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This rare 1981 photograph captures members of the Rebel Mercenaries, a Queens, New York white outlaw street gang, still active well past the 1970s.
📸 Photo by legendary photographer Bruce Davidson
While most people think NYC street gangs ended in the 70s, Queens was still active in the 1980s. The Rebel Mercenaries wore red letters on gray rockers, rocking flying cut sleeves, keeping outlaw street culture alive.

NYC also had white street gangs dating back to the late 60s & early 70s, including the Ministers (Bronx), Aliens (Bronx), Grateful Dead, War Pigs, and the Golden Guineas, some going back to the early 1960s.
This is Classic Queens, NYC Street Gang History, frozen in time.
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17 hours ago | [YT] | 5

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all our subscribers, followers, and supporters worldwide 🎄🙏🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿

Thank YOU for riding with Classic NY Street Gangs & The King Klast Archives all year long. Because of YOUR support, shares, comments, and views, we officially hit 9.7k followers on our YouTube channel in 2025 — something that could NEVER be done without the day ones and the new supporters who joined us along the way.
We’ll be back January 6th, 2026 with our weekly Friday video drops, but until then, enjoy the holidays with your loved ones ❤️
When you get a chance, tap into some of our older posts and videos you may have missed.
God bless each & every one of ya’ll. Thank you once again for an incredible year.

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1 day ago | [YT] | 30

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all our subscribers, followers, and supporters worldwide 🎄🙏🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿

Thank YOU for riding with Classic NY Street Gangs & The King Klast Archives all year long. Because of YOUR support, shares, comments, and views, we officially hit 9.7k followers on our YouTube channel in 2025 — something that could NEVER be done without the day ones and the new supporters who joined us along the way.
We’ll be back January 6th, 2026 with our weekly Friday video drops, but until then, enjoy the holidays with your loved ones ❤️
When you get a chance, tap into some of our older posts and videos you may have missed.
God bless each & every one of ya’ll. Thank you once again for an incredible year.

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1 day ago | [YT] | 5

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This RARE original photo captures real Brooklyn history.
Pictured are members of the 1970’s Brooklyn, New York street gang “Unknown Bikers”, who later evolved into a Motorcycle Club and are still here in 2025.
Left to Right:
🕯️ Tracking Boy (RIP)
🔥 Dirty Harry
🕯️ Kato (RIP)
Photo courtesy of Dirty Harry U.B.

Salute to Dirty Harry, the Unknown Bikers, and all Brooklyn pioneers who laid the foundation.
This is authentic outlaw street history, not Hollywood.
RIP to Feo U.B. and all the brothers who are no longer here.
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2 days ago | [YT] | 5

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In the 1970’s, not every New York City street gang chose violence.
Some chose hammers, hard hats, and hope.
This rare photo shows members of the Renigades Of Harlem from El Barrio, Manhattan, NY, putting in real work — rehabilitating abandoned buildings and turning them into livable homes for their own community.

The Renigades traded weapons for tools, rocked white lettering on purple rockers, made newspaper headlines, and were even interviewed by Geraldo Rivera in 1975 for changing their neighborhood from the inside out.
This is Classic NY Street Gang history the mainstream never talks about.

🫡 Salute to the Renigades Of Harlem
🕯️ RIP to those no longer here
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3 days ago | [YT] | 5

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This rare 1970s Bronx, NYC photo captures members of legendary street gangs — the Seven Immortals, Reapers Bronx, and others — attempting to mediate a dispute before it erupted into a rumble.

The Reapers Bronx were known for having some of the most stylized hand-painted gang colors in classic New York street gang history, similar to the viral 1980s acrylic graffiti jackets, choosing painted artwork over felt patches.

The Seven Immortals, founded in 1971 in the Bronx, and the Reapers Bronx, founded in the 1960s, were major forces in Bronx street history. Moments like this show how conflict, respect, and reputation shaped NYC streets long before the modern era.

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4 days ago | [YT] | 5

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Step back into Late 1970’s Sunset Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. with this rare historic photo of The Assassinators, one of the iconic Classic NY Street Gangs. Representing Puerto Rican pride, Black unity, and neighborhood identity, this image showcases two Assassinators repping their colors, flanked by two Puerto Rican flags and the powerful Grito de Lares flag, which the gang used alongside the Pan-African flag (Not Pictured) in solidarity with their Black members.

Featuring vintage 70’s & 80’s iron-on T-shirt lettering, this photo captures another authentic version of The Assassinators’ colors. Salute to Demon and all Assassinators still here in 2025. This is Sunset Park Brooklyn Gang History—you better recognize.
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6 days ago | [YT] | 5

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This rare 1970’s Bronx, NYC photo collage features members of the Ministers Bronx, a white street gang active during one of New York City’s most turbulent eras.
This post accompanies my previous video breaking down the full history of the Ministers Bronx — if you haven’t seen it yet, watch that next after viewing this short.

The Ministers Bronx (also known as the Bronx Ministers) were made up of white youths of Italian, Irish, German, and other European ancestry, and were part of a long, often forgotten tradition of white street gangs in NYC, dating back to the 1800s.
Their hand-painted colors reflect the same DIY aesthetic later seen in the iconic acrylic graffiti jackets of the late 1970s and 1980s.
They were even briefly featured in a 1973 TV news report and made NYC newspapers.
History matters.

Salute to the Ministers Bronx 🫡
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1 week ago | [YT] | 6

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Before graffiti jackets... there were hand-painted gang colors.
This 2 minute & 57 seconds deep-dive explores the rarely discussed history of the 1970's Bronx, New York White street gang "Ministers Bronx", featuring authentic 1973 film footage and photographs of gang jackets from the era.
The Ministers Bronx were one of the few NYC street gangs who hand-painted their jackets instead of using felt patches — a style that later influenced late 70's & 1980's graffiti artists who painted directly onto the backs of their denim jackets.
Other Bronx gangs who also painted their colors included the Reapers Bronx and Black Spades.

This video also highlights rare colors and history from other 1970's White street gangs, including:
• Henchmen Bronx
• Golden Guineas
• Grateful Dead
• White Angels
Yes - NYC had White street gangs, and many mixed gangs also had White members. This is real New York street history, often ignored or erased.
Salute to Robert Donnelly, Rich Birnie, and all former Ministers Bronx members.
Authentic Ministers Bronx & Henchmen Bronx jackets photos courtesy of Rich Birnie.
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1 week ago | [YT] | 11

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Salute to the Black Skulls, a 1970’s Queens, N.Y. street gang who helped shape the early street culture of NYC. This rare 2022 reunion photo marks the 50th Anniversary of the Black Skulls and features O.G. brother El Sincere (2nd from the left).

Yes, Jamaica Queens had serious street gangs too — right alongside the infamous crews of the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. The newspaper archives prove it, and many of those original clippings were posted years ago right here on this channel.
Queens was home to the Seven Crowns, Savage Skulls, Savage Nomads, Seven Immortals, and more — each leaving their mark on New York history.

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1 week ago | [YT] | 5