Tanglewood Boys

Tanglewood Boys
Founding locationYonkers, New York
Years active1990s-2000s
TerritoryWestchester, The Bronx, Upper West Side
EthnicityItalian-American
Membership (est.)Unknown
Criminal activitiesmurder, assault, armed robbery, arson, bookmaking, racketeering and drug trafficking
AlliesLucchese crime family
RivalsVarious 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]

  1. ^ Garcia, p. 220
  2. ^ Abadinsky, p.29