As for the story - it certainly seens to fit, Mirra would have been about that age in 1953. I suprised he told the cops ANYTHING!
Yeah. What I noticed with those older articles (and this may well also be the case with newer articles), sometimes the numbers showing age or addresses are not accurate. They are often close, but still not accurate. I think it has to do with the stress the reporter deals with to keep up with the story´s deadline. In cases where the police don´t know the individuals who are being arrested, they very often provide reporters with faulty inormation.
According to google maps, the address of 415 Madison Street is non existent. The street ends at 412. So it´s very possible that the reporter who wrote about the Mirra stabbing simply confused the numbers. It´s understandable. Mirra´s home address back then was at 115 Madison Street.
You may be right about the reporters giving faulty information.
But I'd also be willing to bet that 415 Madison existed at one time.
The Baruch Houses, which now occupy the site, were built in 1977. Prior to all these public housing projects being built in the 1970's, the lower east side was jam packed with tenements all the way to the river. They have almost all been torn down in that area for public housing.
This is part of the Bonanno family history that I find very interesting. They had a few crews from the lower east side, outside of traditional little Italy. In particular the Knickerbocker village area around Pearl, Madison and Monroe streets.
