Here are two links from the Brooklyn homepage pertaining to Gangs: The White Hand Gang aka THE LOVETT GANG & LONERGAN GANG http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Society/Whitehandgang.html Gangs in 1829 and Gang Language http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Society/Gangs.NYC.html You might also check the Rootsweb archives, as this was an active topic discussed in the past. Barb NYC Researcher acaulfield182@yahoo.com writes: > Does anyone have information on Irish gangs in NYC 1880-1920? My > great-grandfather was a member of the White Hands in Brooklyn.