Historically, what were some of the powerhouse crews hailing from Queens? Queens always seemed to be mentioned less compared to the Bronx, BK or Manhattan..SI even.

Only one you hear about the most are the Bergin Crew, but Queen's is mostly residential which is why there seems to be the least amount of crews

Maybe not historically but more recently you had the Ronny Truchio crew with his son Alphonse who i believe was the capo when his father got locked and then he followed and fot his own bid some interesting stories about that crew definetely had some young up and comers for the gambinos even besides alphonse who i thought was very well liked supposedly Bobby Glasses smacked him in jail not sure where he stands when he gets out now you also got michael roccaforte both considerably young earners among others

You also had Luchesse Jimmy Burkes Roberts Lounge crew that was in Ozone Park and the Giannini Crew from ridgewood which was kinda like a mafia farm team for a few of the families from what i hear they were big into drugs and were all young and ruthless trying to make a name for themselves and get noticed you had alot of young crews there with young wiseguys trying to come up it was like damn near every neighborhood had a crew the ridgewood boys and middle village boys to name a couple

The Neil Migliore and Joey Laratro crew were originally from Corona, Queens. I read on a Mary Ferrel document that Laratro had bragged that he was the biggest guy in Queens, or that he could get anything done in Queens. This was in the late 50s, early 60s.

Sonny Franzese also operated out of Queens during his heyday. Big in Jackson Heights according to his son.

Also, I'm not sure about how much of a force he was in the area, but Gambino consigliere Joe Gallo was based in Astoria, Queens.

Incredibly difficult question. There's a ton of powerful guys from that HUGE area. Right now, the top west side guy has to be Rom.

Ctang good post my friend thanks for sharing... Can u elaborate on the Giannini crew im blanking on who they are and what fam? Im legit in awe of you nY/Nj guys that can keep all these fuckin crews and guys straight... Im a philly guy and i barely have a fuckin handle on that one shitshow of a mafia.. Thanks pal

At least until recently it probably was the Trucchio crew. The Gambinos have the biggest presence in Queens and the Trucchio crew, before the latest bust, was said to be the largest and most active in the family.

Fat Andy Ruggiano had a strong Queens crew with a presence in Florida. As I have stated before there was one big Gambino crew led by Petey Pumps Ferrara back in the day that consisted of East NY Brooklyn guys.Billy Batts, John Gotti, Nicky Corrozzo, Jo Jo Corrozzo, Angelo Ruggiero, John and Charlie Carneglia Lenny DiMaria were just a few of the guys in the crew. It kind of mirrored Paulie Vario's East New York's BK Brownsville Crew.This crew eventually spread to Queens in the 70s(as did Vario's) and was split up between Charlie Wagons and Fat Andy as Capos. The Bonanno Family also had a crew that mirrored the Lucchese and Gambino early East New York/Queens crews that was once headed by Phil Giaccone (Joe Massino, Vinny Asaro were crew members) that was later a crew commanded by Joey Massino in Maspeth. These crews interacted a lot in hijacking and robberies such as Lufthansa.the Colombo Family also had a presence that mirrored the other 3 families and their guy in the area was Buster Aloi, who was tight with Sonny Franzese. Remember when Henry Hill took down Air France, they kicked up to Paul Vario and Buster Aloi. Why only those 2? Because it was 67, the Bonanno and Gambino Families were only starting to migrate to Queens. In 78 after Lufthansa, the Lucchese Fam had to partner with Vinny Asaro and kick in to Massino as the Bonanno had become one of the main crews in that area. I am sure the Gambino Family got a piece(albeit a small one) of that stake.

The JoJo Corozzo/Trucchio/Sassano crew is strong. A lot of future capo's came up under JoJo.... Mastrangelo, Vernace, Ron & Al Trucchio, Monk Sassano.

Wasn't the Vario Crew based in Queens?

This weeks gangland is about the feds trying to build a new case against asoro and his queens guys doing home invasions. So id expect some type of case coming against him his son and all the cousins.

mikey the giannini crew was basically a farm team sort of they had guys that ended up being made in different families ace aiello of the bonnanos was a young guy who got made supposedly he ran with them and then got made and shot the pizzolo guy for basciano then went on the run got caught kept his mouth shut and took his time his pops was huge heroin guy during pizza connection times associated with sal catalano and like ivy said alot of the giannini crew werw gambino affiliated those young guys were ruthless they killed strong armed robbed and dealt drugs

Vario had a large crew and after the mid 60s it's sphere included Queens/Ozone Park and it's proximity to JFK. But Paulie's main base was in East New York, Brooklyn on the BK/Queens Border. He also had a presence in Canarsie and all areas in between. When Henry Hill first got involved Paulie's base was on Pitkin Avenue between Pine and Crescent street which is smack dab on the BK/Queens border. Paulie was centered there with his crew stretched out to the East in Ozone Park and even Long Island and also to the West like Canarsie and Flatbush.

Who is Rom?

Tough Tony Federici's main guy Anthony Romanello. HQ is right next to Tough Tony's ParkSide restaurant at 107-01 Corona Avenue Queens NY.

What about pallazolo who about two years back was said to be "street boss of the queens and bx" side of the boannos

Somebody should try and get Vinny Asaro to write a book when hes way too old to be messed with for any of his past crimes.

He is like the last man standing, a direct link to the LCN of the glory years. I wonder if Christy Tick is all there, or if he is wearing Depends and eating banana pudding through a straw. I'll bet he's also got some amazing stories to tell. The 19th Hole, Gasspipe etc.

Sal

trucchio and mastrangelo crews were definitely the most active, biggest, and going harder than anyone else when it came to traditional street shit. i think that was one crew (joe corozzo) and split into two, and now after the bust in 2011 or 2012 im guessing it merged back to one crew. those two crews were all over queens doing wild shit, making tons of $. i wonder what trucchios status will be when he comes home. everyone on these boards says he got taken down or is on the shelf but whats that based on? a rumor that he got slapped by vernace?

re: romanello's crew... how big/active is it? who are some crew members?

If I remember right, Capeci confirmed Trucchio being demoted in one of his articles.

Good post TT didn't know that about Trucchio crew... Were you referring to Nicky Corozzos crew or his brother Joseph? I know dick about either of them i always thought Nicky was the more powerful and the former Consigliere, is that remotely accurate?


In regards to Romanellos crew is he still the skipper of that crew? Didnt he get acquitted at his last trial?

Read my post earlier in the thread about that crew, it's Jo Jo's former crew, it went to Ron Trucchio when he got upped to consigliere, then to his son Alphonse Trucchio, now Monk Sassano runs it, don't think Nicky was ever consigliere, he was acting boss though.

Nick was on panel early 90's never acting boss

I thought he was acting boss when he got arrested in 96

Those on the ruling panel are effectively acting bosses. Some reports said Corozzo was actually set to become official boss, with Gotti stepping down, but he was indicted before that could happen.

So at the time 96 chins under indictment or going to trial but there deff the strongest family massino is the strongest guy in queens. Allie boy is fixing there family. Gaspipe fliped and lil al is destroying the family. Is massino or whoever chins guy wS pushing for lil nick. You think they would just want the fAmily to clash with each other. Mayne massino is trying to push the gottis out.

only a rumor Ivy. nick was not going to be boss ..

Nicky was going to be Boss..don't think he really wanted it and Massino was far from being the Strongest in Queens.

Nicky was/is more powerful than JoJo.

Some contemporary reports had Corozzo as official boss, right around the time he went away.