The Gas House Gang was a New York street gang during the late nineteenth century. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Gangsters redirects here For the computer game see Gangsters (video game.

Founded in the 1890s, the Gas House Gang was based in the Gas House district of Manhattan on East 35th Street controlling the area along Third Avenue from 11th to 18th Street. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Specializing in armed robbery, the gang was estimated to have committed between 30 to 40 robberies a night as well as extorting money from local residents and operating brothels. For the 2008 film of this name see The Brothel. For the television series of this name see Cathouse The Series. The gang would continue to control the district for over two decades until it was eventually absorbed by the Five Points Gang in 1910. The Five Points Gang was a 19th-century Criminal organization based in the Sixth Ward ( The Five Points) of New York City.

Further reading

• Myers, Gustavus. The History of Tammany Hall. New York: Boni & Liveright Inc. , 1917.
• Werner, M. R. Tammany Hall. New York: Garden City, 1932.

References

• Asbury, Herbert. Herbert Asbury ( September 1, 1889 — February 24, 1963) was an American Journalist and Writer who is best The Gangs of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. ISBN 1-56025-275-8
• English, T. J. Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN 0-06-059002-5
• Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6