Headquarters of Youth Gangs in Northern Brooklyn

Had to vote B'nai Zaken out of ethnic solidarity sentiment, although I wonder if it was really a Jewish gang or if not how they got the name

Torn between Pure Hell for it's descriptive simplicity and Tikwando Bros.

I thought Unk. Savages was cooler before I realized "Unk." stood for Unknown.

egyptian warriors - come out and plaaaay

but like hurting i voted for the possible MOT

Torn between the Mad Caps and the Phantom Lords tbh. #38 is basically AT MY HOUSE but I'm not sure that "Organization" really strikes fear into the hearts of rivals everywhere.

I'll assume they left the articles off the fronts of all those names and it's really "The Organization" which does have a certain sinister ring.

Very curious about the Latin Secret Bachelors

Why are they secret?

Homoeside Laws

Say what?

1) I made a typo 2) Probably a play on 'homicidals'

also voted ethnic solidarity, but for Latin Secret Bachelors

(xp) Not a gay gang then? :(

Black Stabbers is A+.

I wish this map extended to South Brooklyn - I know we had some serious Italian/Puerto Rican rivalries going on

I think B'Nai Zaken would translate as something like "Children of the Elders"

seems to be associated with Ethiopian Jews

you mean that isn't the Relapse forthcoming release calendar? I was really excited for the new Pure Hell and Satan Souls records.

At first members of Hashabah rid themselves of the
cookie-shaped yarmulkes that Jews wore on their heads and replaced them with knitted
or crochet head coverings; they also wore West African garb with the addition
of tzit tzit (fringes) on the corners of their garments. They seemed to be
aware that their West African attire did not match the eastern garb that
Israelites wore in Biblical days. Slowly they began to adopt the turbans and
long robes that had become the hallmark of a rival Israelite group called B’nai
Zaken founded by Prince Yaakov and Navi Tate.[12]
According to some accounts, Cohen Levi appropriated Hashabah’s dress code and
the use of African drums from B’nai Zaken which was located on Buffalo Avenue
in Brooklyn. Other people argue that some undisciplined members of B’nai Zaken
considered their unique dress to be the equivalent of gang colors; therefore,
no one who was not a member of B’nai Zaken should be allowed to dress like them.
A very frightening turban war existed between Hashabah and B’nai Zaken for quite
some time until tensions subsided

from:
http://www.blackjews.org/biography-of-cohen-levi-yisrael/

I wonder if these guys are related to the black space jews

Black Hands is a fine gang name.

Black Stabbers for sure, if only for getting the O'Jays stuck in my head.

No Van Buren Boys?

man some of these are so beavis-chuckle-inducing

"secret bachelors"
"latin tops"

on sheer merit i'm leaning toward driggs boys of justice though.

Spanish Kings basically at my house.

Total garage rock band names. Sounds like the Gonerfest lineup.

There was a 70s punk band called Pure Hell, but they were from Philadelphia not NYC so I dunno if there's any connection.

https://soundcloud.com/the-savage-nomads

Driggs Boys of Justice imo

there's a good passage in Ian Svenonius's book about bands being descended from street gangs -- semi-tongue-in-cheek, but semi-not

I like 70's bands that dressed like gangs from The Warriors. Slade, The Ramones, and Kiss could have fit for sure.

Skinhead era Slade look like they could have handed out a serious kicking:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/SladeSkinheads1969.jpg

I joined the Dirty Ones. As you do.

Fascinating resource: http://www.classicnystreetgangs.com

expected that site to be a member of a web ring, disappointed

Imperial Survivors gets points for being (perhaps unintentionally) poignant

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Urgent n' key Savages

Driggs Boys of Justice is surely the name of an improv troupe based in the same spot now

contemporary brooklyn jokes everyone!!

i am a fan of creepy blank-faced fuck you shit so Organization

also leaning twd the idea that "Rasta Farians" are on there because of a mixup

The Organization was a Sidney Poitier "Mr. Tibbs" movie from 1971

Fond of 'Screaming Phantoms,' just because it really sounds like something a little boy would make up to sound scary.

LOL at just plain 'Bachelors.'

I wonder if "Pure Hell" and "Pure Hells" were arrived at independently?

I think some groups have multiple outposts

I voted for the Trouble Bros.

i always knew in orbit ran The Organization

Homoside Laws vs Bachelors

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http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100715205639/simpsons/images/c/cd/Hell

Tempted to start a thread for indie-pop bands named after classic NY gangs:

http://i.imgur.com/Z3ErWrU.jpg

^^^

Savage Nomads

i always knew in orbit ran The Organization

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You'd think it would pay better.