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Mafia Walking Tour

Corner of 2nd Avenue and E. 4th Street
New York, NY

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This popular and exciting tour explores the former social clubs, homes and haunts of some of the most influential 20th century mobsters, while uncovering the truth behind many Mafia legends.

Discuss the Italian immigrant experience and the social, political and economical conditions which allowed organized gangsterism to thrive in the slums of New York City by the turn of the century.

Visited on tour:
Former mafia social clubs
Former homes and businesses of influential mobsters
Sites of notorious mob hits
Former Sicilian and Neapolitan districts of Little Italy
Inside a famous former speakeasy
"Black Hand Block"
"Curb Exchange," an open air alcholol market during Prohibition
Ravenite Social Club
Little Italy restaurant district
Movie locations where Godfather, Sopranos, Mean Streets, Donnie Brasco and more were filmed
Much, much more

Discussed on tour:
The seeds of Cosa Nostra in Sicily
Italian immigration
The roots of the Mafia in America
Origins of the "Five Families"
The mob's role during Prohibition
Nationalization of organized crime
The truth about Hollywood mob movies

EVERY SATURDAY at 12:00PM. RSVP REQUIRED.
See website for more information: http://www.leshp.org/walking-tours/60-mafia-tour