The Motion Lounge

The Motion Lounge

The Motion Lounge was a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, nightclub owned by Bonanno crime family caporegime Dominick Napolitano which also was the capo's apartment away from his home. The lounge was located at 420 Graham Avenue, across the street from the Wither's Italian-American War Veterans Club. It was one of the central locations in FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone's six-year undercover operation to infiltrate the Mafia, and featured prominently in his autobiography Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia. A fictionalized version of the lounge featured in the film adaptation, Donnie Brasco.

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Past members

Made men	Salvatore Bonanno Cesare Bonventre Giovanni Bonventre Vito Bonventre Patrick DeFilippo Alfred Embarrato Philip Giaccone Alphonse Indelicato Paolo LiCastri Nicholas Marangello Anthony Mirra Salvatore Montagna John Morales Dominick Napolitano Benjamin Ruggiero Michael Sabella Gerlando Sciascia Anthony Spero John Tartamella Antonio Tomasulo Dominick Trinchera

Associates	Vincenzo Cotroni Costabile Farace Robert Perrino Nicola Rizzuto Paolo Violi Vito Rizzuto

Informants	Richard Cantarella Frank Coppa Joseph D'Amico Frank Lino Joseph Massino Salvatore Vitale Raymond Wean

Family events

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Social clubs	The Motion Lounge

Trials	The Pizza Connection Trial (1985-1986) Mafia Commission Trial (1986)

Victims	Murder victims

Wars	Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Allies

East Coast	Five Families of New York City: Bonanno Colombo Gambino Genovese Lucchese Buffalo DeCavalcante (New Jersey) Patriarca (New England) Philadelphia Pittsburgh Trafficante (Florida)

Midwestern/Western	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee St. Louis

Defunct	Bufalino (Pennsylvania) Lanzetta (Philadelphia) Dallas Denver Genna (Chicago) New Orleans Rochester San Francisco San Jose

Structure

Chain of command	The Commission Boss (Don) Underboss Consigliere (advisor) Caporegime (captain or capo) Soldier Associate

Members (made men)	List of Italian-American mobsters List of Italian-American mobsters by organization

Terms	Initiation ceremony Made man Bagman Vendetta Capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses) Mustache Pete Omertà Zips

Events

Meetings	Atlantic City Conference (1929) Havana Conference (1946) Apalachin Meeting (1957) Palermo Mafia summit (1957)

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Wars	Mafia–Camorra War (1914–1917) Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Trials	Pizza Connection Trial (1985–1987) Mafia Commission Trial (1985–1986)

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