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Informer: Keep Bikers as the umbrella page while linking standalone South 9 Bikers and Unknown Bikers articles

2026-09-07T03:06:32Z

Keep Bikers as the umbrella page while linking standalone South 9 Bikers and Unknown Bikers articles

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	The South 9 Bikers later became associated in local histories with the motorcycle-club name [[Bikers NY]]. That later club is covered separately because a street-gang phase and a motorcycle-club phase should not be treated as identical without evidence of institutional continuity.		The South 9 Bikers later became associated in local histories with the motorcycle-club name [[Bikers NY]]. That later club is covered separately because a street-gang phase and a motorcycle-club phase should not be treated as identical without evidence of institutional continuity.

	==South 9 Bikers==		==[[South 9 Bikers]]==
	The '''South 9 Bikers''', also called the '''South 9th Bikers''', were a Williamsburg street gang and neighborhood club. An oral-history feature places their territory around Broadway, from near Havemeyer Street toward the area where the Hasidic community began.<ref name="VICE">[https://www.vice.com/en/article/fashion-v13n10/ “Gangs of Old New York”], ''Vice'', oral-history feature.</ref>		The '''South 9 Bikers''', also called the '''South 9th Bikers''', were a Williamsburg street gang and neighborhood club. An oral-history feature places their territory around Broadway, from near Havemeyer Street toward the area where the Hasidic community began.<ref name="VICE">[https://www.vice.com/en/article/fashion-v13n10/ “Gangs of Old New York”], ''Vice'', oral-history feature.</ref>

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	A later local account describes Bikers NY as originally known as the South 9th Bikers and as having developed from a street gang into a motorcycle club.<ref name="BikersNY">[https://www.facebook.com/classicnystreetgangs/posts/rare-1980s1990s-photo-bikers-ny-mc-from-south-9th-bikers-to-williamsburg-brookly/1522809766405132/ “Bikers NY M.C.—From South 9th Bikers to Williamsburg Brooklyn Legends”], Classic NY Street Gangs.</ref> This relationship is developed in the separate [[Bikers NY]] article.		A later local account describes Bikers NY as originally known as the South 9th Bikers and as having developed from a street gang into a motorcycle club.<ref name="BikersNY">[https://www.facebook.com/classicnystreetgangs/posts/rare-1980s1990s-photo-bikers-ny-mc-from-south-9th-bikers-to-williamsburg-brookly/1522809766405132/ “Bikers NY M.C.—From South 9th Bikers to Williamsburg Brooklyn Legends”], Classic NY Street Gangs.</ref> This relationship is developed in the separate [[Bikers NY]] article.

	==Unknown Bikers==		==[[Unknown Bikers]]==
	The '''Unknown Bikers''' were a separate Williamsburg street gang and neighborhood club. A March 1978 ''New York Times'' report described approximately thirty Unknown Bikers in Williamsburg, wearing leather jackets and remodeling Schwinn bicycles with elongated forks to resemble motorcycles. It also described an abandoned building used by the group as a makeshift church.<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/06/archives/true-story-of-city-gang-life-no-glittery-west-side-story-true-story.html “True Story of City Gang Life: No Glittery ‘West Side Story’”], ''The New York Times'', March 6, 1978.</ref>		The '''Unknown Bikers''' were a separate Williamsburg street gang and neighborhood club. A March 1978 ''New York Times'' report described approximately thirty Unknown Bikers in Williamsburg, wearing leather jackets and remodeling Schwinn bicycles with elongated forks to resemble motorcycles. It also described an abandoned building used by the group as a makeshift church.<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/06/archives/true-story-of-city-gang-life-no-glittery-west-side-story-true-story.html “True Story of City Gang Life: No Glittery ‘West Side Story’”], ''The New York Times'', March 6, 1978.</ref>

Informer: Consolidate South 9 Bikers and Unknown Bikers under the Bikers umbrella article

2026-09-07T02:59:14Z

Consolidate South 9 Bikers and Unknown Bikers under the Bikers umbrella article

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	{{SHORTDESC:Williamsburg street ~~gang that later became Bikers NY motorcycle club~~}}		{{SHORTDESC:Umbrella article for Williamsburg's South 9 Bikers and Unknown Bikers street clubs}}
	{{Infobox criminal organization		{{Infobox criminal organization
	\| name = Bikers		\| name = Bikers
	\| also_known_as = Bikers NY<br>Bikers ~~NY M.C.~~		\| also_known_as = South 9 Bikers<br>South 9th Bikers<br>Unknown Bikers
	\| founding_location = Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City		\| founding_location = Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City
	\| territory = Williamsburg and ~~the Southside of Brooklyn~~		\| territory = Southside Williamsburg; separate territories were reported for the South 9 Bikers and Unknown Bikers
	\| structure = ~~Neighborhood~~ street ~~gang later described as~~ a ~~motorcycle club; membership and chronology require further documentation~~		\| structure = Umbrella article covering two related but distinct neighborhood street clubs; not a single unified organization
	\| activities = Street-club activity<br>Inter-club conflict<br>~~Motorcycle riding and~~ club ~~activities~~		\| activities = Street-club and neighborhood activity<br>Inter-club conflict<br>Biker-style club activity
	\| notable_members = Alicat {{small\|(associated with the ~~South 9~~ Bikers)}}<br>~~Snake~~ {{small\|(~~associated in later local remembrance~~)}}		\| notable_members = Alicat {{small\|(associated with both clubs at different times)}}<br>Little Willie {{small\|(identified with the Unknown Bikers in 1978 reporting)}}
	\| ~~predecessor~~ = [[~~South 9~~ Bikers]] {{small\|(~~reported earlier name~~, not ~~independently established as a separate organization~~)}}		\| allies = Overlapping social relationships among Williamsburg clubs
	\| status = ~~Later motorcycle-club identity reported~~		\| rivals = [[Dukes]]<br>[[Arabian Knights]]<br>[[Dirty Ones]] {{small\|(rivalry patterns varied by club and period)}}
	\| years_active = ~~Late 1970s–1990s~~ {{small\|(~~period and continuity approximate~~)}}		\| successor = [[Bikers NY]] {{small\|(later motorcycle-club identity associated with the South 9 Bikers, not the Unknown Bikers)}}
			\| status = Historical umbrella entry; the component clubs are treated separately in the text
			\| years_active = 1970s–1980s {{small\|(component-club periods varied)}}
	}}		}}

	'''Bikers'''~~—also referred to~~ in ~~later~~ local ~~accounts~~ as '''Bikers NY''' or '''Bikers ~~NY M.C.~~'''~~—were a~~ Williamsburg, ~~Brooklyn street~~ organization ~~that was later described as a motorcycle club~~. ~~A local archive identifies Bikers NY as having roots in~~ the ~~South 9 Bikers, while a later~~ Williamsburg street-history post describes the earlier group as becoming a motorcycle club.<ref name="BikersNY">[https://www.facebook.com/classicnystreetgangs/posts/rare-1980s1990s-photo-bikers-ny-mc-from-south-9th-bikers-to-williamsburg-brookly/1522809766405132/ “Bikers NY M.C.—From South 9th Bikers to Williamsburg Brooklyn Legends”], Classic NY Street Gangs.~~</ref>~~		'''Bikers''' is an umbrella article for two Williamsburg, Brooklyn street clubs commonly identified in local and oral-history sources as the '''South 9 Bikers''' and the '''Unknown Bikers'''. The two groups occupied different parts of Southside Williamsburg and had overlapping social relationships, but they were not one organization. The title is used here to keep the related Williamsburg street-gang material together while preserving that distinction.

	The ~~available record supports a reported transition~~ in ~~name and form, but not a fully documented institutional succession. This article therefore distinguishes~~ the ~~later Bikers NY~~ motorcycle-club ~~identity from the earlier South 9~~ Bikers street gang ~~unless~~ a ~~source directly establishes~~ continuity.		The South 9 Bikers later became associated in local histories with the motorcycle-club name [[Bikers NY]]. That later club is covered separately because a street-gang phase and a motorcycle-club phase should not be treated as identical without evidence of institutional continuity.

	==~~Street-club and motorcycle-club identity~~==		==South 9 Bikers==
	~~Local~~ Williamsburg ~~histories describe several neighborhood clubs moving from sweater or~~ street-gang ~~identities toward motorcycle-~~club ~~identities during the late 1970s and 1980s~~. ~~Bikers NY is presented in that local~~ history ~~as one such development~~.~~<ref name="BikersNY" />~~<ref name="VICE">[https://www.vice.com/en/article/fashion-v13n10/ “Gangs of Old New York”], ''Vice'', oral-history feature.</ref>		The '''South 9 Bikers''', also called the '''South 9th Bikers''', were a Williamsburg street gang and neighborhood club. An oral-history feature places their territory around Broadway, from near Havemeyer Street toward the area where the Hasidic community began.<ref name="VICE">[https://www.vice.com/en/article/fashion-v13n10/ “Gangs of Old New York”], ''Vice'', oral-history feature.</ref>

	The ~~label “Bikers” is not treated here as proof~~ that ~~every person associated with~~ the ~~group owned or rode~~ a ~~motorcycle~~, ~~nor as evidence of~~ a ~~formal chapter structure~~. ~~The surviving sources do not establish~~ a ~~complete roster~~, ~~constitution, or rank system~~.		The same account says that the South 9 Bikers looked to the Hells Angels as a model, made chopper-style bicycles and later motorcycles, and maintained a Southside clubhouse.<ref name="VICE" /> These details document a biker style and social setting, not an official affiliation with the Hells Angels.

	~~==Relationship to~~ South 9 Bikers==		The South 9 Bikers were reported to have been in conflict with the Dukes and Arabian Knights during a 1980 incident recalled in the oral history. The account contains disputed personal identification and responsibility, so it is not treated as an adjudicated finding against every member.<ref name="VICE" />
	~~A later local account describes Bikers NY as originally known as~~ the ~~South 9th Bikers~~ and ~~frames~~ the history as ~~a movement from street gang to motorcycle club~~.<ref name="~~BikersNY~~" /> ~~Because that account is retrospective, the article records the relationship as a reported continuity claim rather than assuming that the entire South 9 Bikers organization changed names intact.~~

	~~The names South 9~~ Bikers, South 9th Bikers and Bikers ~~NY may refer~~ to ~~successive identities~~, ~~overlapping memberships, or shorthand for related phases~~. ~~Further contemporary documentation~~ is ~~needed to determine whether~~ the ~~change was an uninterrupted organizational succession, a re-formation by former members, or a later motorcycle club drawing on the earlier group's reputation~~.		A later local account describes Bikers NY as originally known as the South 9th Bikers and as having developed from a street gang into a motorcycle club.<ref name="BikersNY">[https://www.facebook.com/classicnystreetgangs/posts/rare-1980s1990s-photo-bikers-ny-mc-from-south-9th-bikers-to-williamsburg-brookly/1522809766405132/ “Bikers NY M.C.—From South 9th Bikers to Williamsburg Brooklyn Legends”], Classic NY Street Gangs.</ref> This relationship is developed in the separate [[Bikers NY]] article.

	==~~Later remembrance~~==		==Unknown Bikers==
	~~Later local photographs~~ and ~~commentary place~~ Bikers NY in Williamsburg ~~during the 1980s~~ and ~~1990s and associate the group~~ with ~~former South 9 Bikers~~. ~~The same material names Alicat and Snake in connection with~~ the group~~, but does not provide~~ a ~~complete membership record or independently verify every identification~~.<ref name="~~BikersNY~~" />		The '''Unknown Bikers''' were a separate Williamsburg street gang and neighborhood club. A March 1978 ''New York Times'' report described approximately thirty Unknown Bikers in Williamsburg, wearing leather jackets and remodeling Schwinn bicycles with elongated forks to resemble motorcycles. It also described an abandoned building used by the group as a makeshift church.<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/06/archives/true-story-of-city-gang-life-no-glittery-west-side-story-true-story.html “True Story of City Gang Life: No Glittery ‘West Side Story’”], ''The New York Times'', March 6, 1978.</ref>

	The Bikers ~~should be distinguished from~~ the ~~separately documented [[~~Unknown Bikers]] and ~~from other~~ Williamsburg clubs. ~~Shared neighborhood,~~ biker ~~style~~, ~~or personal friendships~~ do not establish that ~~the groups~~ were one organization.		A later oral-history account places the Unknown Bikers on a different section of Southside Williamsburg, extending from Union Avenue to Rodney Street and from Metropolitan Avenue toward South Fourth Street.<ref name="VICE" /> It records that Alicat began associating with the Unknown Bikers around 1975, became a member in 1976, and moved to the South 9 Bikers in early 1980. The movement of one person between clubs demonstrates association, not merger or command succession.<ref name="VICE" />

			Later sources describe an Unknown Bikers motorcycle-club identity, but the founding date and continuity between the 1970s street club and later motorcycle club remain separate historical claims. The Unknown Bikers are not treated as a predecessor of Bikers NY.

			==Relationship between the clubs==
			The South 9 Bikers and Unknown Bikers were both prominent Williamsburg street clubs, and oral-history evidence describes them as socially connected while occupying different territories.<ref name="VICE" /> Similar biker styling, shared neighborhood and individual movement between clubs do not establish that they were divisions of one organization.

			This article therefore uses '''Bikers''' as a collection title rather than a claim that South 9 Bikers and Unknown Bikers formed a single gang. For the later motorcycle-club identity associated with South 9, see [[Bikers NY]].

	==Organizational limits==		==Organizational limits==
	~~This article covers the Bikers/Bikers NY identity reported in local Williamsburg street history. It~~ does not ~~treat every Southside~~ club ~~member~~, ~~motorcycle enthusiast~~, or ~~person appearing in a later photograph as a member. The precise date of transition from South 9 Bikers to Bikers NY remains uncertain~~.		The available record does not establish complete rosters, formal constitutions, or uninterrupted institutional histories for either club. Personal recollections and later local archives are useful for reconstructing neighborhood identity and relationships, but claims about specific crimes, ranks, founders and succession require person- or incident-specific sources.

	==References==		==References==

Informer: Create approved source-calibrated article on Bikers

2026-09-07T02:50:00Z

Create approved source-calibrated article on Bikers

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{{SHORTDESC:Williamsburg street gang that later became Bikers NY motorcycle club}}
{{Infobox criminal organization
| name = Bikers
| also_known_as = Bikers NY<br>Bikers NY M.C.
| founding_location = Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City
| territory = Williamsburg and the Southside of Brooklyn
| structure = Neighborhood street gang later described as a motorcycle club; membership and chronology require further documentation
| activities = Street-club activity<br>Inter-club conflict<br>Motorcycle riding and club activities
| notable_members = Alicat {{small|(associated with the South 9 Bikers)}}<br>Snake {{small|(associated in later local remembrance)}}
| predecessor = [[South 9 Bikers]] {{small|(reported earlier name, not independently established as a separate organization)}}
| status = Later motorcycle-club identity reported
| years_active = Late 1970s–1990s {{small|(period and continuity approximate)}}
}}

'''Bikers'''—also referred to in later local accounts as '''Bikers NY''' or '''Bikers NY M.C.'''—were a Williamsburg, Brooklyn street organization that was later described as a motorcycle club. A local archive identifies Bikers NY as having roots in the South 9 Bikers, while a later Williamsburg street-history post describes the earlier group as becoming a motorcycle club.<ref name="BikersNY">[https://www.facebook.com/classicnystreetgangs/posts/rare-1980s1990s-photo-bikers-ny-mc-from-south-9th-bikers-to-williamsburg-brookly/1522809766405132/ “Bikers NY M.C.—From South 9th Bikers to Williamsburg Brooklyn Legends”], Classic NY Street Gangs.</ref>

The available record supports a reported transition in name and form, but not a fully documented institutional succession. This article therefore distinguishes the later Bikers NY motorcycle-club identity from the earlier South 9 Bikers street gang unless a source directly establishes continuity.

==Street-club and motorcycle-club identity==
Local Williamsburg histories describe several neighborhood clubs moving from sweater or street-gang identities toward motorcycle-club identities during the late 1970s and 1980s. Bikers NY is presented in that local history as one such development.<ref name="BikersNY" /><ref name="VICE">[https://www.vice.com/en/article/fashion-v13n10/ “Gangs of Old New York”], ''Vice'', oral-history feature.</ref>

The label “Bikers” is not treated here as proof that every person associated with the group owned or rode a motorcycle, nor as evidence of a formal chapter structure. The surviving sources do not establish a complete roster, constitution, or rank system.

==Relationship to South 9 Bikers==
A later local account describes Bikers NY as originally known as the South 9th Bikers and frames the history as a movement from street gang to motorcycle club.<ref name="BikersNY" /> Because that account is retrospective, the article records the relationship as a reported continuity claim rather than assuming that the entire South 9 Bikers organization changed names intact.

The names South 9 Bikers, South 9th Bikers and Bikers NY may refer to successive identities, overlapping memberships, or shorthand for related phases. Further contemporary documentation is needed to determine whether the change was an uninterrupted organizational succession, a re-formation by former members, or a later motorcycle club drawing on the earlier group's reputation.

==Later remembrance==
Later local photographs and commentary place Bikers NY in Williamsburg during the 1980s and 1990s and associate the group with former South 9 Bikers. The same material names Alicat and Snake in connection with the group, but does not provide a complete membership record or independently verify every identification.<ref name="BikersNY" />

The Bikers should be distinguished from the separately documented [[Unknown Bikers]] and from other Williamsburg clubs. Shared neighborhood, biker style, or personal friendships do not establish that the groups were one organization.

==Organizational limits==
This article covers the Bikers/Bikers NY identity reported in local Williamsburg street history. It does not treat every Southside club member, motorcycle enthusiast, or person appearing in a later photograph as a member. The precise date of transition from South 9 Bikers to Bikers NY remains uncertain.

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Former gangs in New York City]]
[[Category:Street gangs in Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Gangs in Williamsburg, Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Motorcycle clubs in New York City]]