Ravenite Social Club
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The Ravenite Social Club was a club in New York City
that was frequented and at some point used as headquarters of the Gambino crime family
. It was located at 247 Mulberry St. in the Little Italy
section of Manhattan
. It is now a shoe store. The Ravenite was frequented by John Gotti and the rest of his crew in the late 1970s and '80s.
New York City
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that was frequented and at some point used as headquarters of the Gambino crime family
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
. It was located at 247 Mulberry St. in the Little Italy
Little Italy
Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.-Canada:*Little Italy, Edmonton, in Alberta*Little Italy, Montreal, in Quebec...
section of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. It is now a shoe store. The Ravenite was frequented by John Gotti and the rest of his crew in the late 1970s and '80s.