South 9 Bikers
| Also Known As | South 9th Bikers South Ninth Bikers |
|---|---|
| Origins | |
| Founding Location | Southside, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City |
| Territory | Broadway and the South Ninth Street area, Williamsburg |
| Lineage | |
| Successor(s) | Bikers (reported later identity; exact institutional continuity uncertain) |
| Profile | |
| Structure | Neighborhood street gang and biker-style club; complete membership and hierarchy uncertain |
| Activities | Street fighting and inter-club conflict Neighborhood club activity Later motorcycle-club activity reported |
| Politics | |
| Notable Members | Alicat (member from approximately 1980) Snake (associated in later local remembrance) |
| Allies | Unknown Bikers (overlapping social connections reported) |
| Rivals | Dukes Arabian Knights |
| Activity | |
| Status | Later identity reported as Bikers NY |
| Years Active | 1970s–early 1980s (documented phase; exact founding date uncertain) |
The South 9 Bikers, also called the South 9th Bikers, were a Williamsburg, Brooklyn street gang and neighborhood club. A 2000s oral-history feature identifies the South 9 Bikers as a major Williamsburg club and places their turf around Broadway and South Ninth Street; it also records a member's movement from the Unknown Bikers to the South 9 Bikers in early 1980.[1]
Later local Williamsburg material describes Bikers NY as having originally been known as the South 9th Bikers and as having developed from a street gang into a motorcycle club.[2] This is a reported continuity claim, not proof that the entire earlier group passed intact into a later organization.
Territory and relationships
The oral-history account places the South 9 Bikers' territory around Broadway, extending from the beginning of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway near Havemeyer Street toward the area where the Hasidic community began. It places the Unknown Bikers on a different section of Southside Williamsburg and the Dukes farther east around Roebling Street and South Third Street.[1] These boundaries are a participant's recollection rather than an official map or complete contemporary survey.
The same account says that the Unknown Bikers and South 9 Bikers were already socially connected before Alicat spent more time with the South 9 group in early 1980.[1] Association and movement between clubs do not establish merger or subordination.
The South 9 Bikers were also described as being at war with the Dukes and Arabian Knights during a 1980 incident recounted in the oral history. The account includes disputed personal identification and responsibility; it should be cited as a recollection of inter-club conflict, not as an adjudicated roster or finding against every member.[1]
Biker style and later development
The oral history states that the South 9 Bikers looked to the Hells Angels as a model, made chopper-style bicycles and later motorcycles, and used a clubhouse on the Southside.[1] These details document the club's self-described biker style and social setting, but do not establish an official affiliation with the Hells Angels.
Later local history presents Bikers NY as the successor name or later form of the South 9 Bikers.[2] The exact transition date and organizational mechanics remain unresolved: the evidence could reflect continuity of personnel, a re-formation by former members, or a later club drawing on the South 9 identity.
Organizational limits
This article covers the South 9 Bikers as a distinct Williamsburg street-club phase. It does not combine them with the Unknown Bikers, Dukes, Arabian Knights or later Bikers NY without a specific source establishing the relationship. No complete roster, formal hierarchy or uninterrupted institutional record has been located in the reviewed sources.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “Gangs of Old New York”, Vice, oral-history feature.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Bikers NY M.C.—From South 9th Bikers to Williamsburg Brooklyn Legends”, Classic NY Street Gangs.