The 1980s no phones or instagram shit or people knowing where you are all the time, what a time to be alive

Good old days when people knew to mind their fucking business

Man those square body Lincolns are nice.

The big Lincoln engulfing all the camera space as the beat kicks in is a magical moment. This gets played, front to back, multiple times a week. Very entrancing.

Dude, that Gary Neuman soundtrack is fire. Perfect match to video..

I love watching old tapes of people just going about their business , it’s a real way of time traveling.

a unique song, for a unique era! The 80s and 90s were the era of a serious and unforgettable breed of people and atmosphere!

I see the following:- 1.) NO graffiti. 2.) Elderly people walking unafraid. 3.) NO beggars, bums, pests. 4.) Clean/properly maintained cars & buildings. Seems to me there was order & real pride back then.

Strange seeing people living in the moment. Here we are watching them 40 years later. Most of them all dead

Imagine living in one of those apartments across the street from the ravenite back then...you wouldn’t even need a television.

I never seen this footage before. Gave me chills. After losing my dad and kid brother I came across a quote. "I am hopelessly in love with a memory, an echo from another time, another place." Thank u for the glimpse back to the last days of the NY that meant so much to us.

Do you know how good this music fits? You should get an award for this. My favorite video of yours.

This was the NYC I knew, it had its own flavor. You told a guy at a deli for a regular coffee he knew what it was. A slice was a slice of pizza. This overpriced, overhyped, overbuilt one now is a shadow of its former self no matter how many glass towers you build or all the hype you try to give it. Fake can’t be real,

I bet the old lady in the window has a painting of one dog going one way and the other going the other, and a guy that has a nice head of white hair.

When New York Was Protected The Right Way..

I love this it's like raw footage, awesome quality too

Dude this is a historical documentation of a video👍🏼 nothing on KZfaq comes close to the reality of these times and the way it was you don’t see stuff like this of Al Capone or Tony Accardo or etc. bravo cool shit man,,, need more throwbacks

I am absolutely floored by this footage. My cousin owned that store on Mulberry which also served as a look out for the Gotti crew when they would go to the Ravenite. I would sometimes watch Mrs Cirelli's dog(shown in the video) while she prepared pasta for the boys. Gotti would have fresh ingredients brought every Wednesday including imported sauces for Mama C to cook with. I think that's what Norman is taking out of the trunk halfway through the video. The first guy you see show up is Mikey Scars. That's the guy who made John that Gary Numan mix tape you hear blasting out of the social club. They knew the feds had that street bugged up and down which is why they would blast Gary Numan all the time. Down in the Park(heard on the video) was John's favorite song. It obviously worked because that's all the feds are hearing. I'm stunned at how well the audio is. I never would have believed I would see this footage it's surreal to me and brings back a ton of memories. We knew who they were.

Some of the members in this video;- JOHN GOTTI - Head of the Gambino family. Sentenced to life without parole in 1992 for murder, tax evasion and extortion (among others). Died in 2002 JOHN D'AMICO- (the guy walking into the Ravenite with Gotti at 3:30) born 1937. One of Gotti's closest associates. Became acting boss in 2003. Has served time since for racketeering, loansharking and conspiring to assault someone with a deadly weapon. NORMAN DUPONT- (the guy going to shop and trunk of car) Caretaker of the Ravenite. Currently doing life for the murder of Harmon Fuchs a car service dispatcher. PETER GOTTI- ( the big guy at the ice cream truck) born 1939. Brother of John. Became acting boss when john went to prison. Currently serving a 25 year sentence for extortion and plotting to murder government informer Sammy 'the bull' Grevano. JOE DECICCO- ( the guy with Peter at the ice cream truck) brother of long time cappo George Decicco. He is also the uncle of Frank Decicco who was killed in a car bomb in retaliation for the murder of Paul Castellano.

Thank You for All the Great Clips from the Past. Excellent You Tube Channel.

This short video was better than the Travolta travesty of a movie.

Peter Gotti at the end getting Ice cream. Just died the other day. 81. He was the tallest of the Gotti brothers.

Those were the days. Long gone, now every low life dealer thinks he's a Mr big.

5:37 "They're going to take your picture." "I don't care." 😂

1986, my dad took us to NYC for the weekend for a vacation (sight seeing) I'm running up ahead like most 13 year kids. I go running up to a limo with tinted glass, trying to look in the windows. My dad runs over and apologizes to the driver who is waiting outside. He says: No problem and let's me get in the back of the limo and look at everything. My dad was always mistaken for a mob member and I think we just got a friendly pass that day. Great memory

Wow...just wow...I can’t quite get over how amazing this footage is

I got the background music is stuck in my head now been walking around with a swagger feelin like the dapper don all day LOL

They asked the agents if they wanted some ice cream 🍦 😂

Greatest video ever made…i watch all the time

This video is crazy. I’ve been coming back to it for years. There’s something really eerie about knowing all these guys were known killers. Think the music makes it even more special

This channel is seriously incredible

I remember no one dared to park outside the ravenite, you would always see empty parking spots outside the club. Makes me sad when I walk past this location now, really miss seeing these guys around. The neighbourhood was much safer and better when gotti and his crew were around.

Another great video. Before knowing your channel I could only watch the same identical documentaries. These old mafia reports are history of our age. Fucking love it.👍👍

I love seeing this city when it had soul. No hipsters, no elitest liberals up their own asses, the communities had personality.

Gianni Russo: "I was the one who actually recorded this video, I spoke to John Gotti and he allowed me to record him and all these made guys as part of a movie I was making, isn't that nuts?!? Hahahahaha."

I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers

every time I watch this blows my mind, reminds me of my Grandad who passed in 1986 and my father who is now 85. Keep up the amazing work. I’m just turned 50 and this keeps history alive. Viva Antonio Ielacqua 1882 to 1969 1st to arrive at Ellis Island

This is awesome footage and amazing soundtrack pairing as well! Bravo!

These guys are stone cold killers and you wouldn't even know it

THIS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHINF OUT OF A MOVIE SCENE BUT THIS IS REAL LIFE DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS 💯

The one old guy at ice cream truck said to the other old guy "im gonna go get the papers, get the papers"

hope you can find more videos of the mob like this one . absolutely brilliant video 👊

LOVE THIS SONG DOWN IN THE PARK !!!!! FITS THIS VIDEO PERFECTLY!!!!!! WE WILL NEVER SEE ANOTHER JOHN GOTTI THE DAPER DON !!!!!!💯💯💯💯💯💯🙏🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

Great video, thanks. No wonder I like the song...I had his Cars record on 45. That first guy in the Lincoln who pulls up is Salvatore “Tore” Locascio. A capo in the Gambino family.

My son thought he knew it all about the mob! This helped me show him he don't know squat! I love this channel! =)

I really like how all the clips start out with really cool music like this.

That Lincoln at the beginning with the music is just perfect match awesome!!

I wish I got to experience this. I loved my visit to New York in 2010 but it felt very sanitised and HD.... This gritty New York looks so much better

Oh how cool using Gary Numan's classic "Down In The Park"(1978) as the backround music! Awesome!

This is amazing footage. Thank you for posting this!

I remember when I was a small kid in Queens, my family went out to dinner one time and John Gotti, Sammy the Bull, and Frank Locasio came into the restaurant. You would have thought it was the president or some celebrity came inside with the number people going up to them to say hello and take pictures. It was crazy back then in NYC.

The music goes perfect with this video for some reason.

That club was his biggest mistake. Having everyone gather regularly there was so foolish. Mobsters in line for the ice cream truck🤣

Bro. THIS. IS. GOLD. Thank you Hezakya.

I'm Italian and work in the Casino industry. I miss people like this who were down to earth and treated you like family. The guys in this film remind me of my own relatives...Great times.

absolutely amazing footage! Sadly those days are gone forever…

Sick nostalgic footage, perfect 80s track to go with it!

Norman looking like my old basketball coach in that windbreaker. 😂

Tell you this, that next door grocery store had to be the safest one in NY lol

This is good stuff. I’m subscribing as we speak. Keep it coming!!

I’ve actually been there, as well as in the apartment building where John Gotti was recorded. A friend of mine still lives in the building. It’s a great New York City apartment, the bathtub is a cast iron tub which sits right in the kitchen. It’s wild, those places have been there since the early 1900’s. Probably about 1920 or so. In the late 80’s when I’d go to visit my friend all of the “Made Men” would be hanging around the front of the “Social Club”, those were so BIG MEN!!! I actually walked past when John and Angelo were entering and all the guys just stepped aside, kinda like Moses parting the Red Sea!!! Yup, you live in New York City long enough, you’re gonna see some shit. Be well.

This must be an FBI agent recording. I don’t know if a regular person being badass enough to record these guys.

Gotta love the Lincoln's

I love how nobody parks in their spots there isn’t parking for blocks but here you could put two limos

you deserved a grammy for this viedo

Song couldn’t be more perfect, damn! Such a good song. Makes you wanna walk with so much swagger!

That's some gangster ass music man. Good vid

Even a wiseguy has to wait in line for a ice cream sandwich

They don't even make cars worthy of dudes like this anymore..

I visited NY and Little Italy with my wife. Walked down Mulberry and ate at Umberto’s. Best Italian food I’ve ever had.

How do you find all these old clips?! Ah, never mind! Keep em coming. You do good work!

That was nice by peter to ask them if they wanted ice cream lol

Grew up in Canarsie Projects in the mid 70's and 80's. I remember this area and seeing all those Gambino guys back then. I loved the 80's, what an era.

Damn this video is what late, late 80’s and looks like it’s in 8K 🤣. Video doesn’t get anymore gangster than this!! I miss the old days though I was a kid back then I remember!! Awesome video! 😎💯

Hezakaya News & Films thank you for what you do

Gottis brother straightup asked the undercover feds if they want ice cream is next level gangster fpmsl

One of my favorite videos on KZfaq

The sad thing is all the cities and towns went to shit when the mafia was run out. I can’t believe nobody has challenged the constitutionality of RICO

Those guys knew the Feds were surveilling them...They didnt give a flying canole!!!😭😂

Two evil, hardened killers getting ice cream from an ice cream truck with that innocent, light hearted jingle playing in the background. It's perfect.

I really love this, watch it often. I miss these guys.

Magnificent what a blast from the past when Your word was your word and nobody talked on the phone ! Every gentlemen in this video was a mans man

It’s a Boutique now. Till this day I stop by sometimes. The store has the original floors it has never been changed. A lot of history there

Am so fascinated with this video because it’s so authentic and that gangster feeling I can’t describe it.❤️❤️

When you can park a brand new Lincoln half way on the sidewalk in an alley in the middle of New York City and leave it unlocked and the keys inside. They could come back the next day and not only would it not be touched but it might even be waxed and the tank topped off with gas.

Great footage brings me back instantly to the good old days the views the buildings The Sounds wish there was more of this footage

This song fits the video so perfectly. A eerie type of song for a eerie type of characters at their off limits to the public headquarters.

Great video with the song and everything...10/10

I saw this with my own eyes, like out of a movie. I am so grateful to this video because it confirms my memory oif Gotti having four guys with him. I was exactly and unwittingly across the street eating a rice ball i used to bike down there to get. I was straddling the bike btw two parked cars and Gotti and crew came out, looked around (and up, which ny'ers don't do), straightened their suits and slowly began down the block, wide shoulders taking up the whole sidewalk. They looked and moved so oddly, and everyone in NY knew what Gotti looked like. Surreal score 10+.

Peter Gotti 1939-2021. The most famous garbage man in history. “You want some ice cream?” RIP

Subscribed. Keep Cosa nostra coming

Gary Numan 80s vibe fits well with this clip. Great video

One of the best videos on KZfaq

Soon as you seen them Lincoln back in the day you knew there was gonna be a problem or a mob meeting or both lol Awsome music to go with it brother I subbed

The song suits the footage perfectly.

When I worked in bensonhurst I would love to see these guys pass by they always were so put together and smelled so good.

Absolute gold footage ! Would’ve loved to see footage like this of jimmy burkes crew at Roberts lounge

"Wise guys would pull up and I'd park their cars . At 16 I was making more than the grownups in the neighborhood".

This footage is pure gold. Love it! Greetings from the Netherlands!