by Geoff Cobb 
For years his wanted poster had hung in the Meserole Avenue Police station, but there was not a trace of Charles Bergstrom to be found. Bergstrom was wanted for being an accomplice in the worst prison break in Sing Sing history. He had become a wanted man for helping three of his buddies to break out of the maximum-security prison, and four people had lost their lives as a result of the breakout.
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Thanks, Geoff! This is so interesting!
Agreed…..Greenpoint had some bad apples. The 100 yr old mafia boss that still lives here I believe. One guy we cannot take credit for, Willie Sutton, although there is a bar named after him in Greenpoint, Slick Willies, was born on Nassau St. in the Vinegar Hill Irish section by the water further downtown in Bklyn but it got mixed up with Nassau Ave. and many people thought he was from Greenpoint.