It is. Neil's sister Rafaella (Rae) was the licensed mortician who's name the business was in. They started out on 104th Street, off 37th Road. The Migliore family (dad, mom, Neil, sis, etc) lived in a 2nd floor apartment above the funeral home.
As that section of Corona became more black and Spanish, He partnered in a 2nd funeral run by Coppola further up 104th Street in Corona Heights where they still operate today. Its called the Coppola-Migliore Funeral Home. It is directly across the street from St. Leo's R.C. Church.
And you are very correct Flushing. Corona WAS the Little Italy for all of Queens. More than any other area. Howard Beach was still a desolate area back in the 1920s....The Corona "crew" was the most prominent of all the crews active in that county up until the late 1960s-early 1970s.
That's incredible, thanks. I've been down 104th street so many times and never put it together that the funeral home was owned by the former underboss of the Luke's.
