I recall the news reports of the day, my favorite was the great Paul Harvey who said "There were about 20 witnesses, none of whom saw anything".

Thanks Mooney for anther great post. When I'm in the city I stay a few blocks away on E 50th. I've been to Sparks many times. I freely admit the first time I went was because of the Castellano hit but I kept returning because the food and atmosphere are excellent. I hope that all of the employees and owners of Sparks will survive and be there when I return, good people! Thanks again Mooney and keep the videos coming!

The 1980s were quite violent here in NYC.

I was on my way to pick up my daughter at acting lessons and turned down East 46th as I did a few times a week and saw the bodies by the black car, the cops had not arrived yet but as I stood and watched they showed up. . Hung around a few minutes and then went on to pick up my daughter 4 streets away, saw it on the news later.

Enjoyed the New Year’s Day video. Looking forward to your next one. Great job! Also, I hadn’t realized there’b been a recent hit on a mob boss.

Dude. I absolutely love your work! You teach me alot of cool history of mob life.been to new york once. And got lost and missed so much. I want to go back with the family. And see all you taught me. thank you for all and God bless!!

Heeeyyy Mooney, this is great. I'm a big fan of the Cosa Nostra. I remembered when this hit happened. I've been watching Sammy the Bull's channel that he started awhile back. Michael Franzese has a great channel too. Big move clipping a boss like that !

Mooney love your videos, been going through some stuff lately and your videos are just what I need to entertain me and keep my mind off stuff. Keep them coming

Brilliant video .. crazy how empty the streets were

Thank you sir! Another classic. Keep up the great content I appreciate it!

Another fantastic video! Brandon. To see the place where it All went down is just the greatest. You never fail to deliver thanks.

This was just a tad over 35 years ago, but I'll always remember the incident immortalized in pictures, burned into my mind, along with the publicized murders of Angelo Bruno in 1980, Carmine "The Cigar" Galante the year before, Crazy Joey Gallo in 1972, and Albert Anastasia, back in 1957...

The Chin was not happy about it. The irony is, he shot Castello in the head and the behest of Vito Genovese. Did they have approval to do that? Just curious.

I’ve been waiting for this one a long time and it was worth it! Good Job MDC

You made a great video thank you for sharing it with everyone 😎🖐️👍💖

Another great post dude. Much respect to you. An avid follower from NZL

Hey Man, happy new year, looks cold there, cruising here at 29c with a fan and a beer, love your truck bro, be safe out there

Good Evening from the UK Mooney and a Happy New Year to you,. Great to see your subs rising and now at 13.6K . Another excellent video as usual Mooney.

Just found out about your channel, very underrated. I subbed👌🏽

Hey Mooney dash cam..Loving your vids bro..xxx From Crawley west Sussex UK

That mugshot of Gravano at 2:11 looks a little bit like STUNTMAN, lol. Great video!

Morning Brandon! Moral of the story: Sometimes it pays to be an unknown nobody in an insane world. But wow, I’ve never driven in Manhattan when it was so desolate! Kind of eerie looking! 😱 Thanks for the video! 😁

Love it! I work in the MetLife building so very cool to see you driving around the streets I am so familiar with.

Love Mooney Dashcam

great video!

You're best video yet

I’ve been getting into watching the vlogs of Mike Franzese and The Bull himself lately, and this video that you just made a week ago shows up in my suggestion list! Great stuff. I plan on visiting New York when this pandemic crap eases up and Sparks Steakhouse is on my “to see” list!

Hey Mooney...Hope ur OK...noticed u have not uploaded for a while...Really missing your awesome videos dude 😊😊😊

Hey Mooney, you are doing a great job . I watch a lot of your dash cam. I understand you are have a difficult time to find Sammy The Bull Gravano house. How about Frank Dicico house in Staten Island?

I was 4 blocks away at me and my girlfriend just finished Christmas shopping and were going to eat at La Maganette on 50th & 3rd Ave! We knew a lot of these people back then she lived at KV in the 4th ward! So these Guys were as normal to see as the sunshine daily!!

Keep up the good work bro

Cool! I knew I could come here for the present day Sparks steakhouse story!👍

Good stuff here man. Cool to see a different video! I’ve been reading everything book mob related since middle school & the only piece you got wrong was Paul wasn’t meeting other boss’s or high up figures. He had a meeting with Frankie Diccicio to discuss business. P.S hottie ruined it all.

That steak house looks like something you'd see in an industrial estate. Not what I pictured when I read about all this stuff. Big thanks to Sammy for describing all this stuff too. He took a big risk coming over to our side.

Wow!!!! Had me on the edge of my seat the whole video! To trace the footsteps of Gotti and Gravano....amazing thank you🇮🇹❤️💯

I remember that hit. I was actually 5 blocks away. And remember hearing all the cops sirens. But this wasn't the 1st. Mob boss to be killed by a underlink. Lucky Luciano was the 1st to kill Joe the boss. Vito Genovese tried killing, Frank Castello. Another great video. Thanks

Love your videos brother

Was in Manhattan about a month and a half ago. Went to eat at sparks just from hearing about it so much. The food is amazing! But it’s very very expensive. It’s some thing you only do once in your life. But I might go again lol

The reason why Paul wanted to kill not only John Gotti, but his crew was mainly because Angelo Ruggiero was recorded on tapes about everything that was going in especially about Drugs and Paul wanted to Angelo to hand over the tapes and refused. Gotti new that Paul was going to kill Angelo and his crew, so Gotti decided to do the hit.

Had to go hv a drink at sparks when I arrived from Chicago a few years back. Mulberry st is epic. Gr8 video. ✌🏼🥃🥃👍🏻

Me and my wife went to Manhattan a few years ago, one of the days we walked it seemed for miles just so I could stand outside Sparks where big Paulie got whacked, it was the highlight of the holiday! Well for me at least, great video mate 😎

Thanks Mooney

Drove by there about a month after it actually happened and was amazed by the amount of people walking around and traffic driving thru , it was worst when it actually went down due to being a week before Christmas.. good job 👍

excellent reporting

Thank you for this...quite interesting 👍

NYC-Gazillion tons of weight built on landfill. Amazing. Thanks for the drive-through.

Great work man this is one interesting channel! Would it be possible to make videos on the westies/hells kitchen? Keep up the great work

Hey Mooney, have you ever had a steak from there? It's supposed to one of the top restaurants in NY

It's a miracle no innocent people were killed by accident they planned it perfectly mob life is unforgiving great vlog Mooney.

I remember hearing about this like it was yesterday.

Good morning Mooney, gonna be a killer one! Lol

You should mention that Paul Castellano was HATED by the Rank & File of his Family!....That made it easier for Gotti to know it would be a popular move on his part.

You were parked exactly across from the light pole. His body was laying to the left of the light pole if you're standing in the street looking on to the sidewalk. He was not shot in front of the doors of the restaurant. It's certain camera angles from the sidewalk that makes it look like he's down there right next to that awning but that's not the case. The car pulled up right next to the light pole and he was shot right there

This is bad ass bro 😎🤘

And afterwards they stopped at Bobby Van's Steakhouse for a celebratory drink and some appetizers just east on 46th street at the corner of Park Avenue which you passed while on your way over to Sparks. Bobby Van's Steakhouse is located at 230 Park Avenue in the Helmsley Building. Right where the traffic drives through the building, you can't miss it and they have great 30 day dry aged steaks and awesome bartenders serving perfectly mixed drinks. In fact the back room at Bobby Van's was always one of Bruce Cutler's favorite meeting places for conferences with clients and potential clients.

The owner of the Steak House said right after the incident in an interview, that there was no reservation for Castellano and that they didnt know, that he was coming nor did they know, if the Steak house was even Castellanos destination. So is it really true, that they were meeting at the Steak house? Cause they could have simply just parked there and went somewhere else.

Mooney Mooney. 🌙 ey

Has your mayor bankrupted Sparks yet?

In the photo of Paul, what does he have in his hand?

It’s crazy how many mobsters became rats back then

Very interesting video 👍

Can u do the Coney Island warriors next

Can you do a video on the current state of the mafia

Cool video

Brilliant my favorite video ,👌

Hey great video. I didnt realize sparks was still there. Thats really cool. Have you ever eaten there? Sammy has a youtube channel now. His stories are really amazing. Not sure if youve seen it yet. Also, i do agree about ratting. But sammy has explained why he did it and it does make sense why he did. You can watch for yourself and decide but ggotti wanted sammy to take the blame and go down for everything so that gotti could walk free. And also the hundreds of hours of tapes they got gotti talking on in the ladys appartment above the club he backstabbex sammy. And sammy was nothing but loyal to the family and gotti for many yearz. So he was double crossed and decided to do the same back.

I just came across this channel, I've watched all the movies and documentaries and series now I'm going through KZfaq channels. Former Colombo family boss " Michael Franzese " has his own channel and its great to hear things from someone who actually lived it. I'm glad I found this channel I liked the video will look forward to more of them.

Great history lesson. I was living in the Bronx then. I remember the killings. And at 5:30pm that was in the middle of rush hour. Enjoying your channel w/you driving around giving history

Great video, I walked past this location countless times when I worked in Manhattan.

Thanks for showing us buddy , they certainly did a number on them

How did they find a parking spot on a busy evening?

Great video

❤️this one!!

I tried figuring it out before but couldn't find anything. Can anyone tell me what the hell was in castellanos hands in his death photo?

Hey Mooney what do you think about Amityville

but gravano said that castellano and his driver was right beside him on the red lite....haw could they be there stopted in the mittle of the intersection??

Joe Coffey, the NYPD official assigned to La Cosa Nostra NY claims Gotti and Gravano were not there. That it’s folklore to make them more mythological and they really were. Either way, this was one of the most carefully and error free hits in the history of the mafia in the USA.

Love your work

"Rocked New York" is right on money! This hit was insane! And every 6pm news and newspaper was on fire, back then....!

Good Episode

Big Paul and his bodyguard got sparked going to Sparks Steakhouse

Can you do a show on bernie madoff or jordan belfort or both

Whoa! Sparks is still open!😳

Skinny Dom was the backup, he also killed the Uvas. Rob the Mob movie is based on them.

Hey bud love your videos I see your windshield is cracked i own discount & extreme auto glass ill take care of that for you free!

Est ce que il nous fait visiter la ville entier de new York ????

Didn't Anthony Scala's gun jam on Castellano and Carneglia quickly took over and riddled him? Wasn't Joe Watts the fourth backup shooter? I heard an off-duty Corrections Officer was present, but decided to not use his weapon that day, due to the swift ferocity of the shooters.

Yeah I remember this because me, my brother and belated brother-in-law was just coming from the westside highway near 30th street next thing I hear and see ambulances and squad car racing up on the upper level of the westside highway. And we were coming from Yonkers where I got my DJ mixer I became a DJ the night Paul castellano got murdered it was a Friday night as well.

found this by accident- best part??? 6.40 "look at this isn't Manhattan the best" it sure is and I live in London ohhhh - how can a guy be killed in broad "daylight" at 6pm in December :-)

I remember when this hit happened. I lived in Denver. My hometown is Youngstown another crime town.

Drugs really did create a lot of rifts and wars in various mafias. The old guard, like Castellano and Angelo Bruno (head of the Philly Mob) among others, didn't want their guys taking part in the drug trade and trafficking which really started to ramp up in the 70s and 80s. Some younger guys didn't like that, so they went after the bosses.

John and Sammy could not have parked where you said. Wasn't it a 2 way street back in 1985? They would have had to park on the same side as Sparks.

Aftermath of a story everyone knows already. Badabing!

Lmao in watching this vid NYC traffic is crazy

very cool drive 👍😊

MOONEY!

I wonder what Big Paul’s favorite dish was there. If I ever dine at Sparks, I want that. 😂

Umberto calm house where got Joey Gallo also in New York,New York

I was 10 when this happened, I vaguely remember the news coverage. How did Gotti escape punishment from not asking for permission to take out his boss?

Would love to come across the pond and check some of these mob spots myself for real, i bet the Sparks steak house is almost a tourist attraction by now??? I remember seeing it on the day or next day big Paul got shot down on the TV and im in the UK