Founding location | Yonkers, New York |
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Years active | 1990s-2000s |
Territory | Westchester, The Bronx, Upper West Side |
Ethnicity | Italian-American |
Membership (est.) | Unknown |
Criminal activities | murder, assault, armed robbery, arson, bookmaking, racketeering and drug trafficking |
Allies | Lucchese crime family |
Rivals | Various gangs, the Albanian mafia and Albanian Boys |
The Tanglewood Boys was an Italian-American recruitment gang or "farm team" for the American Mafia, specifically the Lucchese crime family.[1] The gang frequently operated from the Tanglewood Shopping Center in Yonkers, New York.[2]