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Westies
Hell's Kitchen between 48th and 49th street on Ninth Avenue looking northeast toward Time Warner Center and Hearst Tower
Founded
1960s
Founder
James Coonan
Founding location
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Years active
1960s–1988
Territory
Hell's Kitchen and other neighborhoods in New York City, and some parts of New Jersey
Ethnicity
Irish American
Membership (est.) 12–20
Activities
Racketeering, assault, burglary, kidnapping, illegal gambling, fraud, extortion, drug trafficking, counterfeiting, robbery, murder
Allies
Gambino crime family
Rivals
Mickey Spillane 's gang
Notable members
James Coonan
Edward Cummiskey
Mickey Featherstone
James McElroy
Boško Radonjić
The Westies were a New York City -based Irish American organized crime gang, responsible for racketeering, drug trafficking, and contract killing. They were partnered with the Italian-American Mafia and operated out of the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. According to crime author T.J. English, "Although never more than twelve to twenty members—depending on who was in or out of jail at any given time— the Westies became synonymous with the last generation of Irish in the birthplace of the Irish Mob ."