page_title: Hook Gang
hierarchical_section_title: Hook Gang
caption_attribution_description: English: "New York City Police Battle With River Pirates" Illustration Cropped Image
context_page_description: The Hook Gang was a street gang, and later river pirates, active in New York City in the 1860s and 1870s. The gang was prominent in the Fourth Ward and Corlear's Hook districts immediately after the American Civil War, until their breakup by the New York City Police Department in 1876.
context_section_description: The Hook Gang was a street gang, and later river pirates, active in New York City in the 1860s and 1870s. The gang was prominent in the Fourth Ward and Corlear's Hook districts immediately after the American Civil War, until their breakup by the New York City Police Department in 1876.
caption: The New York City Police Department's "Steamboat Squad" headed by George Gastlin attacked the Hook Gang of river pirates and permanently broke them up in 1876
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