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. I also had a guy who used to bring me cars for parts. Coke was popular when it first came out, but heroin was the drug of choice because it was a better high. But there were girls where I had to kick their ass. We were so fuckin broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys. From the Jewish girls mostly, not from Catholic girlsnot when I was a kid. They were going back to the Bronx to pay the Baldies a visit they would never forget. The '50s and '60's were a time when loyalty actually meant esteem, consequence, and prestige. No matter where you went, even the toughest gangsfuckin Puerto Ricans, blacks, whateverthey wouldnt fuck with us. We went to Seward Park High School, and it was mostly Jews. Its cheaper than coke, and you get whacked on it. 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. I saw him on the corner at South 10th and Bedford, and I started shooting. Colors are more respected than your whole family. The Baldies, who outnumbered the Red Wings eventually chased them off the beach. 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. 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. At that point, all everybody wanted to do was sell drugs. Ernests son is now 58 years old and just now found out about his familys history in New York City. Their turf was around Jefferson Park, 116th Avenue and Pleasant Ave. It was a two-way thing. My brothers were making money selling drugs but I didnt want to get into it. Gang wars were very infrequent and when they did occur hardly ever was there any firearms used. One guys father was a hunter, and he went on vacation. So the guys said, If you dont do it, were gonna strip you. And thats where the war began. I never shot up. Fourth, sources.I will be doing some more research and adding much more information. We had fun. Click here to learn more about Ernests life as well as pictures of Ernie before he was killed. I was 13 or 14 when I started. We had everything sold by sunrise. Who was I supposed to hang out with? You just couldnt believe it. 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 . Im 50 now, and I havent been back. Ill be honest with you, the Spanish guys had a little more guts than the black guys. The ones that didnt go in are the ones that died along the way. Mary Hamilton (l. 14). 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. On the next block, one block past Bushwick Avenue, was Aberdeen Park. I knew so many people that everybody would open their doors for me. It was the stomping grounds of both the real-life Fordham Baldies gang, immortalized by Richard Price in The Wanderers, as well as where then-presidential candidate John F. Kennedy addressed a. One of us would move out of a place, and ten families would move in. I lived down the block from an armory, and there was a sergeant who would come every morning and buy seven bags of dope. Big car, big wallet, and next thing you know theyre doing fifty years in jail. Dukes, as they were waiting for the "Chaplins" (Chaplains) to arrive. That means turn your jacket around or take it off. Everyone had a little more respect in them days. We hung around Aberdeen Park. We burned fires in the tunnels in the winter to stay warm, and we went swimming in the Bronx river when it was hot. And then he died. Many of us had guns, although I never knew of any used in a fight. They banded together too, and thats the way it went. With us in the building, there was security. We went up there and basically we started hanging out and we became the Railroad Boys. Because of this gang fights between the two groups became the norm. DiVincenzo and Caleo were both members of the Baldies but had no criminal record. What used to happen was, wed hang out at someones apartment, but then theyd move out. 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. The Woodside Chiefs, teenage boys, were self funded. Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.32.229.106 (talk) 11:31, 7 September 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]. I added a stub to stave off the CSD folks - the article does need fleshing out, but as a stub you should be given some time to do so. A 25 year-old hanger- Wed be going across the Williamsburg Bridge, shooting at them, them shooting at us. We protected women. Pichon, President of the original Latin Kings of Highbridge Park, '63, currently living in the West Coast. Little Italy was strictly Italian. banerjee@fordham.edu. Houston Street down to Canal, and Bowery over to Lafayette. The son made it seem like it was a burglary, and we made off with all his weapons. 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. Consider: Bronx gangs (mid-20th century) or something like Bronx gangs (1940s-1960s). If we caught someone, we gave em a beating. Only Chinese guys did opium. So Id go back to the club, feed myself, feed my man and whoever else was there. You have every type of person in every club. Then he became the President of the Majestics. down on them. Search . I wasnt hit too often. We were so fuckin' broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys. My brother Alex started wearing patches when he was hanging out with this other club, the Dirty Ones. On the west side of Astoria, members came from the Eventually, if you hung out in that neighborhood you tried pills or pot, or whatever other crap came into town. Naturally, there were a lot of shot-up people. Right now, the Majestics is a motorcycle club. I was too young to know much about them, except that everyone was afraid of them. Thats all I ever wanted to do. If anything, wed protect them. If we had a problem between us, wed all go meet over at City Hall and wear different color bandanas so people knew where you were from. Or if you get hit with a shotgun, forget it. bayonets, brass knuckles, and garrison belts before officers swoop BRONX, UPTOWN SPADES,HARLEM TURKETTES, SATAN ANGELS, SAVAGE SKULLS, ROYAL JAVILINS, GESTAPO CREW, THE UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION, and THE REAPERS 1ST DIV/MAIN DIV/ AND Juniors. By the time Henry and Stephanie reached junior high school, gangs were becoming an issue, particularly the Fordham Baldies. Side Story. I'll always have the memories of those times. It took a lot of people out. I never jumped anybody. One of our guys got stabbed 20 times by the Flaming Satans. The battle lines between opposing armies had already I think I shot two or three times with my .25 before it jammed. Who the hell knows whats in your brain? 42nd Street was like a neutral area, unless you ran into clubs from different boroughs. So every day somebody else would wear the jackets at school. Then you had all these other little clubs in between. Back then, Washington Heights neighborhood consisted mainly of Irish and Jews. I never robbed anybody. Meanwhile, a local gang, the Fordham Baldies, menacing blacks and Hispanics in Roosevelt's vicinity, kept enrollment overwhelmingly white. When I did get arrested, my little brothermay he rest in peacehe was involved. We went to the roof above this nightclub and when they started coming out, we just rained bottles and bricks down on their heads. John Gotti, too. We were able to do that, whereas the newcomers werent. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Sometimes wed say, Come on up. I heard that he was like that because his mother was killed. That was a typical day. 1954 Red Wings & Fordham Baldies The Red Wings were a well-known and powerful Italian gang situated in East Harlem. Egyptian Dragons". To make a zip gun you buy a cap gun. They knew it was my kid brother, but all the witnesses were saying it was me. After a few of them you could do anything. We called ourselves the Italian Dukes. 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. The Unknowns used to be from Union to Rodney, Metropolitan to like South 4th. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Price; its screenplay was written by Philip Kaufman and his wife Rose. I think Frankie got the best of him, and they got back in the cars, and Frankie chased him. Bellagio99 20:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]. Everything started out with sweaters. A lot of guys got hurt, and a couple a guys got hurt really bad. It worked the same way for us when we were in their neighborhood. A lot of my buddies went in. There were real gangsters around too. There would be a fight set up, and we told you to be there at seven oclock. So it worked both ways. There were no drugs then. They There were like 20 of us. When the pill came, everything changed. Then you had the Satans Souls for a while, who were on South 5th and Hoover. So after a while, he would make an apartment available to us. For each institution, films are listed by release date, starting with the most recent. When I stepped off the train, I saw all these abandoned buildings, and every night there were the sirens of the fire trucks, and people being displaced, crying, no place to go. That was it. I got stabbed in the head one day with an umbrella. The gangs -- with names such as the Ducky Boys, Del Bombers and Fordham Baldies (who really are bald) -- are racially segregated. I mean, these girls could fight. Me and him got along because there was no competition and we really loved each other. Me and my brother are probably the only ones that dont have a bike. Nobody ever bothered to call the cops, because everybody wanted to just take care of him. We had no real guns, just the ones that we made, which were a joke. There are 41 of them, and each member is a serious brawler. Violence back then, if you put it on a scale, Id say it was about a seven. 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His laugh reflex got fucked-up. We called ourselves the Capris if you can believe it. We had a clubhouse. Two friends of mine once had to fight at Coney Island because thats where the argument happened. Also, we used to have a lot of gay guys come around and theyd get us a couple pills, some marijuana, and bullets for our zip guns. All of them met violent deaths. You get high. Corona Queens - Best Italian Ice in New york City. They didnt like me too much. 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 . Five leather jacket clad Astoria gangs almost mix it up with That was the big thing. It made more money. Heroin was a big thing in the 60s. Sweater by United Bamboo, jeans by Levis. Wed get high and go into the city. This was on Fulton and Rockaway, a half block from my house. About Us Site Map Contact Us Great American Youth Book Lords Of Kilbourn Book, Greaser Magazine: "Rising Up Angry:" Stone Greaser Grapevine, Debbie Kozlarek/Carolyn Vandermolen Murders, The Teddy Girls Gang - Great Britain 1950s, Mighty Zulu Nation, Universal Zulu Nation Gang history, Fordham Baldies/Italian Red Wings Gang War, SBB Garfield Boys verses Red Hook Tigers article, Brass Knuckle Tales 50's Street Gang Looks Back, Jimmy the Gent Burke Rest in Peace Article, Harlem Red Wings/Northmen Street Gang article. In 1959, a member of the Dragons was killed in a fight with the Viceroys. 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,. They had me in the bullpen with him when the witnesses came. Actually, I wish I could go back a couple years. People were sniffing glue, so the bodegas began to sell glue because it was so popular. We started saying, Why dont we make patches? And finally we did. Someone please remove this, its a rap music term. I saw a lot of people get killed and a lot of people go to jail. Department Chair: Dr. Ipsita Banerjee (JMH 642) Associate Chair: Dr. Joshua Schrier (JMH 616) Administrator: Adriana Magnotta (JMH 642) Ipsita Banerjee, Ph.D. At that time I was doing a lot of harm to the Dukes, and the cops figured, lets get him off the streets. Their turf was around Jefferson Park, 116th Avenue and Pleasant Ave. Jun.1, 1954 - Several Members of the Red Wings' gang from East Harlem drove to Fordham Baldies turf in the Bronx and shoot dead Ernest Montuoro after being insulted in a fracas at Orchard Beach. We were at war with two clubs called the Dukes and the Arabian Knights. Their members use racial epithets to describe their rivals. 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