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Lenox Avenue Gang
Jacob "Whitey Lewis" Seidenschner
FounderHarry Horowitz
Years activeEarly 1900s - 1914
TerritoryHarlem, Manhattan, New York, USA
Leader(s)Gyp the Blood, Jacob Seidenschner, Louis Rosenberg, Francesco Cirofici
ActivitiesMugging/robbery, murder
AlliesEastman Gang

The Lenox Avenue Gang was an early 20th-century New York City street gang led by Harry Horowitz; it was considered one of the most violent gangs of the pre-Prohibition era.[citation needed] It was based in Harlem in Upper Manhattan, New York City, around 125th Street, in what was then a predominantly Jewish neighborhood.

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