South Brooklyn Boys
Founded | 1950s |
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Founding location | |
Rivals | The Jokers, Untouchable Bishops, The Mau Maus, The Fort Green Chaplains, The West Street Boys, Supreme Team |
South Brooklyn Boys (abbreviated as SBB) is a famous
At the time of its origin, SBB consisted of several smaller neighborhood
In practice, these gangs sometimes had bitter disputes and fought with each other. The main body, simply referred to as "South Brooklyn" by many, was located in and around 3rd Street Park, which back in the 1950s was predominantly Italian. A small but fierce gang known as the "Jokers" was a bitter rival, led by a man known as "Cannonball." The two groups fought many times. The Jokers junior set was featured in Bruce Davidson's "Brooklyn Gang" book. Also bitter enemies of SBB were the Puerto Rican Gangs, The Untouchable Bishops, and the Apaches, and the African American gangs The Mau Maus, and the Chaplains.
The 1962 book, All the Way Down: The Violent Underworld of Street Gangs by Vincent Riccio and Bill Slocum, featured real accounts of the Gowanus Boys. The gang was located in the Gowanus section of South Brooklyn, and was one of the earlier neighborhood crews that would evolve into the larger, loosely affiliated South Brooklyn Boys street gang.
Reputed
Since the 1970s, South Brooklyn Boys has represented not only the original 1950s gangs, but many generations of kids growing up in the traditional
Gang sets
The South Brooklyn Boys has consisted of 10 different gangs throughout its history.[3]
- South Brooklyn Boys (HQ: 3rd Street Park and 5th Ave) - Parkslope
- South Brooklyn Angels
- South Brooklyn Diapers (5th Avenue & Carroll Street) - Parkslope
- The Wanderers (featured in the film The Wanderers)
- Degraw Street Boys (Degraw Street)-
- Sackett Street Boys (Sackett Street )
- South Brooklyn Devils (Union Street and 4th Ave.)- Park Slope
- Garfield Place Boys (Garfield Place and 5th Ave.)- Park Slope
- Butler Gents (Butler Street and Douglass St, between 3rd and 7th Avenues) Park Slope
- Little Gents (5th Avenue between Union Street & President Street)
References
- ^ Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires, by Selwyn Raab, Page 470
- ^ The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia By Guy Lawson, (Page 147)
- ^ StoneGreasers.com Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine - South Brooklyn Boys