The Hook Gang was an American street gang and later river pirates active in New York City during the late-19th century. The gang made up some of the most notorious criminals and thugs on the New York waterfront and were a major force in the old Forth Ward and Corlears' Hook districts during the post-American Civil War era until their breakup by the newly formed Steamboat Squad in 1876.
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