You wanna have a game of football? or sometimes wed say, F youse, were gonna come down and kick your asses. When we were drinking, wed scream down at them, Hey, you fuckin black bastards! Wed say something racial, you know? The memories are all roughly the same, or close to it. I never wore Property of. In the gang, the girls used to have to wear Property of on their jackets. Wed get high and go into the city. Starts out in Immortal (Crazy) Homicide Turf, Coney Island and the Original Nathans, and ends in. The Spanish guys were different. A loosely organized street gang with fewer than 60 members and a name inspired by a cartoon has taken on near-mythical status among high school students in New York City, the police and school. They wear leather jackets with a skull on the back and "FB" (Fordham Baldies) on the arm. Click here to learn more about Ernests life as well as pictures of Ernie before he was killed. The Jewish part of East Harlem was mostly west of 2nd Avenue. 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. 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,. bayonets, brass knuckles, and garrison belts before officers swoop The police were able to trace the car to Giamppetruzzi and a week later had arrested all the defendants in the case. The next time you went to the club, theyd be there and it would be like, Oh, we had a fight with these guys last time. They gave you your JD card, which means juvenile delinquent, so that was the label you carried, you know what I mean? I left it, but recommend changing that line. If you had war with somebody, then you could walk around their block wearing your colors, trying to be funny. There would be a fight set up, and we told you to be there at seven oclock. On February 23, 2018, my book on the Mau Maus and Sand Street Angels, who were two Brooklyn youth gangs from the 1950s, has . on/associate of the Baldies was killed--shot to the head, and two When you got caught doing something, they handcuffed you, took you down to the precinct, beat the shit outta ya, then took the information down. Thats where the money was. The only time I ever went to the hospital was the first time I got shot, because I didnt know what to expect. I was 12 or 13. This time it was a Red Wings invasion. It's an in-depth look into the Mau Maus and Sand Street Angels gangs from Brooklyn in the 1950s. A lot of my buddies went in. From the Jewish girls mostly, not from Catholic girlsnot when I was a kid. Why you crying? You know whyyou shot my brother. It was crazy. And then he died. 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. He got hit in the head with a two-by-four, and it numbed him. We were trying to imitate them. A Retired member described the Duckies, a gang featured in the Movie "The Wanderer": "The Ducky Gang (not just boys) lol. It got to a point where a gang called the Fordham Baldieswho were like the biggest Italian gang in the Bronxheard about us and came down and made us a brother club. When I was growing up, stealing old ladies pocketbooks was the big thing. There was one place on South 9th where the landlordhe was a Hasidicsaw that as long as we were in the building, none of the tenants complained about the addicts burglarizing them or people shooting up in the hallways or on the roof or anything like that. In fact, we protected people. Dukes, as they were waiting for the "Chaplins" (Chaplains) to arrive. We were never really into robbing people. Basically the territory was divided by the Bronx River that ran through the park. They had me in the bullpen with him when the witnesses came. He suffers from asthma. So we all hang out now, go to parties, things like that. After 1940, the Jewish population faded and their diaspora paved the way for the hispanics to settle there. We called ourselves the Italian Dukes. In the summer we were always out there, like 15 or 20 of us, sitting on the steps in summer, drinking beer, and bullshitting. I was satisfied with sniffing. A lot of shit went on. They were called the Flaming Satans. It was a gangster neighborhood. But it wasnt like they asked us to. I think Frankie got the best of him, and they got back in the cars, and Frankie chased him. If anything, wed protect them. Police break up gang rumble in the making on a Saturday night in First, we need to find some places that we could link to this page, so it gets some visibility. 1926), Words gane to the kitchen,And words gane to the ha,That Marie Hamilton gangs wi bairnTo the hichest Stewart of a.Unknown. So our style of dress and everything was like them. Later on we had a clubhouse where wed hang out all the time. Belmont Avenue, near East 189th Street. Jumping back in Giampettruzzis Cadillac, the five Red Wings headed back to Orchard Beach. 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. Oh yeah, and if you went down on a girl then, you couldnt walk around the neighborhood afterward. One guys father was a hunter, and he went on vacation. Walk all the way back to where we live, just to get high, then hustle again to get lunch. Wake him up, hustle. Clubs may be doing their dirt, but the people on the block aint bitching because they do good for the block. One group gathered at PS 171 at 30th Ave and 14th Street, the other You werent even allowed to kick the guy once he was down. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Bronx_gangs_(1950s1960s)&oldid=1101692437, This redirect does not require a rating on the project's, This page was last edited on 1 August 2022, at 09:49. Apparently Mario and Ernest looked very much alike and although Mario didnt discuss the death of his brother, it was something that Marios son always knew about. It happened on a fateful late spring day in 1954. After a few of them you could do anything. 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. Our drug of choice then was heroin. Everything was about turf. Unknown Bikers were just big in Williamsburg, South 9 Bikers the same. This was from a roof maybe four stories up. Thats how the whole biker thing came about first. The problem with the Bronx in 1978 was there were real gangs. This guy was always strapped. Id be there for a few hours. Back then, gang-wise, there werent too many guns used. I have very fond memories of all the people I met there. It goes something like this: While at school, a rumour makes the rounds that the Baldies are coming to the school (insert school name here). Students are in an uproar and are on pins and needles, waiting for a Baldy invasion. We went to Seward Park High School, and it was mostly Jews. You go to parties and see a lot of the same faces. Unlike the idiotic movie the wanderers, however, they didn't have any blacks in the gang, they went around to other neighborhoods to see if they could find some to beat up. Their turf was around Jefferson Park, 116th Avenue and Pleasant Ave. I doubt anyone walking down the street knew that in 1954 Ernest was killed and Bernard and Angelo were severely injured in a gang war. My childrens fatherwe had five children togetherhe and I slept in abandoned cars and buildings, what we called clubhouses. Or somebody would tell me, Listen, I got a van, brand new, and I wanna collect insurance. So he would tell me where he parked it. There were no drugs then. It worked the same way for us when we were in their neighborhood. Convicted Red Wings were Frank Ciappetta, Vincent Gugliemelli, Philip Bonanno, Jerry Santaniello and Frank Giampetruzzi. Once again, I wanted to go out with someone who was in that gang. Well, I once carved a marzipan voodoo effigy of The Fonz after smoking some Bolivian prayer hash at Sammy Davis Jr.'s house. *Click on Fullscreen to see the full trial minutes*. Someone please remove this, its a rap music term. Want to go to the college that inspired <i>Animal House</i>? 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 . 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." banerjee@fordham.edu. Its like a family, or the police department, or the priesthood. You know, you pull it out or you just display it, and people say, OK, were not gonna mess around. Most of the time when you would shoot, you did it not to hurt somebody, but to scare them. 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. 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 . We ran out of a restaurant without paying one time, ran down into this building, and they had like catacombs. Theyd hang around. So a lot of guys ODd. For instance, my friend Dusty got stabbed, and he came back from the Bronx really late, and I hung out with him the whole night at the hospital. I joined the gang so I could go out with a guy. He used to shake when he walked and shit like that. We called ourselves the Capris if you can believe it. We didnt have rules or initiations. I always sniffed. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. If we caught someone, we gave em a beating. It could more than double in size at that point. It was an abandoned building. I proposed some sections, but there is still lots of work to be done. After a while, I realized that theynot just them, other clubs toowere being paid by the landlords to burn the buildings for the insurance. This page is not available in other languages. There were also after school programs Stephanie went to that had a lot of activities for the kids. I used to walk around with a gun every day. We were like, Nah, dont fuck with them. She used to be a dispatcher for a car service. Nowadays, everybodys got a gun or a knife. Factories close up at night, you break in, get what you want, and sell it. They became my brothers and sisters. You usually carried a knife, something to protect you. All of a sudden wed start hitting each other. The bullets were just whizzing by my ear. I got locked up in 80 and came out in 83. You had the Dirty Ones up by Graham Avenue. From Spanish Harlem, we moved to the South Bronx. We made sure nobody messed with them. So it was an epidemic, but an economic type of epidemic. I heard that he was like that because his mother was killed. Ducking from shootouts and things like that. Turns out he was an innocent bystander. Only Chinese guys did opium. Then of course the cops picked up on it, and it got to be really tough. Teenage Gangs Kill One, Injure Six: one shot and killed, one stabbed, and four beaten in a gang fight Bucks, the Gents and the Garrisons gangs. I've watched the movie The Wanderers each time it's been on, and still get a kick out of how the Ducky gang was supposed to be represented. I would buy it from Italian guys over on Avenue D, but not guys that we actually knew. We went to the roof above this nightclub and when they started coming out, we just rained bottles and bricks down on their heads. I saw him on the corner at South 10th and Bedford, and I started shooting. Because then you cant be in your own neighborhood carrying a pistol. John Gotti, too. 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. I never wore colors. You were whacked out of your face. I wound up doing like 13 years and change in jail. Everybody knew who we were. At the end they looked like gladiators. There were a bunch of white gangs fighting each other. I got locked up with another friend of mine. THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Main Navigation Menu. Because if you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, you took an ass whupping. Then wed be getting high all night till the sun came up, going to the beach, listening to music. We buried each others brothers too much. What do you think?--rocketrye12 talk/contribs 04:55, 30 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply], Sorry, didn't see this discussion - I changed the name to Bronx gangs (1950s-1960s) because that is specifically what is being discussed. People were sniffing glue, so the bodegas began to sell glue because it was so popular. The Red Wings were a well-known and powerful Italian gang situated in East Harlem. Thats how I used to get my money. We went to the same school and we were all young. So thats how it happened. We had the apartment on the first floor and even the old guys from the neighborhood would come in and play cards and dominoes. The landlord wasnt going to come and tell us we couldnt do itwed kick his fuckin ass. I never believed in that, so I never did it. . They were knife-happy. Chemistry Faculty. (2) Police busted up a rumble between two (South) Bronx gangs. The gang was started around 1955 by the older guys. You lived in the neighborhood, you joined a gang. It went right through his forearm. It had to be girls who were in that particular gang. It would scare people. That was all tongue in cheek. And the drugs? The Fordham Rams are members of NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference for most sports. If you want to talk about family members alone, Ive lost five. Nobody fights to hurt anymore. It didnt begin as a crime thing. Then, you know, the blacks started coming in and naturally there was tension and we banded together. I think he got arrested. Any girl that wasnt a virgin, if you went out with her you couldnt let her get away, because there werent many around. You know what beer muscles are, right? I caught a few. One summer, we got into it with the Spanish gang. Both Frank and Vincent were packing fully loaded automatic pistols. DiVincenzo and Caleo were both members of the Baldies but had no criminal record. Its something you die for, like a flag. If they caught you, you were going to get an ass whuppin. They said, Why should I buy drugs to sell when I can steal his and sell them? It happened all the time. Film Details Also Known As Wanderers MPAA Rating R Genre Adaptation Comedy Drama Period Release Date 1979 Distribution Company KINO LORBER/ORION PICTURES Technical Specs Duration 1h 53m Sound Stereo Color Color (Technicolor) Theatrical Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1 With a peculiar frequency, a click of the cable remote shows the Fordham Baldies hanging out at the corner of Fordham Road and Grand Concourse, the foot chase through 1963 central Bronx alleyways . I was too young to know much about them, except that everyone was afraid of them. That was a typical night. It was a sanctuary, this rectangle here. Farmer was a polio stricken kid who was attacked by a gang called: "The I was from one side of the Southside, and the Unknowns were from the other side. There were like 20 of us. Wed look down on them and theyd look up at us. Chair (JMH 642) Bionanotechnology, Biochemistry, and Nanomedicine. Theres still a lot of people around. Homicide Dozen, The Hustlers, The Web, El Kavons, Cobras, and The Murder Junkies. The book is 6x9 and has 370 pages! I was first in a gang when I lived in East Harlem. Even the cops told my mother one time they knew I didnt have nothing to do with it. There would be 20 or 25 of them and 20 or 25 of us. It was a black guy who did it to him, in a fight over a girl. Richard Price lived in Parkside Projects and hung out with a different crowd then us. I lived in abandoned buildings with them. Me and my brother are probably the only ones that dont have a bike. There were some crazy kids, though. The Woodside Chiefs, teenage boys, were self funded. And I think using full years instead of century description is better. At the same time, Henry remembers . Lots of guys were fucking up, but all I wanted was to have our club, and for everybody to have bikes and go places together and ride. I mean, I know I never did it. They werent very accurate, either. Now they were even stronger, hardened by. Search . He got killed a few years later. And sometimes it didnt. Eventually, if you hung out in that neighborhood you tried pills or pot, or whatever other crap came into town. Prostitution was everywhere too. I had a very bad temper back then. I go to a funeral now and I dont even cry. They knew it was my kid brother, but all the witnesses were saying it was me. Often it was handled one on? We had everything sold by sunrise. The force would cause the rubber band to shoot a .22 bullet. Like 12 or 13. We all got along. But it made a big noise and a flash of light. The Red Wings with Frank that June 1 were John Hall, Louis DePetris, Philip Bonnano, Jerry Santaniello and a girl only known as Bella. People from the neighborhood never called the cops on us because we were never troublemakers. They cornered him, stabbed him three times, and shot him in the ass. About ten months ago I received an email from the son of Mario Montuoro. We were so fuckin broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys. the Saracen Lords and the Nobles. That freaked me out. After the Kennedy assassination, somebody opened up the door and let the drugs in. One gang, the Fordham Baldies were reputed to shave the heads, and other body parts, of those they caught. My brother Alex started wearing patches when he was hanging out with this other club, the Dirty Ones. Hustle to get money for breakfast, eat, get high. The last thing we wanted was heat on the block. Fordham Baldies: As their name suggests, they are all bald, reportedly to prevent their hair from getting in their eyes during a fight. The 70s was real nice. I went over to the South 9th Bikers in early 1980, the same year I went to jail. His mind was OK, but hed be talking and hed start laughing cause he couldnt help it. Egyptian Dragons". NYC Youth Gangs - 1950s. They fought on the handball court with no shoes on. They had some young girls on like Oprah or something who said that. So wed form a line, walk right down and stop. I think that had a lot to do with the fact that I wasnt a member. 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(3) Police busted up a potential rumble and arrested some Gowanus Back then, if a car sat for a day, wed strip it. All those clubs that were fighting back then hang out together now. You get high. Unless you also plan on making an article for the early 20th century, I'd suggest you leave of 'mid'. --rocketrye12 talk/contribs 03:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply], I moved it to Bronx gangs (mid-twentieth century), please mind your capitalization. TRIKER1 (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply], I read the article twice and I still have no idea what most of it was talking about. Some Red Wings attended near-by Benjamin Franklin High School. Such rumors would often bring along a large police presence, and long disruptions. The Viceroys were a Puerto Rican gang from 103rd Street, between Park and Madison Avenues. Naturally, there were a lot of shot-up people. One of us would move out of a place, and ten families would move in. On the next block, one block past Bushwick Avenue, was Aberdeen Park. And nobody could fuck with that. Our "uniform" was teal bowling shirts with black velvet vertical stripes. 1954 Red Wings & Fordham Baldies The Red Wings were a well-known and powerful Italian gang situated in East Harlem. I carried a .25, then later a 9 mm. We were sitting on the corner of Longwood, drinking beer, and this particular club came by and started shooting. You could see how things escalated. He didnt have to worry about his building getting messed up, because we wouldnt allow that. But that was once in a while, you know? When the pill came, everything changed. Department Chair: Dr. Ipsita Banerjee (JMH 642) Associate Chair: Dr. Joshua Schrier (JMH 616) Administrator: Adriana Magnotta (JMH 642) Ipsita Banerjee, Ph.D. That was it. It was nothing to have like three or four shootouts a day. Actually, I wish I could go back a couple years. It was on 42nd between Eighth and Ninth in the back of a parking lot. I think I was under that car for half an hour, until I heard my guys yelling my name. at a dance between the Lucky Lords and the Counts. I got into the gangs very, very early. Me and a couple friends of mine went to a hooker. Before the pill, you mostly just had blowjobs. This guy Frankie Boy was my best friend because he was really tough and I wasnt. All of them met violent deaths. A car can sit on the street two or three days today. You had to have respect. But yeah, I broke into every factory. I mean, we liked to have a good old-fashioned fight and beat the hell outta each other, but we never had no intentions of, Lets go down there and kill a few of em. We all lived in the same neighborhoodthat was another reason why we werent out to kill each other. It wasnt too hard to see the handwriting on the wall. It doesnt get any worse than that. The South 9th Bikers turf was around Broadway, from like where the BQE starts at Havemeyer to what was called Jew Town, where the Hasidics start. It was something for show. This event took place in Washington Heights, that Farmer was a member of a rival gang called "The Jesters" (It's not known whether or not Farmer was a gang member thougheven to this day). Thats when we started realizing that we had lost the numbers. We also used the 'whistle' as an all clear after the cops had given up chasing us around and it was safe to come back out. We had like one pistol, and that was for everybody, because every now and then you had a confrontation that would require it. Someone happened to see two of the guys from the Arabian Knights so we pulled over. Mary Hamilton (l. 14). Was a wild time growing up, some bad, some good, but many learning experiences came from those times. All the gangs recognized and even esteemed one another showing respect. 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. You have to flip your colors. They started getting nasty. In fact, all three people who were involved in the murder ended up dying within three years of it. Everybody kept their eyes open. So Id go back to the club, feed myself, feed my man and whoever else was there. At its centre is Italian-American kid Richie (Ken Wahl) who is one of. If anything happened to one of us, we had all of these guys. This was way before anybody was selling drugs. Everyone was ready to enjoy the wind, sun and surf. That was the end of him. We were fighting with everybody. However, in this case below, the violence was actually with another white gang called the Fordham Baldies. Their turf was around Jefferson Park, 116th Avenue and Pleasant Ave. Thats the bottom line. Eventually, though, it got to where you were lucky to get within a block of each other. Gone is the cluttered window offerings of the candy store. Our turf was Lee Avenue and Lynch Street. Rumors often swept Bronx high schools in the 1950s and 1960s that "the Baldies were coming" to confront the student body, at the generally docile Bronx High School of Science and the more macho, all-male DeWitt Clinton High School. Read more about Bronx Gangs (1950s1960s): Popular Culture, who chained themselves to subways for the endless ride from Batteryto holy Bronx on benzedrine until the noise of wheels and childrenbrought them down shuddering mouth-wracked and battered bleak of brain and drained of brilliance in the drear light of Zoo,Allen Ginsberg (b. I used to hide sometimes on the corner and wait for him, just hoping to get him. We came into a lot of weapons at an early time. We had a building on the Southside that we painted up with Free Sonny Barger. He was the Hells Angels national president who was locked up at the time. They ran books, they stole, they shylocked money They ran the neighborhood, whatever they did. 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