I often wonder why since there is Five boroughs, why each Family weren't given one area of operation? Even if they chopped up Manahattan and it was neutral (because of Legitimate business), there is enough surrounding area to work out that 5th territory..... especially in those days
They could have, but most of the early mafiosi were concentrated in the following areas:
-Williamsburg, Bushwick, Knickerbocker Avenue - this area became the stomping grounds for the Bonannos and is still their main turf.
-Little Italy, West Side, Greenwich Village, Lower East Side
-Bensonhurst, Dyker Avenue, Brighton Beach
-East Harlem, South Bronx
-Carroll Gardens, Red Hook
-Canarsie, Bed-Stuy, Flatbush Avenue
