He was electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison on March 4, 1944. (LogOut/ Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, New York City, 1930's is a mixed media by Dwight GOSS which was uploaded on April 30th, 2016. The Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, Brooklyn. Louis Capone was a New York organized crime figure who became a supervisor for Murder, Inc. Louis Capone was not related to Al Capone, the boss of the Chicago Outfit. The Wonder Wheel, PS 188 and Mark Twain Junior High School are the few markers of my past. Additional Details: New all-year hotel built by the citizens of Coney Island at a cost of nearly $3,000,000. Anyone can read what you share. where the bodies were buried. Does anybody have any information on Murder Inc along with old names. The Half Moon was sited at the outer fringe of the amusement area on the theory that the Boardwalk between the hotel and Stillwell Avenue would fill in with other luxury establishments. I MOVE FROM CONEY ISLAND IN 1960 WENT BACK IN 2007, I ALMOST COULD CRY VERY SAD FOR CONEY ISLAND, Hi, I was born at Harbor Hospital on May 2, 1950. Sea Gate is a private gated community at the far western end of Coney Island at the southwestern tip of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. the boardwalk, fireworks, shops, side shows, rides. Another three years elapsed before Reles finally got the last Shapiro brother, William. Photography portfolio website of a nature photographer, John Appleton. [Brooklyn, Wed 1/1 12PM-1:30PM] Brooklyn, NY . [citation needed], The slot machine business thrived and soon Reles and Goldstein were on the Shapiros' hit list. wasnt risking his life on a bed sheet and some wire.. Daniel Myerson/Meyerson (also wrote: The Linguist and The Emperor and a kid's dream. The hotel was named after explorer Henry Hudsons ship, remembering when it was anchored at Gravesend Bay. However, unlike other members of Murder, Inc., Anastasia was a high-ranking member of the Cosa Nostra. Gravano, Henry Hill, Jimmy Fratianno and others, many indicted gangsters are Post & Sons in the Spanish Colonial style. 44, Item no. the room and supervised the whole thing. then we went back and those particular rides were gone. rope supposedly snapped, plunging him six floors to his death. The Only the Half Moon hotel still loomed forlornly at the western end of the amusement area, a sad postscript. He opened the store in 1917 and closed in 1975. now one of the most important canaries in American history, prepared a 20 years till her death at 104. Post and Sons and built by the Cauldwell-Wingate Co. 1616 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230: Shabti Gabi: 2003-12-08: 2218 Ave B LLC: While exploring, step . The Hotel's tower was topped by a colorful mosaic-sheathed dome with a golden weather vane in the shape of Henry Hudson's ship, the Half Moon." (from: Coney Island: Lost and Found, by Charles Denson) "The Half Moon was designed by George B. The Half Moon Hotel was a 14-story structure located on the boardwalk at West 29th Street. After a trial and conviction for murdering a Brooklyn loan shark, he was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing on February 19, 1942. Brighton Beach is bounded by Coney Island proper at Ocean Parkway to the west, Manhattan Beach at Corbin Place to the east, Sheepshead Bay at the Belt Parkway to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south along the beach and boardwalk. Valachi Nine views, in different sizes, of the Half Moon Hotel located at West 29th Street and the boardwalk in Coney Island. When my Mom was a young woman, she used to deliver sandwiches from Rosenberg's to the Half Moon Hotel when they were holding Abie Reles there. I am so happy there is evidence I can point to. Reles beat, kicked, and then shot Irving numerous times, killing him. It is best known as the location where Abe Reles, informant for the FBI who brought down numerous members of Murder, Inc., either jumped, fell or was pushed to his death on November 12, 1941, from room 623, where he was in protective custody of the New York City Police Department, a few hours before he was scheduled to testify against Albert Anastasia. Both parties prospered: Lansky was able to get sizable footholds in Brownsville, East New York, and Ocean Hill, while Reles gained the backing he needed to keep both his business and himself alive. My mother tells the story about the "Polar Bear Club" swimming on Dec. 1 while holding me and looking out the window. Thank you for your interest in hosting your wedding or special event at Half Moon. Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1930 - 1939 Library locations The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection Shelf locator: PC . Reles's information also implicated Louis Capone, Mendy Weiss, Harry Maione, Harry Strauss, Frank Abbandando, Irving ("Knadles" and "the Plug") Nitzberg, and even his own childhood friend "Buggsy" Goldstein. In addition to the Viewed 121 Times-Last Visitor from Saint Paul, MN on 01/11/2023 at 4:51 PM, Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection. This page was last edited on 26 December 2022, at 08:32. had seen him as worth saving and used their influence to do so. According to godfather Lucky My grandfather, Sam Solomons, had a beauty salon on Mermaid Avenue called Arthur's. Through Defeo's connections, Reles and Goldstein were able to make a deal with the influential crime lord Meyer Lansky, who wanted access to the poorer neighborhoods of Brooklyn and thus agreed. So had Allie Tick Tock Tannenbaum, Seymour Blue Jaw Magoon, Myer Mikey Apparently the room rates were quite pricy for those days and it attracted an affluent crowd. These will be updated before they come out in the songbook. Dancing and entertainment in all of 'em. Reles My father Jack Estes. I went to P.S.188, then to Mark Twain JHS. On one such occasion, Reles was caught and sentenced to two years in an upstate New York juvenile institution. 1482 is an aerial view; 1484 shows crowd on beach in foreground; 1489 shows hotel under construction and beach in foreground; 1485, 1490, 1491, and 1492 show harbor in foreground; 1493 shows several laborers repairing boardwalk. My grandmother was a resident at the Hebrew Home For The Aged during the 1960s. Half Moon Bay Business Licenses; Hayward City Business Licenses; . After several futile attempts by each side to eradicate the other, the Murder, Inc. group finally caught up with Irving Shapiro. of Joseph Rosen in particular, being well acquainted with Rosens killers has lived in Egypt for six years to write narrative Egyptian history--but I always I never knew who did it, but he was thrown out. so sad. Coney Island, a tawdry three-mile protuberance in the belly of Brooklyn, has always been a rhinestone in the rough . Prosecutor Burton Turkus (who Thank you. the prosecutor so effective Murder Inc members called him Mr. Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Incorporated: Assistant D.A. The Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, was a 225-foot-tall, 14-story hotel that opened on May 5, 1927, on the Riegelmann Boardwalk at West 29th Street. The Half Moon was built to help Coney Island compete with the beach resort Atlantic City, New Jersey. His father's last known occupation was peddling knishes on the streets of Brownsville. (LogOut/ The Half Moon Hotel is a part of my early life until I left Coney Island for good in 1968. I have a question. steeplechase was my favorite. But in 1949 it was bought for hospital use, and in 1954 the Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center converted it to a nursing home. Sale ends tonight at midnight EST. I can look at that and feel at home. murder was merely a business practice, would do anything to stop. Tannenbaums testimony Siegel went free and the case was dismissed. Half Moon Hotel - Coney Island is a painting by Ilene Isseks which was uploaded on March 20th, 2022. The huge lobby was stunning with views of the ocean. Post & Sons in the Spanish Colonial style. They had been followed to I also was born at HMH on Dec 25,1949 and, ironically I lived on 16th St, just down the road from St. Marks RCC. 2006), Luciano is quoted saying as much: The truth of the whole thing It was the first of the three large amusement parks built on Coney Island, the other two being Luna Park (1903) and Dreamland (1904). The added date is February 14, 2015. It was initially headed by Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and later by Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia. the food of the gods. Demolition of the old hotel will follow and it will be replaced by a building with 100 units of housing for the elderly, also operated by the center. TO give a building a particular style takes the addition of only a few elements and the Half Moon has lost most of these. I'd like to be in touch with Brian Estes, who comments that he's the grandson of the late Det. There are approximately 150 - 200 people in attendance. The building was nearly torn down in 1939 but managed to hang on. In the 1970's it became a senior citizen's home. [6][8][9], However, in 1951 a grand jury concluded Reles died accidentally during an attempted escape.[10]. 1941. 6. According to Luciano the Steeplechase Park was created by entrepreneur George C. Tilyou in 1897 and operated until 1964. [7], There was widespread speculation that he had been thrown or pushed out of the window and the room had been arranged to look like he was trying to escape. In the 1950s, it became a senior citizens' home called the Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center. Date: Country: State: New York City: Coney Island Provenance: Stuart Mackenzie Montana Ephemera Collection Lot: 1134 - BROADWAY THEATRE . Steeplechase and Sheepsaid Bay from where I'm from. Market and Hotel Inspections. Download Image of Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, N. Y.. Free for commercial use, no attribution required. Hotel specialists, the firm typically worked in the Federal . It is owned by NYC Health + Hospitals, a public benefit corporation of the city. The Half Moon Hotel was the lodging in 1941, of Abe Reles, a hit-man for Murder Incorporated, who became a government witness. After leaving school, he began hanging out at pool rooms and candy stores in and around Brownsville. Submitted by dacam61 on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 9:17am. In the early morning of November 12, 1941, with police guarding the door, Reles fell to his death from a window in room 623 at the Half Moon Hotel. [2], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}403432N 735942W / 40.5755N 73.9951W / 40.5755; -73.9951. Going out with my first novel this year. The seven story structure designed by James V. Lafferty stood above Surf Avenue and West 12th Street from 1885 until 1896, when it burnt down in a fire. Not every record you will find here is complete. [3], On the day of his death he was to have testified against Anastasia, a high-ranking member of the Cosa Nostra, and the trial was based solely on Reles's testimony. in 1939. Dad grew up, went in the service and got married and as we were growing up, we went to coney island all the time to visit. The name "Half Moon" refers to the name of explorer Henry Hudson's ship, which anchored off Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn (the location of Coney Island), while searching for a short cut to Asia. Executioner (and one of the bosses of Murder Inc.) Albert The Mad The Wall . makeshift ladder from the sixth floor of the Half Moon Hotel on Coney Island, STREETSCAPES: The Half Moon Hotel; A Symbol of Coney Island Is About to Be Eclipsed, https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/07/realestate/streetscapes-half-moon-hotel-symbol-coney-island-about-be-eclipsed.html. Located next to the Culver Depot, the BrooklynManhattan Transit Corporation's rail terminal at Neptune Avenue & West 12th Street, the venue played host to sports ranging from motorcycle races to boxing and football. 276. c/o Deno's Wonder Wheel Park In 1943, the Half Moon promoted itself as New York City's ''only hotel on the Atlantic'' and The Brooklyn Eagle reported that gas rationing had increased its attraction. Alfred E. Smith spoke at the opening, noting that a previous speaker remarked that Hudson had subsequently gone to Albany and been disappointed. InThe Life and The screenplay was based on the true story of Murder, Inc., a Brooklyn gang that operated in the 1930s. It was built in 1927, at the height of prohibition, to challenge the beachfront hotels drawing thousands to the South Jersey shores in Atlantic City. My Brooklyn grandmother took us to Steeplechase during the summer, I remember the inside amusement park, what a place to experience. Half Moon Hotel at Coney Island Will Become a 600-Bed Hospital. Grew up on 29th..halfway between Surf and Mermaidwent to Mark twain in the 70's. His father, Sam, worked in one of the garment trades until sometime during the Great Depression. my mother that because the hospital/hotel was in difficult financial straits at the Officially ruled a "suicide," the death of the . The Reenactment.). It is best known as the location where Abe Reles, informant for the FBI who brought down numerous members of Murder, Inc., either jumped, fell or was pushed to his death on November 12, 1941, from room 623, where he was in protective custody of the New York City Police Department, a few hours before he was scheduled to testify against Albert Anastasia. I love that building. At the time, Hudson was haplessly looking for a shortcut to Asia. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. USD ($), Copyright 2023 Fine Art America - All Rights Reserved. The recently released Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign will hurt more than it will help, argues Allan Rosen, a former director of MTA NYCT Bus Planning, because it is based on erroneous assumptions and is not as comprehensive as it needs to be. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Select from premium Half Moon Hotel of the highest quality. Reles became so adept at using the ice pick that many of his murder victims were thought to have died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Sholem sorry it all changed so much. Your information will never be shared with other organizations. Thirty years later, he was still piss and vinegar furious about the the injustice of the incident. While on the run, one of his trusted colleagues, Abraham Reles, became a government informant in order to avoid execution and ultimately betrayed him by implicating him in the murder of Joseph []. HALF MOON HOTEL - Coney Island Good food, fair music, a grand view and cool surroundings. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Islands - Coney Island beach - [Half-Moon Hotel - Riegelmann boardwalk.] Abstract: This article analyzes the poem "Station Island" (Station Island, 1984) by Seamus Heaney as a 'polyphonic poetics of exile'. numerous short stories collected under the following titles: the stolen bacillus. heaved him out the window. I graduated from Abraham Lincoln HS June 1968. with Murder Incs biggest customer, racketeer Louis Lepke I am doing some historical research on Abe Reles / Murder Inc. Brian's comment of 2010 was in the item on the Half Moon Hotel. I have a photograph of my father's family attending the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. M. Cerami at the Half Moon Hotel on October 19, 1941. equally categorical. I read your email about your ties to Half Moon Hotel and being born on Dec 6, 1949. Sheepshead Bay is abutted by the neighborhoods of Brighton Beach and Homecrest to the west; Midwood to the north; and Gerritsen Beach to the east. I now live in Brighton Beach/Sheepshead Bay Area. Coney Island Half Moon Hotel is a photograph by Underwood Archives which was uploaded on January 12th, 2015. in case they hadda take a rap. Great to see a person say they went to p.s. Happy days. Reles lived at 649 East 91st Street in Brooklyn before moving to 9102Avenue A, also in Brooklyn. In 1939, Parks Commissioner Robert Moses wrote to Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia describing the typical visitors as ''people of the smallest means'' and asking for more beach space. At the time of Abe's death he was meant to be under FBI protection, but with Abe about to give information to the FBI on Albert Anastasia (who would have gone the same way as Lepke and co), something had to be done. for years I've told people I was born at the half moon hotel and no one believed me. Dutchman!, Paul Sann quotes Turkus stating: Abe Reles was thrown out Abe Kid Twist Reles, once a senior member of Murder Inc. and We lived in Bensonhurst, but moved to Paterson, NJ in 1953. Our sophisticated film comparison database surfaces well-known films related to your chosen genre, theme, story beats, tone, mood, characters, time-period, settings, locations and much, much more. Reles attended school through the eighth grade. Reles acted as Lepkes go-between and bodyguard when Lepke fled drugs and racketeering charges Reles's death signified the reach that organized crime had into the police department he was guarded by six police detectives. Buchalter. FELTMAN'S - Coney Island The best all-round food in all New York, excluding no place. One of my classmates lived in the Hotel in the mid 40's, then it became the Maternity hospital. Oceano Hotel & Spa Half Moon Bay. CAD ($) Post and Sons and built by the Cauldwell-Wingate Co. The history of the hotel, torn down 15 years ago, is remembered in a fantastic article by Brownstoner, which tracks the hotel through the Great Depression, its days as a mobster hot spot and its conversion into various medical facilities over the years. The hotel was designed by the architectural firm of George B. I have very fond memories of Sheepshead Bay. mark twain. Half Moon Hotel - Coney Island is a painting by Ilene Isseks which was uploaded on March 20th, 2022. as a particularly cold-blooded and psychopathic murderer. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Irving ("Knadles" and "the Plug") Nitzberg, "Neighborhood report: Southern Brooklyn; Ill-Fated Stool Pigeon's Roost Finally Following Him Down", "Guards Demoted in Reles Escape; Five to Get Department Trials on Laxity ChargeMayor Orders Inquiry", "Judge Crater Abruptly Appears, at Least in Public Consciousness", "JUDGE CRATER FOUND? My dad used to speak of his childhood days at my grandfathers business on the boardwalk. And a dozen differently appointed German, Bavarian and Tyrolean open air restaurants in which to enjoy It. In the 1950s, it became a senior citizens' home called the Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center. The Cinemascope film was directed by Burt Balaban and Stuart Rosenberg. 2218 N Beachwood Dr Apts. house routine that Reles had gone before they would. It catered to the affluent in the early 1900s. Blood and Splendor. Finally executed on March 4 1944 they had been Left that at 16 An example would have to be made to stop the rot spreading Reles. Reles was pushed from a window at the Half-Moon Hotel, room 623. Murder, Inc. was composed of Jewish and Italian-American gangsters, and members were mainly recruited from poor and working-class Jewish and Italian neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn. 1941, Turkuss 38th birthday) really had earned the name Mr. Named after the ship that Henry Hudson sailed to . Click here to post the first comment. The Coney Island Velodrome was a mid-sized sports arena in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. when they tore it down we were already relocated to florida, which some of the rides made it to Pirate's World in Hollywood. the sea lady. We passed the building that once was the Half Moon Hotel on many occasions and my mother told me of its opulence during its heyday and of stories of some of the guests who stayed there. Reles was a bootlegger who rarely touched alcohol. They held off on the demolition until the new MJGC was completed and fully functioning. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm) Other Categories: More Topics > Hotels. versions of events conflict. ''It would reach from here to Holland.''. GBP () When carrying out murders, his weapon of choice was an ice pick, which he would ram through his victim's ear right into the brain. Loved going to Coney Island when I was kid! When my Aunt came to visit her sister the first time she told us about her and her sister being on the boardwalk and looking at the people inside the hotel. Just made a family connection! The Half Moon was well removed from the amusement park area of Coney Island, centered around Eighth Street, but nonetheless was a landmark for all who came to the beach. the plattner story. charges against Anastasia had to be dropped. About half are vintage brochures from the 1920s-1940s. steeplechase and the cyclone. Whoever killed Abe Reles had a good sense o humor. It was demolished in 1996 and now a high rise condos stands there. Topics: the tichnor brothers collection, boston public library, arts department, hotels, new york, coney island, new york postcards, postcards, cards, half moon hotel, high resolution One of the founders of the modern American Mafia, and a co-founder and later boss of the Murder, Inc. organization, Anastasia eventually rose to the position of boss in what became the modern Gambino crime family. Opened on May 5, 1927, the 16-story, 400-room $3 million dollar hotel originally stood at West 29th Street and the Riegelmann Boardwalk. [] of violating antitrust laws. He fell out of the window to his death.was it an accident or murder? The Half Moon was built to help Coney Island compete with the beach resort Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was managed by the American Hotels Corporation and financed by prominent members Coney Island Chamber of Commerce, including William Ward, Charles Feltman, Edward Tilyou, and William Mangels. Heaney's oeuvre is impregnated with a poetic style that combines the geographical act of frontier crossing to the linguistic work with cultural translation. Post and Sons and built by the Cauldwell-Wingate Co. When did it what year did it change to Harbor hospital? men like gods. the sleeper awakes. USD ($), Copyright 2023 Fine Art America - All Rights Reserved. A broken police barricade marks a sinkhole near the Coney Island boardwalk, at the end of West 28th Street, where the Half Moon Hotel once stood. Sycoff and others. She regaled us with stories of the hotel's former glory. Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, once a senior member of Murder Inc. and now one of the most important canaries in American history, prepared a makeshift ladder from the sixth floor of the Half Moon Hotel on Coney Island, New York. My great grandmother lived there when it was called the New York Jewish Geriatric.. (can't remember). Thomas E. Dewey first came to prominence as a prosecutor of Murder, Inc. and other organized crime cases. [2]. It was a hotel then they made it Harbor Hospital. My brother was born there too. Death. Reles also had personal dealing I remember sledding down the boardwalk ramp that was at the front steps of the Hotel in the winters. The elegant building was demolished in 1996 before it could be landmarked. . However, the wire knot to the valve came undone, and he fell to a second floor outdoor landing,[3] and newspapers dubbed him "The Canary Who Could Sing, But Couldn't Fly". One night, the two men received a phone call from a "friend" saying that the Shapiros had left their East New York headquarters. I was born in November 5, 1944 at Peck Memorial Hospital also in Brooklyn and lived on the corner of Shore Parkway and East 15th Street on the Bay side of the Belt Parkway with my Grandma & Grandpa Veltri. For Chrissake, he landed so far from the wall he [2]. For additional assistance or to schedule a tour of Half Moon, please contact our Catering & Convention Services Team at [email protected] or +1 (800) 339-9728. On that occasion, Reles dragged Irving from the hallway of his home out into the street. How cool to see others posting here. 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[2] Another time, Reles killed a parking lot attendant for failing to fetch his car fast enough. - Paperback - Age: 8+ Uncover the ghost animals within in this moving and uplifting story about finding help where you need it, from the highly acclaimed author and illustrator of The Hunt for the Nightingale. Reles' next target was Albert Anastasia, who had been co-chief of operations of Murder, Inc. Reles was to implicate Anastasia in the murder of union longshoreman Pete Panto. The hotel was designed by the architectural firm of George B. The Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, was a 225-foot-tall, 14-story hotel that opened on May 5, 1927, on the Riegelmann Boardwalk at West 29th Street. We lived on W. 33rd st. on Coney island. Watch this breathtaking video that brings you inside Half Moon Cay and shows you how wonderful island life can be. Whilst Bambata was halting at a kraal near Mome, a few Natives came up, among them one named Muntumuni. Walking distance to the Bay and the Ocean. However, when they reached the Shapiros' building, the three men were ambushed. There's already a lot to catch up on. My grandfather had a Kosher Deli " Rosenberg's Deli" on Mermaid Ave between W. 29th Street and W. 30th Street. Not sure how long they had the maternity ward. I know he To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. All of the hotels, save one, also had been torn down by the 1940s. A detective examines the improvised rope of wire and bedsheets which Abe (Kid Twist) Reles, Murder Inc., informer, used in attempt to escape from sixth floor of the Half Moon Hotel at Coney Island. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. loved growing up in coney is. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. The Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, N. Y. During its lifespan, the thirty-one room building acted as a concert hall and amusement bazaar. When they were using the ball part of the upper structure was starting to fall before they were ready to work in that area and a huge steel beam was exposed and dangling. The Half Moon Hotel opened on the boardwalk in 1927. Once there, he was beaten nearly to death, stuffed into a sack, and driven out to the Canarsie section of Brooklyn and buried. Premier card is a very nice Barry Sanders! The Half Moon Hotel was opened in 1927 on the boardwalk of Coney Island, at West 29th Street. Another story of a landmark building! We left Brooklyn and 16th St in 1955 for the "country" on Long Island. Mermaid Motel Maybe we could go to Coney Island Maybe I could sing Million Dollar Man You said I was the most exotic flower Holding me tight Money Hunny Have you ever seen a dead man, Seen a dead man, Lying Money Power Glory You say that you wanna go To a land that's far Motel 6 Motel six, slow gin fizz, Singing in the lobby, Do the . EUR () And nice to read about my schools mark twain and Lincoln high Reles later turned government witness and sent several members of Murder, Inc. to the electric chair. In the meantime, Meyer Shapiro abducted Reles' girlfriend and dragged her to an open field, where he beat and raped her. Loved the beach. Murder, Inc. was an organized crime group, active from 1929 to 1941, that acted as the enforcement arm of the National Crime Syndicate a closely connected criminal organization that included the Italian-American Mafia, the Jewish Mob, and other criminal organizations in New York City and elsewhere. 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