Long Beach, Long Island, and its adjoining neighborhoods have always been a desired summer vacation destination. But after WWII, Long Island and the peninsula of Long Beach, Lido Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Point Lookout, in particular, became a very desired place to live and vacation.
Advertised as a pristine environment for the rich, the famous, politicians, movie stars, regular folks, and subsequently, mob figures alike were drawn to its sandy shores.
By the early 1950s, many mobsters from all the Families and their close affiliates were converging on the area in record numbers.
The Genovese and Lucchese mobs in particular favored the area.
The following list names some of the more infamous and some less infamous figures who chose this area.
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