I am 55, In my early years in Gravesend Brooklyn. You always had some guy selling merchandise out of their car's trunk. No PC Richards. Even the Butcher sold swag.."I'll take 4 pork chops and 2 TV's"..lol.Everyone knew who was connected. Neighborhood was protected and you could walk the streets at 2am..Walk into your corner candy store (Sweet Shop) and you could hear the phones ringing in the backroom which was actually a numbers joint. Most of the wiseguys drove Cadillacs or lincolns. No Leasing back then. Drugs were sold in certain areas. Prostitution and drugs were big in Coney Island. Every now and then you would hear or read in the NY Daily news of a hit. A rat would be killed before they testified. The Good old Days..