Founded | c. 1866 |
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Founding location | Corlear's Hook, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, United States |
Years active | c. 1866–1876 |
Territory | Corlear's Hook, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, United States |
Ethnicity | predominantly Irish-American |
Membership (est.) | 50–100 |
Criminal activities | armed robbery, theft, hijacking, river piracy |
Rivals | Patsy Conroy Gang short tails |
The Hook Gang was a street gang, and later a band of river pirates, active in New York City in the 1860s and 1870s. The gang was prominent in the Fourth Ward and Corlear's Hook districts immediately after the American Civil War, until their breakup by the New York City Police Department in 1876.