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Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past
Stuyvesant Square Park is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

1. Stuyvesant Square Park

8.8
300 E 17th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Park · Gramercy Park · 32 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Drug dealer Frank Storelli stands next to the mountain of drugs police seized from him in Stuyvesant Park in 1932, at the link! Read more.

Union Square Park is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

2. Union Square Park

9.1
Union Sq E/W & Broadway (btwn E 14th & E 17th St), New York, NY
Park · Union Square · 565 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1943 Carlo Tresca, editor of anti-Fascist newspaper, Il Martello shot and killed at 15th St. and 5th Ave. See photo at the link. Read more.

New York Supreme Court is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

3. New York Supreme Court

60 Centre St (at Worth St), New York, NY
Courthouse · Downtown Manhattan · 79 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: British punk rocker Sid Vicious arrives with his mother at Manhattan Supreme Court in 1978 for indictment charging him with murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. View photo at the link! Read more.

Court Square Park is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

4. Court Square Park

7.0
Jackson Ave. (at 45th & Thomson), Queens, NY
Park · Hunters Point · 4 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Famous Queens murderess Ruth Snyder takes the stand as her confession is read in court in this historic scene from 1927, at the link! Read more.

MTA Subway - 15th St/Prospect Park (F/G) is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

5. MTA Subway - 15th St/Prospect Park (F/G)

Prospect Park West & 15th St, Brooklyn, NY
Metro Station · Windsor Terrace · 8 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Police guard a veteran Detective who took his own life outside Prospect Park in this crime scene photo from 1950, at the link. Read more.

Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

6. Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House

6.1
1 Bowling Grn (btwn Broadway & State St), New York, NY
Government Building · Financial District · 14 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: An enforcement official examines a false-heeled shoe used to smuggle marijuana in 1946, at the link! Read more.

Fairway Market is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

7. Fairway Market

500 Van Brunt St (at Reed St), Brooklyn, NY
Grocery Store · Red Hook · 147 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Five members of a Red Hook gang arrested on murder charges sit in the back of a patrol wagon in 1948, at the link! Read more.

The Dakota is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

8. The Dakota

8.2
1 W 72nd St (at Central Park W), New York, NY
Apartment or Condo · Upper West Side · 46 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Front page of Tuesday, December 9, 1980, edition of the Daily News, with headline reading "John Lennon Slain Here - Ex-Beatle Shot; Nab Suspect," at the link! Read more.

The Suffolk is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

9. The Suffolk

107 Suffolk St (btwn Rivington & Delancey St.), New York, NY
Bar · Lower East Side · 14 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Police remove a body from a cellar on Suffolk St in 1928, at the link. Famed Jersey serial killer Peter Kudzinowski was suspected for the murder of this Brooklyn man. Read more.

10. Olympic Town

114 W 125th St, New York, NY
Uncategorized · Central Harlem · 1 tip

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1990, a man was hung upside down in an air shaft for 7 hours. He was charged with attempting to rob this location. Here, he is rescued. Read more.

MTA Subway - Myrtle Ave/Broadway (J/M/Z) is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

11. MTA Subway - Myrtle Ave/Broadway (J/M/Z)

Myrtle Ave (at Broadway & Jefferson St), Brooklyn, NY
Metro Station · Bushwick · 42 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Shots fired! Check out this amazing pic of police dodging bullets in a gun fight with hostage-takers barricaded in a sporting goods store in 1973, at the link! Read more.

Brooklyn Borough Hall is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

12. Brooklyn Borough Hall

209 Joralemon St (btwn Court & Adams St), Brooklyn, NY
City Hall · Downtown Brooklyn · 18 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1924 a death meter was set up outside to slow down careless drivers. Click "More Info" to see this historic pic! Read more.

13. Irving Ave

Brooklyn, NY
Road · Bushwick · 1 tip

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1958 police arrested 5 youths in homemade body armor to head off a gang fight. Click "More Info" to see this great pic! Read more.

14. NYPD HQ - One Police Plaza

1 Police Plz, New York, NY
Police Station · Downtown Manhattan · 16 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: August 10, 1977. David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, aka the .44-caliber killer, is apprehended and brought in by the NYPD. Click "More Info" to see this amazing historic pic! Read more.

Queens Library at Bayside is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

15. Queens Library at Bayside

6.9
214-20 Northern Blvd (at 214 Place), Bayside, NY
Library · 5 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Down the street in 1977, Sal Lupa celebrates the capture of the Son of Sam killer, David Berkowitz, outside the Elephas disco where she had been shot by Berkowitz two months earlier. Read more.

135 charles st is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

16. 135 charles st

135 Charles St, New York, NY
Structure · West Village · 1 tip

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Police frisk alleged Hells Angels at booking at the old Ninth Precinct station here in connection to the stabbing of a marine. Click "More Info" to see this historic pic from 1965! Read more.

NYPD - 9th Precinct is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

17. NYPD - 9th Precinct

321 E 5th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave.), New York, NY
Police Station · East Village · 7 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Who? That's Roger Daltry and Pete Townshend in 1969, turning themselves in to police! Click "More Info" to see this great pic! Read more.

The PUMA Store is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

18. The PUMA Store

33 Union Sq W (at E 16th St.), New York, NY
Shoe Store · Union Square · 12 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Shot! Pop art legend Andy Warhol was critically wounded here in a 1968 assassination attempt. Click "More Info" to see this historic pic! Read more.

19. Avenue P Deli

450 Avenue P (E 3rd Street), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Gravesend · 1 tip

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: In 1972, John Wojtowicz held 7 Chase bank employees hostage for 14 hours, inspiring Al Pacino's role in Dog Day Afternoon. Click "More Info" to see this pic of Wojtowicz at the robbery! Read more.

Botanica Bar is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

20. Botanica Bar

7.6
47 E Houston St (btwn Mott & Mulberry St), New York, NY
Dive Bar · NoLita · 179 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Inside the NYPD telegraph bureau, which was housed around the corner at 300 Mulberry St. in 1906, at the link! Read more.

Oliver's Dog & Cat Clinic is one of Shots Fired! New York City's Criminal Past.

21. Oliver's Dog & Cat Clinic

2232 1st Ave, New York, NY
Veterinarian · East Harlem · 3 tips and reviews

The New York Daily NewsThe New York Daily News: PHOTO: Down the block, 416 E 115th street was once a Prohibition era speakeasy. Click "More Info" to see a pic of what it looked like in 1931! Read more.