gathered at the cafe to hear a newly arrived Italian singer,” James Fox, the former FBI director of the New York office told the Times that year. ”’The agents moved in when the entertainment ended… One of the agents came to the mike and said, in effect, ‘This is your last dance.”’

https://therealdeal.com/2018/08/16/gamb ... i-project/

[willychichi]

Gambino condo family? Former heroin pusher plans Coney Island resi project

Thanks for the link Wiseguy, the asshole who wrote this couldn't come up with a better title for Christ's sake.

[slimshady_007]

Anyone know if joe gambino is still an active member?

[bronx]

the article speaks volumes..

[SonnyBlackstein]

Thanks for the post WG. Interesting.

[bronx]

there goes the neighborhood

[bronx]

he also has a wine with his name on it..

[JeremyTheJew]

the article speaks volumes..

Do u think he was active at all? With huge deal like that I'd say he's probably legit now but where the start up money come from?

[JeremyTheJew]

Also interesting that Gambino talked about the deal w reporter.

[bronx]

Jeremy, never legit,

[Chucky]

Joe Gambino was at the meeting with Ligambi in 2010, or is that a different Joe Gambino?

[felice]

Joe Gambino is pretty clean. He has been under deep suirvellance for years and they couldn't find anything. He is suspected to be involved in gambling and loansharking. That's all

[Frank]

Joe Gambino was at the meeting with Ligambi in 2010, or is that a different Joe Gambino?

It was John Gambino that was at the meeting, his brother.

[JeremyTheJew]

Joe Gambino was at the meeting with Ligambi in 2010, or is that a different Joe Gambino?

It was John Gambino that was at the meeting, his brother.

I believe that they BOTH were there

[Chucky]

Joe Gambino was at the meeting with Ligambi in 2010, or is that a different Joe Gambino?

It was John Gambino that was at the meeting, his brother.

They were both at the meeting