The old joke about Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn was that there were enough wiseguys buried there to start a sixth family
. Saint Johns in Queens has a load of wiseguys as well, That's where John Gotti is entombed. Just ask for the Cloisters Mausoleum. And that concludes Mob Burials 101
.
Yeah, I once looked at a list of famous people buried at Saint John's, and most of it was a who's who of the New York mob. Lucky Luciano and Maranzano are buried near each other, ironic considering Luciano had Maranzano killed. And not only is Gotti there, but so is Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson, a Gambino associate who became an FBI informant and whom Gotti had killed.
Carmine Galante is there too. On his grave is the word "Beloved"--you'd never know he died in a hail of gunfire while eating at a restaurant! Obviously, he wasn't "beloved" by everybody!
I've always wondered: Why are so many mafiosi buried at Saint John's? Does anyone have an explanation?
