“The Italian takeover of the piers was inevitable.” DiMatteo has written numerous books on the mafia and crime in New York. He said he wanted to be a gangster for as long as he could remembe ...

Lifelong Brooklynite Frank Dimatteo had a front-row seat to some of the most violent times in Red Hook's history. Growing up ...

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Among the five boroughs of New York City, Red Hook had the worst percentage ... wrote in ‘Red Hook – Brooklyn Mafia, Ground Zero' (Citadel), which he has co-authored with Michael Benson.

The book, to be released this week by Citadel Press, concentrates on the Five Mafia Families of New York, tracing their history from Cosa Nostra’s origin in Sicily as Black Hand gangs (see ...

Dimatteo says he witnessed his first mob murder aged five and quickly learned ... had the worst percentage of juvenile delinquency in New York City’s five boroughs. Violence was the universal ...