Frank “The Dasher” Abbundando - Before it was a popular rap music label in Jamaica, Murder Inc. was a ruthless killing organization. The crew did hits throughout the city, but came to an end when a mob turncoat spilled the beans on Abbundando. The turncoat walked, and Abbundando got the electric chair at Sing-Sing Prison in 1941. He is buried in St. John’s cemetery in Middle Village.

David Berkowitz - The 24-year-old Yonkers resident claims a 6,000-year-old demon named Sam spoke to him through a neighbor’s dog, ordering him to kill young women. So in 1976 and 1977, Berkowitz targeted the long brown haired women of the City, but he held this borough’s women in highest esteem, calling them “the prettiest” of them all. The profile of his victims caused a panic-stricken fashion shift throughout the City.

In one of several messages sent to journalist Jimmy Breslin, Berkowitz wrote, “To the people of Queens, I love you. And I want to wish all of you a happy Easter.”

Investigators caught a major break in the hunt for Berkowitz after a woman saw a car peeling away after one murder. Luckily, Berkowitz parked by a hydrant, and was ticketed. Police traced the ticket back to Berkowitz. Now in prison, he is a Born-Again Christian and runs a Web site, www.forgivenforlife.com.

Frank Costello - Dubbed “The Prime Minister of the Underworld,” Costello, was a bootlegger in Boston with Joe Kennedy, the patriarch of the Kennedy family. Costello’s lawyer said he cared more about looking good than avoiding jail. That wasn’t a problem for him though. He allegedly had Tammany Hall in his pocket. One State Supreme Court judge assured Costello, during a taped phone call, that his loyalty to The Prime Minister was “unwavering.” He is buried in East Elmhurst, at St. Michael’s Cemetery.

Alice Crimmins - In 1965 a gorgeous, redheaded, bar-hopping Kew Gardens mom was accused of killing her two children. Two years later, she was convicted in one of the most highly publicized trials of its time. A series of appeals and trials, along with Crimmins' well documented extra-marital affairs, kept the case in the headlines for years. It was fictionalized in the book, “Where Are All the Children.” She was later paroled from prison in a hail of controversy.

Carlo Gambino - After Lucky Luciano’s deportation, Gambino was crowned “Boss of the Bosses.” Mario Puzo used this Gambino as one source for his character, Don Vito Corleone: a cunning business mind and ruthless ethics wrapped in a grandfatherly demeanor. He led the Gambino crime family from 1957 until his death by natural causes in 1976, and is buried at St. John’s Cemetery in Middle Village.

Vito Genovese- His father opened a contracting company in Queens. The younger Genovese rose from a hit man for Lucky Luciano. He died in prison and is buried near Luciano in St. John’s Cemetery.

Bernard Goetz - This Queens native and 2001 vegetarian Mayoral candidate is better known as the vigilante subway gunman who shot four black teenagers he said were going to rob him. That 1984 incident highlighted the strained race relations and fear of crime that permeated throughout the City. His only regret, he reportedly said, was that he ran out of bullets. Goetz was acquitted in 1987.

John Gotti - Franklin K. Lane High School’s drop out who reportedly had a 160 IQ was the also known as “The Teflon Don” for beating numerous murder and racketeering charges. At 26, he did a yearlong stint in prison in which time his wife and their three kids went on welfare. That gave him the drive that led his life. Gotti took over the underworld after killing Paul Castellano in 1985. Gotti led the underworld from the small Bergin Hunt and Fish Club from 101st Avenue in Ozone Park. He then parlayed his spoils into good will. He played Robin Hood by stealing trucks from JFK and using unions to extort business, and funding a lavish firework display for his neighbors. Then-mayor Rudy Giuliani’s crackdown of the celebration made Gotti a martyr in the eyes of his Howard Beach neighbors. But after a neighbor accidentally ran over John’s son Francis, the Gottis took a trip out of town, during which time his neighbor was abducted and never seen again. The Don’s reign ended in 1992 when his pal, Sammy “The Bull” Gravano spilled the beans and Gotti got convicted of racketeering and sentenced to life in prison. He died in prison 10 years later, of cancer. He is buried in St. John’s Cemetery in Middle Village. But even in death, the limelight hasn’t faded. His daughter Victoria now stars in a reality show, “Growing Up Gotti.”

Alphonse “Sonny Red” Indelicato - Power politics took on a whole new meaning in 1981 when Indelicato drove through Queens to settle intra-family tensions. Instead of talking, Red and two others were met with a hail of bullets. Shortly afterwards, undercover agent Joseph Pistone, a. k. a. Donnie Brasco, was pulled from the field, along with the evidence he had been recording for nearly six years. In 2004, his body was found by kids playing near what turned out to be a notorious Ozone Park mob burial ground.

Tarsha Jones -Astoria-born Hot 97 radio personality Tarsha “Miss” Jones gained notoriety in January 2005 when she aired a parody song of “We Are the World,” called “The Tsunami Song,” which laughed at those who drowned, were maimed and orphaned in a cataclysmic natural disaster. She was suspended, but not fired, after worldwide attention and numerous protests.

Salvatore “Lucky” Luciano - Along with boyhood friends Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Seigal, Lucky organized the New York crime families into the Syndicate. He was the boss, Lansky the financial brains, and Bugsy, the muscle. Even while behind bars for pimping and extortion, Lucky maintained control of the City’s waterfront. After a 1942 promise that the Navy would have no troubles in the docks he controlled, Lucky was granted a pardon and deported to Italy. From abroad, he still shaped mob history. He sent Bugsy to Las Vegas, where he built that city’s first mega hotel, which led to the Las Vegas as we know it know. But Lucky had Bugsy killed for allegedly skimming money. The next time he was in America, was for his 1962 funeral after a heart attack he suffered while in a Naples airport. He was buried in St. John’s Cemetery in Middle Village.

Donald Manes - Democratic Party Boss and Borough President Donald Manes ran the borough’s political agenda for years. His growing power came crashing down with the notorious Parking Violations Bureau scandal, which was on the verge on uncovering the kickbacks Manes received, when he unsuccessfully tried killing himself near the LaGuardia Airport. Initially blaming it on attackers who hid in his car, it was later dismissed as his failed suicide attempt. He succeeded on Feb. 11, 1986, when he plunged a knife into his chest in his sister’s Jamaica Estates home. Manes’ story was partly the basis for the Al Pacino movie, “City Hall”

Salvatore Maranzano - After studying to be a priest in Sicily, Maranzano found a different calling and fame in America. He was dubbed “Little Caesar” for his appreciation of the tyrannical ruler, and met a similar fate, and was gunned down in his own office at the order of colleague Lucky Luciano. Maranzano’s holy and horrific ways ended with his burial in St. Johns Cemetery in Middle Village.

Joseph Massino - Bonanno mob boss that turned informant against his street boss Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano, Massino owned a restaurant, Casa Blanca, in Maspeth and lived in Howard Beach. He is the highest-ranking mob member to turn on his Mafioso colleagues. He allegedly wore a wire and captured another mob boss’s plan to kill a federal prosecutor. His is currently incarcerated.