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Introduction

Many cities and times have seen active gangs and gang members congregating and controlling territory, however the Bronx gangs have emerged with a particular notoriety.

Mid Twentieth Century Bronx Gangs

Gangs of the Bronx included

• the Fordham Baldies
• the Fordham Flames
• the Golden Ginny's (a predominantly Italian gang)
• the Villa Avenue Gang
• the Bailey Gang

In Popular Culture

• Richard Price's novel The Wanderers and follow-up movie of the same name starring young Ken Wahl and Karen Allen document early Bronx gangs.
• A Stone for Danny Fisher, a novel by Harold Robbins
• The Amboy Dukes
• The movie City Across the River, starring Anthony Tony Curtis
• Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets

Trivia

Rumors often swept Bronx high schools in the 1950s and 1960s that "the Baldies were coming" to confront the student body, at generally docile schools such as Bronx High School of Science and DeWitt Clinton High School. Such rumors would often bring along a large police prensence, and long disruptions

The Fordham Baldies were reputed to shave the heads, and other body parts, of those they caught.

External Links

www.lantern-media.com/LanternBronxGangs.htm

www.backinthebronx.com

• Gangs
• Crime
• The Bronx