Long Beach, Long Island, and it’s 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 environ 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 not so infamous figures, who chose this area. I will list according to neighborhood and affiliation.
This list is by no means all-inclusive but names most of the more prominent of the hoodlum set known at that time.
Only Massapequa comes close with this large amount of mob residents, but pound for pound, Long Beach and its neighbors, in my opinion, had it beat.
Point Lookout
John (Johnny Dio) Dioguardi • Salvatore (Sam) Badalamente
Lido Beach
Gaetano (Tommy Brown) Lucchese • Thomas Gambino • John (Big John) Ormento
Andimo (Tommy Noto) Pappadio • Thomas (Tommy Flowers) Plumeri
Long Beach
Daniel (Danny Hogan) Scarglatta • Michael Sabella • Girolamo (Jerry) Asaro
Lawrence (The Fixer) Knohl • Joseph (Joe Socks) Lanza • John (Johnny Futto) Biello
Joseph (Joe Bandy) Biondo • Antonio (Tony the Geep) Sedotto
Atlantic Beach
Michael (Mike) Miranda • Thomas (Tommy Dio) Dioguardi • Frank (Cheech) Livorsi
Lorenzo (Chappie) Brescia • Basil (Bobby Cherry) Cervone • Benjamin (Benny) Levine
Steven Oddo • Joseph (Joe Parker) Morsellino • Michelino (Mike) Clemente
Gaetano (Tommy Palmer) Greco • Frank (Frankie Stutz) Tortorici
Joseph (Joe Shep) Schipani • Samuel (Sammy Schlitz) Schlitten
Island Park
Paul Vario, Sr.
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