Murder and Mayhem East Village Gangster and Crime Private Walking Tour

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clock2 hours

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    This now gentrified area of NYC was once known as “Wicked NY”. On this 2 hour tour walk the notorious streets of the East Village & Lower East Side where murder, mayhem were part of everyday life. Explore places that were home to crime, prostitution, murders & more. Hear the stories of this once densely populated area where Jewish and Italian gangsters met. Where Charlie Luciano, Mayer Lansky formed a life long friendship that later became the foundation of the Mafia. See where the gangsters lived, ate, drank, committed crime or got whacked. Explore the cemetery site where a grave robbery took place and is one of the most sensational crimes ever committed. Visit Tompkins Square Park notorious for riots, encampments for homeless and illegal drug dealings. Where a tragic boat fire changed the face of this once German immigrant neighborhood. In 1989 The Butcher of Tompkins Sq. Park murdered his girlfriend dismembered her body and served soup made from her remains to the homeless.
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