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Many of us had guns, although I never knew of any used in a fight. But the thing is, there never is an invasion. And of course, you dont let nobody take your colors. Me and another Unknown Biker were convicted for it. I snorted it, sometimes I shot it, but not often. For each institution, films are listed by release date, starting with the most recent. At school, a high school teacher accidentally sparks a race riot between the Italian gang the Wanderers and the Black gang the Del-Bombers. Hell no. And to make it more interesting, this gang fight happened far from East Harlem it happened in the Bronx in Baldies turf at 189th Street and Belmont Ave. You have to flip your colors. They started getting nasty. I would break into the sweater factory, the clothes factory, the pillow factory I even broke into a coffin factory one day. Some of the cops knew us too. That was it. So from being 30 guys with six jackets, we became a thousand just by hooking up with them. They talked about it, shook hands, and then we were brother clubs. It was a bunch of detectives whose primary job was to try and keep tabs on the gangs and see what was going on. formed. Clubs may be doing their dirt, but the people on the block aint bitching because they do good for the block. He couldnt show up to collect his rent. The Fordham Baldies in a way were my first singing group, They would back up my singing and guitar playing in my Bronx Neighborhood, Schoolyard Parties, Our Clubroom Dances,1956, 1957 They were a very big club. Second, I want to expand the introduction. Each of us bought our own uniforms and equipment and we all chipped in for our bus fees for away games. If you want to talk about family members alone, Ive lost five. Two friends of mine once had to fight at Coney Island because thats where the argument happened. (3) Police busted up a potential rumble and arrested some Gowanus They didnt look like they bathed. Here is what Piggys Candy Store looks like today now it appears to be an Islamic school. Im 50 now, and I havent been back. You could also take a chimney apartgrab a couple bricks and throw those. The Red Wings with Frank that June 1 were John Hall, Louis DePetris, Philip Bonnano, Jerry Santaniello and a girl only known as Bella. It happened on a fateful late spring day in 1954. We had everything sold by sunrise. Some people were robbing other gangs for their drugs. I got my head split open with a piano leg one night too. Houston Street down to Canal, and Bowery over to Lafayette. Like 12 or 13. You won. We were trying to hide, actually, because the NYPD Youth Squad was always down here, asking us questions like who was who, and who was our leader. The battle lines between opposing armies had already It was 60 years ago today (October 16th, 1960) that Dion announced his split from the Belmonts.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.The resulting group took their name from the Bronx's . I was a heroin addict from the age of maybe 13 to 17, but not like a falling-down addict. The year is 1963 but their experiences are universal: falling in love, surviving in school and defending their turf against rivals like the Fordham Baldies, the Del Bombers and the Ducky Boys. The Unknowns used to be from Union to Rodney, Metropolitan to like South 4th. A Retired member described the Duckies, a gang featured in the Movie "The Wanderer": "The Ducky Gang (not just boys) lol. We went to the roof above this nightclub and when they started coming out, we just rained bottles and bricks down on their heads. Mario felt partially responsible for his brothers death and it was something that troubled him for his entire life. But he tires of being a Baldie, and the nail in the coffin, is when all the good members in a drunken stupor, sign up for the US Navy. But down in Chinatown, you could buy a tin of cocaine snuff for 25 cents. They loved us, you know, because they were fags and they loved young kids. We sold it right on the street. Fourth, sources.I will be doing some more research and adding much more information. Fordham Baldies: As their name suggests, they are all bald, reportedly to prevent their hair from getting in their eyes during a fight. Then you were on file. Back in those days, we always had a clubhouse. No matter where you went, even the toughest gangsfuckin Puerto Ricans, blacks, whateverthey wouldnt fuck with us. 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. By the way, there were always fights yet it was all handled with reverence, one on one. 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. They didnt like me too much. The apartments were filled with rats and roaches, we had no heat or hot water half the time, pipes were falling down, ceilings were leaking. 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. I was maybe 16. There were also after school programs Stephanie went to that had a lot of activities for the kids. It also made us brother clubs with the Redwings, who were in East Harlem. This was not the end of the Red Wings gang, however. We called ourselves the Italian Dukes. He suffers from asthma. That was when the Bronx was burning. All the gangs recognized and even esteemed one another showing respect. Meanwhile, a local gang, the Fordham Baldies, menacing blacks and Hispanics in Roosevelt's vicinity, kept enrollment overwhelmingly white. Like I remember coming home and having my sister-in-law crying, and I would walk in the house and make believe I didnt know why. The story is really about our group of friends, our football team and yes, a rival crowd on the other side of Bronx Park. This page is not available in other languages. It took a lot of people out. That was my opportunity. We could see them from the hill. From the east side, are After a few of them you could do anything. So we all hang out now, go to parties, things like that. If it aint from close range, you just have to wait for the pellets to come out later. They were like, Whos the president? and a couple of guys went over, and we had this truce. Naturally, there were a lot of shot-up people. I'll always have the memories of those times. 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. They had me in the bullpen with him when the witnesses came. 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. 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. Wed get high and go into the city. Eventually everybody said, Were not going to dance no more. The official athletics website for the Fordham University Rams 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 drink Night Train. We burned fires in the tunnels in the winter to stay warm, and we went swimming in the Bronx river when it was hot. I remember cars coming by and shooting at the guys, then we would jump in the car and go after them. That happened a lot. Interestingly, this second nephew of Ernests that emailed me works just a few miles from where Ernest was shot and killed. It was where I was going to end up, whether I wanted to or not. At that point, all everybody wanted to do was sell drugs. In fact, we protected people. Every time he came by the block there was a shootout, so everybody was always aware when he was passing by. Did it help? It could more than double in size at that point. Finally the Youth Squadthe special police squad they set up just to deal with the gang problemgot involved. Unless you also plan on making an article for the early 20th century, I'd suggest you leave of 'mid'. The Red Wings were a well-known and powerful Italian gang situated in East Harlem. So there wasnt one particular reason. There was a shootout and it so happens that she was working at that time, and she got killed. The ending was tragic and if one were keeping score on such a grim topic, the Red Wings came out on top. 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. 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. At the same time, Henry remembers . 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. Lot of guys went to jail. This time we were up on the roofs throwing things down on them: Bricks, bottles, cans you could kill somebody if you hit em with a garbage can of rocks from 50 feet up. You had to have respect. I guess some guys, you know, went with them. It was all music and sex and everybody getting high. The official 2023 Women's Volleyball Roster for the Fordham University Rams Thats the bottom line. In fact, sometimes the girls would rumble with other clubs without the guys knowing. So the guys said, If you dont do it, were gonna strip you. And thats where the war began. Often it was handled one on? At the end they looked like gladiators. They cornered him, stabbed him three times, and shot him in the ass. Mostly we drank wine. Ciappetta and Gugliemelli were charged with 2nd Degree Murder and the others with 1st Degree Manslaughter. There were like 20 of us. Im 46 now and Im still with this thing. They had a lotta heart. This let anyone down in the park know you were coming. Chair (JMH 642) Bionanotechnology, Biochemistry, and Nanomedicine. If they wandered to our side of the park, Bronx Park East or we into their side there was trouble. Basically, the Dirty Ones was the only gang that was friendly with us. And I think using full years instead of century description is better. I was like, What the hell is this? Then, slowly but surely, I started to gravitate towards them. I proposed some sections, but there is still lots of work to be done. Some Red Wings attended near-by Benjamin Franklin High School. They parked the Caddy and settled in at Section 17 of Orchard Beach which at the time was divided into 27 sections (now it is divided into 13 sections). I mean, I know I never did it. If you dont do it, youre not part of the crew. About a month later, when he got out of the hospital, they invaded us again. THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Main Navigation Menu. I have very fond memories of all the people I met there. I got locked up with another friend of mine. Not every club was friendly. Baldies didn't shave their heads and in reality wore Ducks Ass hairdoos like The Fonz and were named after bald eagles? 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. We had nobody left, so we said, Whats the use in fighting? We got to the point where we got older, we had girlfriends, we started getting cars, and we left the neighborhood. Thats how I used to get my money. 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The 2 external links that I supplied give a lot more detail and documentation, and I suggest that the next editor of this piece start there. Plus, if you had a leather jacket on and I shot you, chances are the bullet wouldnt even go through the jacket. I think I was under that car for half an hour, until I heard my guys yelling my name. We ran out of a restaurant without paying one time, ran down into this building, and they had like catacombs. He didnt see where I was shooting from, so I ran like two or three cars up and hid under the last one. Indeed, I started this at someone else's suggestion, with the understanding that s/he would pick up from there. Wed have sticks, bats, clubs, and bottles, and wed just beat the heck out of each other until the cops came or until we got tired of it. I was satisfied with sniffing. I was first in a gang when I lived in East Harlem. The Woodside Chiefs, of whom I was a member were not a gang. The police were able to trace the car to Giamppetruzzi and a week later had arrested all the defendants in the case. They said, Why should I buy drugs to sell when I can steal his and sell them? It happened all the time. They werent very accurate, either. A 25 year-old hanger- "Gang Slang" By PHILIP BENJAMIN New York Times (1857-Current file); Oct 20, 1957; pg. The gangs -- with names such as the Ducky Boys, Del Bombers and Fordham Baldies (who really are bald) -- are racially segregated. I lived in abandoned buildings with them. You come running through the building with the cops after you and you could run into any door. And nobody could fuck with that. I remember the older guys coming around and passing the word that if any white kid in the neighborhood stole an old ladys pocketbook, they would have their hands and legs broken. Its cheaper than coke, and you get whacked on it. I turned out to be one of them, and it cost me a lot. 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 Brooklyn clubs were OK, but the clubs from the Bronx and Queensthe Savage Skulls, the Nomadsthey could cause some problems. "When they were shooting the recruiting scene with the Fordham Baldies," Price recalled, "the actors were hanging out on the intersection of the Grand Concourse and Fordham Road right by Alexander's Department Store and Loew's Paradise, this massive Moorish movie palace. It wasnt about, This is where were hanging out, anymore. By the time Henry and Stephanie reached junior high school, gangs were becoming an issue, particularly the Fordham Baldies. Its something you die for, like a flag. (2) Police busted up a rumble between two (South) Bronx gangs. I go to a funeral now and I dont even cry. 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. I never believed in that, so I never did it. Before we started getting high on dope, we were sniffing glue. At its centre is Italian-American kid Richie (Ken Wahl) who is one of. I was trying to find my way out, and I went into this room and there was an opium den. To Manhattan, then back across the bridge, and once we got to Brooklyn they would just split off to their side and wed keep driving to our side, like it was nothing. I got in, it was dark, and then when I put on the light all I saw was coffins, so I ran out. Wed see them coming, walking up Bushwick Avenue in a line of like 20 abreast. From the Jewish girls mostly, not from Catholic girlsnot when I was a kid. Bellagio99 20:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]. Everything started out with sweaters. But as things started to change and people started with the drugs, making money off of it, a lot of violence erupted. I didnt do that. It doesnt get any worse than that. There are 41 of them, and each member is a serious brawler. Over the course of one or two summers, they outnumbered us. I joined around 1960, when I was 13. 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. Sometimes. Their turf was around Jefferson Park, 116th Avenue and Pleasant Ave. We were so fuckin' broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys. Some Red Wings attended near-by Benjamin Franklin High School. As mentioned above, they were a powerful gang and continued to make their presence known up to at least 1959, which by that time had killed two more times. 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. And then when youre like 13 or 14, you start to hang out a little bit and the older guys start to notice you and start to talk to you and before you knew it youd been groomed into what they were. had zip-guns. Police break up gang rumble in the making on a Saturday night in And sometimes it didnt. We ran up there, disassembled a few chimneys, and took some bricks and some bottles. Now they were even stronger, hardened by. I wasnt hit too often. I lived down the block from an armory, and there was a sergeant who would come every morning and buy seven bags of dope. He might have been black, he might have been Puerto Rican, and then that was it, the shit started. one fistfights and it would be over. We had a clubhouse. You have your murderers, your rapists, your thieves. It went right through his forearm. He had hair just like mussolini in real life, and I'm the princess of canada although I can't offically back that up with paperwork. 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. When everything was done, there was one of them dead from a gunshot and a knife wound. I left it, but recommend changing that line. When they started with the knives, we started with the zip guns. This was from a roof maybe four stories up. It was also common for someone to be walking down the street, and a car would stop, and a bunch of guys would jump out and beat on him. Because then you cant be in your own neighborhood carrying a pistol. Hispanics and Blacks were just coming into prominence in the late 50's. 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. So every day somebody else would wear the jackets at school. Puerto Ricans were moving into East Harlem at greater rates as the 1950s progressed. Once you drink a couple gallons of that wine, youre ready to go. It feels bad. Wasnt too much of a fight. When you left your house you had to worry about somebody grabbing you and kicking your ass. I used to steal a lot from factories. So I ran down the block, and theres a restaurant there, still exists to this day, and I went into the restaurant because I knew the owner. If I had to stick you, I would stick you. We used to make choppers with four- and six-polesextensions, you know? You see it firsthand, and its all bullshit really. I started hanging out with the Unknown Bikers around 1975, and I became one in 1976. My childrens fatherwe had five children togetherhe and I slept in abandoned cars and buildings, what we called clubhouses. He was out on the street. If you had war with somebody, then you could walk around their block wearing your colors, trying to be funny. But it wasnt like they asked us to. I only see a couple guys from the neighborhood now. If anyone stepped in, (stepped out of turn) he was accounted for verbally and brutally. at the Astoria Houses at 27th Ave. Patrol cars screamed into both If somebody says, Oh, let me see your colors, turn around, its not something you do. We used to convert it to our style, with bandanas and patches and everything. It was about territory. Want to go to the college that inspired <i>Animal House</i>? After that it was acidPurple Haze. It was a black guy who did it to him, in a fight over a girl. If they caught you, you were going to get an ass whuppin. Thats when we were first coming up. Eventually, if you hung out in that neighborhood you tried pills or pot, or whatever other crap came into town. A lot of them I met through fighting with them. It was nothing to have like three or four shootouts a day. He got stitched up, and we hung out and got high afterward. That was a typical day. I remember them strutting their stuff on the boardwalk dressed in black bikini bathing suits with red piping. They were like, Oh, its not bad. Not many fights broke out there. By the time they got there, however, the Baldies had left for their regular hangout on Belmont Ave a candy store called Piggys, hanging out and lolling about on the stoop. Mary Hamilton (l. 14). When they got back to East Harlem, they dropped off Hall, Bella and DePetris, but picked up two new Red Wings, Frank Ciappetta and Vincent Gugliemelli. They were on the highway, and the guy said something out the window to his girl, and they went back and forth, then finally pulled off the highway up by Bryant Park. 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. It made his brain all fucked-up. I got locked up in 80 and came out in 83. But yeah, I broke into every factory. Search . Yeah, it was nice. My kid brother ended up dying. Not embarrassed to say I was a member and yes, they were very real. I used to hide sometimes on the corner and wait for him, just hoping to get him. And I tell you, that was a fuckin fight. 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. But you gotta remember one thing: When we were kids, we didnt have to kill anybody. I also had a guy who used to bring me cars for parts. I lived on Fulton and Rockaway, which was home to another crew, the Fulton and Rockaway Boys. I swear to God. Then you tie the hammer up with rubber bands, pull it back, and let it go. 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 hairstyle later made famous by Fonzie from Happy Days. I always used to buy magazines just to check out the bikes. A close knit group that consisted mainly of blacks and Puerto Ricans, This is my hood. I was 12 or 13. They were with them most of the day. The bullets were just whizzing by my ear. But that didnt last too long once they got used to it. He got killed a few years later. One summer, we got into it with the Spanish gang. Because if you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, you took an ass whupping. The Viceroys were a Puerto Rican gang from 103rd Street, between Park and Madison Avenues. 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. Everyone pleaded not-guilty and a trial proceeded the following year in April 1955. We just got along. We spent a night one time stripping a whole car completely down to the chassis. All these people laying down on cots and shit, with these pipes, and one guy tending them. I didnt take no shit from nobody. 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. Back then you just hung out with the right people. So after a while, he would make an apartment available to us. Prostitution was everywhere too. Everything was about turf. Or wed buy a 40-ounce bottle of Budweiser, a quart of Ballantine, sit up on the hill and drink that. Everybody wants to make a name for themselves, a reputation. We were always armed. I personally didnt believe in jumping people. We spent a couple nights in jail. 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. Theyd hang around. This guy Frankie Boy was my best friend because he was really tough and I wasnt. 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. Their turf was around Jefferson Park, 116th Avenue and Pleasant Ave. 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. 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. It was just that I started hanging out over here more than over at the other side. They said, Youre not supposed to be on our block. We were so fuckin broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys. It was a two-way thing. That was our block, so we had to protect everybody from other people who would come in and mess up the block. *Click on Fullscreen to see the full trial minutes*. This was on Fulton and Rockaway, a half block from my house. Belmont Avenue, near East 189th Street. DiVincenzo and Caleo were both members of the Baldies but had no criminal record. The story is set in The Bronx in 1963, starring a series of young actors who were mostly first-timers and relative unknowns. When we were done I carried him up four flights of stairs on my shoulders to his house, stoned out of my head. You could see how things escalated. The 70s was real nice. He was from the Marcy Projects and he would always come down with a gun. We were the two stupid guys that got caught. Now, everybody else has a bike. That was it. The rest of them are scattered to the wind. Wed look down on them and theyd look up at us. I wound up doing like 13 years and change in jail. I buried three of my brothers because of being in gangs and being involved in drugs and living in the ghetto. If anything, wed protect them. It made more money. Dukes, as they were waiting for the "Chaplins" (Chaplains) to arrive. We had like one pistol, and that was for everybody, because every now and then you had a confrontation that would require it. 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