Arnold Rothstein, Meir Lansky, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel were just a few of the notorious Jewish mobsters who got their start in gangs and gambling on the Lower East Side before extending their bootlegging and other criminal activities to Atlantic City, Miami, Cuba, and Las Vegas, but their stories began on the Lower East Side. Explore questions of morality, power, & assimilation while touring the old haunts of Murder Inc., the Mafia, and the G-Men on their trail.

Your guide, Urban Historian and educator Bradley Shaw, was born on the Lower East Side, has a BA in History and Education from Brooklyn College and is a licensed NYC tour guide. He shares with us his love of the neighborhood and passion for its history. He has been a docent, walking tour guide and manager at the Museum at Eldridge Street for more than six years, in addition to doing walking tours for the LESJC, Context Travel and his own company NY History Tours.