South Brooklyn Boys is a famous New York City

New York City

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 street gang that was formed some time around the 1950s in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, NY. The gang has a mostly Italian American

Italian American

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 membership.

At the time of its origin, SBB consisted of several smaller neighborhood greaser

Greaser

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 gangs that were located in the South Brooklyn

South Brooklyn

South Brooklyn is a region or composite neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, encompassing areas of Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus, Park Slope, and Boerum Hill. Thus it is roughly encompassed by Brooklyn Community Board 6, which in turn approximates the southern half of the 18th...

 area of Brooklyn made up of Carroll Gardens

Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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, Cobble Hill

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, Park Slope

Park Slope, Brooklyn

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, Red Hook

Red Hook, Brooklyn

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 and Boerum Hill

Boerum Hill

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. Some of the gangs that made up the original South Brooklyn Boys were The South Brooklyn Devils, the Garfield Boys, The SB Angels, SB Diapers, The Wanderers

The Wanderers (1979 film)

The Wanderers is a 1979 greaser film based on the novel by Richard Price .-Overview:...

, the Degraw St boys, the Sackett St Boys, The Butler Gents, The Gowanus Boys and the Kane St. Midgets. The label South Brooklyn Boys represented the loosely connected affiliation that all of these neighborhood gangs associated under.

The 1962 book, All the Way Down: The Violent Underworld of Street Gangs by Vincent Riccio and Bill Slocum, featured real accounts of the Gowanus Boys. The gang was located in the Gowanus section of South Brooklyn, and was one of the earlier neighborhood crews that would evolve into the larger, loosely affiliated South Brooklyn Boys street gang.

Reputed Lucchese mobster, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso was a famous member of the early South Brooklyn Boys.

Since the 1950s, South Brooklyn Boys has represented not only the original 1950s gang, but many generations of kids growing up in the South Brooklyn

South Brooklyn

South Brooklyn is a region or composite neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, encompassing areas of Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus, Park Slope, and Boerum Hill. Thus it is roughly encompassed by Brooklyn Community Board 6, which in turn approximates the southern half of the 18th...

 area, most specifically the Italian section of Carroll Gardens. The term has not only been used as a gang association, but also as a loosely connected affiliation for which many neighborhood kids felt a kinship. From the 1980s to the present, a new incarnation of the South Brooklyn Boys has been very active.
Currently about 50 members ages 17 to 28 years of age.

Gang sets

The South Brooklyn Boys consisted of 10 different gangs.

• South Brooklyn Angels
• South Brooklyn Diapers
• The Wanderers (featured in the film The Wanderers
  The Wanderers (1979 film)
  The Wanderers is a 1979 greaser film based on the novel by Richard Price .-Overview:...
  
  )
• Degraw Street Boys
• Sackett Street Boys
• South Brooklyn Devils (Union Street 4th Ave.)
• Garfield (Garfield Street and 5th Street)
• Butler Gents
• Gowanus Boys
• Kane Street Midgets