The Greenwich Village Crew is a crew within the

Genovese crime family The Genovese crime family, () also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the " Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the Ame ...

, active in the

Greenwich Village Greenwich Village ( , , ) is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village ...

area of Manhattan. It was originally controlled by Don

Vito Genovese Vito Genovese (; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mobster who mainly operated in the United States. Genovese rose to power during Prohibition as an enforcer in the American Mafia. A long-time associate and chi ...

from the early 1920s until his arrest in the late 1950s.G. T. Harrell. ''For Members Only: The Story of the Mob's Secret Judge.'' "The Attempted hit on Costello". 2009 (pg.293-29

/ref> In the early 1980s Caporegime, capo

Vincent Gigante Vincent Louis Gigante (; March 28, 1928 – December 19, 2005), also known as "The Chin", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fough ...

, was made the new boss of the Genovese crime family. He continued to operate from and with the Greenwich Village Crew members.Raab, Selwyn. ''The Five Families: The Rise, Decline & Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empire''. New York: St. Martins Press, 2005. (pg.536-538

/ref> Today the crew is still active, but after the death of Dominick Canterino, it is uncertain who is controlling the crew.

Locations and activities

The crew controlled many of the organized crime activities throughout downtown Manhattan, and some of the rackets included labor racketeering, gambling, loan sharking, hijackings, and extortion of businesses. The main hangout for Gigante and his crew was the Triangle Social Club, located at 208

Sullivan Street Sullivan Street is a street in Lower Manhattan, which previously ran north from Duarte Square at Canal Street, but since around 2012 begins at Broome Street, to Washington Square South, through the neighborhoods of Hudson Square, SoHo, the So ...

.Selwyn Raab. ''Strange Old Man on Sullivan St.: New Mob Power''. February 3, 1988 (The New York Times

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Historical leadership

Caporegimes

*1920s-1931 —

– promoted to ''underboss'' 1931; promoted to boss in 1957 *1931-1959 — Anthony Strollo, Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo – promoted to ''acting boss'' in 1959; killed 1962 *1959-1965 — Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli – promoted to ''front boss'' 1965-1972; killed in 1972 *1965-1972 — Pasquale "Patsy Ryan" Eboli – younger brother to Thomas Eboli"Gangrule McClellan Chart 1963"
/ref> **''Acting'' 1965-1972 — Dominick "Dom The Sailor" DiQuarto *1972-1981 — Vincent "The Chin" Gigante – promoted to boss in 1981G. T. Harrell. ''For Members Only: The Story of the Mob's Secret Judge.'' "Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante". 2009 (pg.282-286) **''Acting'' 1978-1981 — Dominick "Fat Dom" Alongi – retired to Florida *1981-1993 — Dominick "Baldy Dom" Canterino – retired, died in 2008 James Feron. ''5 Are Indicted As Participants in Rackets Ring.''June 13, 1989. The New York Times

/ref>Selwyn Raab. ''Suspected New York Mob Leaders are indicted in Contract Rigging.'' May 31, 1990. The New York Times

/ref> *1993–present – Unknown – since the retirement of Dominick Canterino it is unknown who took over this crew.

Former and current members

Mario Gigante Mario "the shadow" Gigante (November 4, 1923 – March 10, 2022) was an American mobster in New York City who served as caporegime for the Genovese crime family. He was the elder brother of late family boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante. Biography ...

Dominick Cirillo Dominick "Quiet Dom" Cirillo (born July 4, 1929 in East Harlem) is a high-ranking member of the Genovese crime family, who briefly served as acting boss for the imprisoned Boss Vincent Gigante, Vincent "Chin" Gigante. Early life Cirillo was bo ...

* Frank Condo *

Venero Mangano Venero Frank "Benny Eggs" Mangano (September 7, 1921 – August 18, 2017) was the underboss of the Genovese crime family. In 1991, Mangano was convicted of one count of extortion and a related conspiracy count for rigging windows contracts, and i ...

Louis Manna Louis Anthony "Bobby" Manna (born December 2, 1929, in Hoboken, New Jersey), is an American mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family operating with the family's New Jersey faction. Genovese family Manna was a close associate ...

* Andrew Gigante * Vincent Esposito * Ronald Belliveau * Frank Caggiano * Giuseppe Dellacroe * Joseph Denti * Ciro Perrotta WMOB The Wiretap network. ''The Frank & Fritzy Show''.

References

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