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Yusef Kirriem Hawkins (also spelled as Yusuf Hawkins, March 19, 1973 – August 23, 1989) was a 16-year-old black teenager from the neighborhood of East New York, [1] in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, who was shot to death on August 23, 1989, in Bensonhurst, a predominantly Italian-American working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Costabile "Gus" Farace, Jr. [1] (June 21, 1960 – November 17, 1989) was an Italian American criminal and mobster who was born in Bushwick, Brooklyn and died in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He was an associate of the Bonanno crime family who murdered a teenage male prostitute and a federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent in New York City ...
Emmanuel "Manny from Miami" LoGiudice (Soldier, died in 1978) Daniel “Danny” Rizzo (Soldier) — before merger was with 19th Hole-Bensonhurst crew, died 2015; Anthony Guzzo (Soldier) — half-brother of Vito Guzzo Jr., a made member in the Colombo family, inducted under capo John Castellucci, later transferred to Joseph "Joe Cafe" DeSena Crew
Joseph Paruta, also known as "Old Man" (December 3, 1929 – October 1986), was a respected soldier in the Gambino crime family and considered a "key member" of Sammy Gravano's Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew. He is the only known mobster who asked for a mercy killing after becoming terminally ill with lung cancer. The proposition was not agreed ...
In 2011 federal authorities swept up Lato and several other New England members of La Cosa Nostra, including former mob boss Luigi “Baby Shacks” Manocchio. They charged them with shaking down ...
Carmine Avellino (born July 15, 1944) is a caporegime operating a crew in Long Island. He is the younger brother to mobster Salvatore Avellino.On April 20, 1983, the FBI recorded a conversation between Carmine and his brother Salvatore Avellino Jr. as they discussed a dispute over a craps game that Carmine had was operating because mobster Aniello Migliore complained to Underboss Salvatore ...
This makes no cents. The teen heroes who nabbed subway arson killer Sebastian Zapeta-Calil have been denied the $10,000 reward promised by the NYPD — allegedly because they called the wrong ...
Brooklyn 11223, an American reality-TV series about a divided group of friends, has also been filmed in parts of Bensonhurst. Mob Wives filmed some scenes in Bensonhurst at the local boxing joint, Evolution Boxing, where Drita D'Avano is trained by Anthony Pezzolanti. Spike of Bensonhurst was filmed around Bensonhurst and won a Spirit Award. [88]