Legendary Locals

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Ron Lopez writes up legendary mobster Joey Gallo:

Today I learned from a very old friend that mobster Joey Gallo was actually a Kensington resident who grew up on East Fourth Street between Ditmas and Cortelyou Road. In fact Gallo once walked the same halls as I did at PS 179, and probably bought a “bullet bar” from Morris our ice cream man too. Gallo’s father owned a coffee shop where Walgreen’s is now back in the 40’s and 50’s, and Joey was a fixture on McDonald Avenue and Church for quite some time.

The full story, and more, on Ron’s blog – Kensington Stories.

    - Liena

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    • Wishful thinking

      Those were the days!

    • juli

      Thanks for this story. I am always wondering how Kensington was like a few decades ago.

    • http://salonduschadenfreude.blogspot.com/http://salonduschadenfreude.blogspot.com/ MRS

      So many gangsters died at Umberto’s, one wonders why they kept eating there!

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