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Salvatore Maranzano

AKA:

Little Caesar

Birth Name:

Salvatore Maranzano

Birth Date:

July 31, 1886

Birth Place:

Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy

Death Date:

September 10, 1931

Place of Death:

Suite 926 New York Central Building (now the Helmsley Building), 230 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York

Age:

Cause of Death:

Murdered - mob hit

Cemetery Name:

St. John Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Crime and their Victims

Salvatore Maranzano, nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City. He instigated the Castellammarese War in 1930 to seize control of the American Mafia, winning the war after the murder of rival faction head Joe Masseria in April 1931. He then briefly became the Mafia's capo di tutti capi ("boss of all bosses") and formed the Five Families in New York City but was murdered on September 10, 1931, on the orders of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who established the Commission, in which families shared power to prevent future turf wars. The grave of Salvatore Maranzano can be found at St. John Cemetery in Queens, New York.

Fun Fact

Records indicate that Salvatore “Little Caesar” live at 2706 Avenue J in Brooklyn, New York at the time of his violent death. However either they changed the number on the house or the home was torn down as this particular address is no longer valid.

At the height of his power, from the 9^th floor office of his Eagle Building Corporation, Maranzano oversaw a vast criminal empire of speakeasies, hard cider farms, and a fishing fleet that fronted for a $20 million a year immigrant smuggling network. However, a scant three months into his reign, the empire began to crumble. IRS agents were battering down the doors, the INS wanted him deported, and Lucky Luciano wanted him dead.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

St. John Cemetery

80-01 Metropolitan Avenue

Middle Village, New York, 11379

USA

North America

Map:

St. John Cemetery in Middle Village, Queens, New York

Grave Location:

Section 14, Row: C, Plot 18, Grave 2

Grave Location Description

As you enter through the main cemetery gates off of 80th Street and Metropolitan Avenue, stay to the left and take the second right turn. Drive approximately 200 feet and then take the first turn to the left. Drive around to the main entrance to the large round mausoleum. Directly across the street is Section 14 and the final resting place of mob boss Salvatore Manzanaro is 3 rows from the road just to the right of the massive angel monument.

Grave Location GPS

40.71555271615553, -73.86812421361827

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FAQ's

Salvatore Maranzano was born on July 31, 1886.

Salvatore Maranzano was born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy.

Salvatore Maranzano died on September 10, 1931.

Salvatore Maranzano died in Suite 926 New York Central Building (now the Helmsley Building), 230 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York.

Salvatore Maranzano was 45.

The cause of death was Murdered - mob hit.

Salvatore Maranzano's grave is in St. John Cemetery

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Salvatore Maranzano