NYC GANGBANGERS
What with all the gentrification, low crime rates, and paranoia about terrorism New Yorkers forget about good old fashioned vice and street violence. But just because NYC's underbelly isn't as dark as it was in the crime-ridden 1970's doesn't mean the average New Yorker can't be stabbed in an alleyway as part of initiation to some Mexican gang. In fact that happens all the time. Here is our guide to the territories of NYC's gangland, complete with addresses. It would be wise, wethinks, to accompany each address with mental note never to be found therein.
-Almighty King and Queen Nation aka Latin Kings-
Spanish Harlem, all over Brooklyn (179 Starr Street, 81 Central Avenue, 179 Jefferson Street, and 180 Jefferson Street)
-Los Vatos Locos-
Elmhurst, Jackson Heights Queens (85-08 Roosevelt Ave.)
-The Bloods-
Crown Heights, Far Rockaway, Harlem, Mott Haven, Hempstead, Washington Heights (Clay Avenue Bloods territory: 167th Street and Clay Avenue)
-The Crips-
Harlem, Hempstead, Far Rockaway (Ocean Bay, Beach 41st Street, Ocean Village projects)
-Mara Salvatrucha-
Hempstead, Long Island, Corona, Queens and Parkchester, the Bronx (103rd St stop off 7 train)
-Green Dragons-
Flushing, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights (Ithaca and Whitney Avenues, Elmhurst)
-Born To Kill-
Chinatown (Canal St. from Lafayette to Church St., safe house at 543 56th Street in the Sunset Park)
-DDP (Dominicans Don't Play)-
Washington Heights and the Bronx:
-Hell's Angels-
East Village (E 3rd St.)
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