As the 1980s ticked by and crack started hitting the big city, making daily headlines, the ranks of the Bath Avenue Crew had grown and the members were no longer kids but men, well. Growing up on Bath Ave, there was always excitement and something crazy going on in the neighborhood. Mobster Tales Jun 2, 2025 Bath Ave Crew Back In The 90's From Bensonhurst Brooklyn NYC Bonanno Family Associates Mobster Tales Michelle Bonanno and 55 others 56.
James "Jimmy Gap" Calandra (born 1969) was a Bonanno crime family associate and a member of the "Bath Avenue Crew". James Calandra was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City in 1969, and Calandra was introduced to the Mafia at a young age. Calandra and his friends Paul Gulino, Thomas Reynolds, Joseph Calco, and Fabrizio DeFrancisci formed their own crew, the "Bath Avenue Crew".
In 1992. wuhter Bath Ave Crew - Jimmy Calandra, Joey Calco, Paul Gulino, Tommy Reynolds, and Fabrizio DeFrancisci Add a Comment Sort by: The_Metal_East. On September 15, 1991, Bickelman's body, with six bullet wounds, was discovered near his apartment in Bath Beach.
[6] Bickelman was allegedly murdered by Bonanno associate Paul Gulino, an ambitious young mobster who ran the Bath Avenue Crew. [7] In 1993, Spero ordered Gulino's murder. The Bath Avenue Crew was a notorious street gang that emerged in Brooklyn, New York, during the 1990s.
Centered in the Bath Beach neighborhood, the crew took its name from their home turf. They were closely aligned with the Bonanno crime family, one of New York's infamous Mafia organizations. This is a multi part series titled "Life In The Mafia" and will follow the story of Jimmy Calandra and the Bath Ave crew.
From burglary's, and heists, to eventually cold blooded murder. Yet one family somehow survives these traumas relatively intact: the Bonannos. They attract young recruits like Jimmy Calandra and his circle of friends who become known as the Bath Avenue Crew.
Made men in the Mafia are their role models, and the Crew usher in a violent new day where the bloodshed in Brooklyn gets out of hand. Members of the Bath Avenue Crew were as young as 8 years old when they began to align themselves with the biggest, baddest gang in America: Cosa Nostra, specifically the Five Families. Bath Avenue Crew founding members.