Prince Street

42°21′56″N 71°03′22″W / 42.365506°N 71.055975°W / 42.365506; -71.055975

Prince Street
Black Horse Lane (formerly)
Prince Street, near its intersection with La Fayette Avenue, pictured around 1900. Today's number 134 is on the left
Map
Length0.32 mi (0.51 km)
LocationNorth End, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Northwest endCauseway Street and Commercial Street
Southeast endNorth Square and Garden Court Street

Prince Street is a street in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It runs for around 0.32 miles (0.51 km), from Causeway Street and Commercial Street in the northwest to North Square at Garden Court Street in the southeast. It is one-way, southbound, except for the block between Hanover Street and Garden Court Street, which is northbound. Prince Street was originally known as Black Horse Lane.[1][2] Causeway Street, meanwhile, was formerly Endicott Street.[2]

The Boston Draft Riot of July 14, 1863, began on Prince Street.[3][4]

In the 20th century, the street became notable as the headquarters of the Angiulo brothers,[5][6] the leading Italian-American crime group in Boston from the 1960s until the mid-1980s.[7] They were based at 98 Prince Street (known as the Dog House),[8][9] at the corner of Thacher Street in Gaetano Iovanni Square (U.S. Army staff sergeant Iovanni, of 138 Prince Street, was killed in action during World War II).[10][11] The building had a real-estate agency as a front.[12] Giovanni and Cesare Angiulo, the brothers' parents, lived across the street at number 95.[13] In January 1981, FBI agents placed bugs in Angiulo headquarters for over three months and listened to their discussions about murder.[14]

  1. ^ "Thoreau House at 57 Prince Street (formerly Black Horse Lane). Nowpart of Paul Revere School yard. Built in 1720. Bought from the Orrok family by Henry Thoreau's grandfather when he arrived from Jersey in 1773. In 1800 the Thoreaus moved to Concord where Henry was born". www.digitalcommonwealth.org. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  2. ^ a b Boston's Streets, Also Its Avenues, Courts, Places, Etc. 1902. p. 294.
  3. ^ William P Marchione (2008). Boston Miscellany: An Essential History of the Hub. Charleston, SC: History Press. OCLC 244293191.
  4. ^ Tager, Jack (2001). Boston Riots: Three Centuries of Social Violence. Boston: Northeastern University Press. pp. 133–139. ISBN 978-1555534615.
  5. ^ "98 Prince Street". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  6. ^ "Boston mafia leader, 88, to be freed from prison". The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  7. ^ Murphy, Shelley (August 30, 2009). "Mob boss Gennaro 'Jerry' Angiulo dies at 90". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "U.S. v. Angiulo, 847 F.2d 956 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  9. ^ "Carr: Last link to epic Boston mob family gone". Boston Herald. 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  10. ^ "Article clipped from The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. 1945-04-10. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  11. ^ Egger, Bruce E.; Otts, Lee McMillian (1998-12-11). G Company's War: Two Personal Accounts of the Campaigns in Europe, 1944-1945. University of Alabama Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-8173-0978-7.
  12. ^ "Jurors Told That Tapes Hold Key In Boston Racketeering Trial of 5" – The New York Times, February 14, 1986
  13. ^ Sweeney, Emily; April 5. "Angiulo brothers, Whitey Bulger's family, other mobsters appear in newly released 1950 census records - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2024-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Boston Indictments give glimpse into mob - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2024-03-22.