Around Brooklyn: Capone’s former home up for sale
Capone’s former home up for sale
Gangster Al Capone may have become famous in Chicago, but he grew up in Brooklyn, where he was a member of several street gangs and worked as a bouncer in Coney Island. As a child and teenager, he lived in a townhouse at 21 Garfield Place before leaving for Chicago in 1919, one step ahead of cops who wanted to arrest him for murder. The property, which has been divided into three units, is going for $2.9 million, according to the New York Post. Capone’s father, a barber, had his shop on the ground floor.
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