Long Bridge Boys

The Long Bridge Boys were one of two early gangs formed in New York that participated in the Conspiracy of 1741. Their name either came from the Coffee House Bridge near the end of Wall Street, or the bridge at the foot of Broad Street over the sewer.
According to the testimony of Adolphus Philipse's slave Cuffee, the Long Bridge Boys controlled the west-side of New York City while the Fly Boys controlled the east. Historian Leopold S. Launitz-Schurer believed the gang was organized by John Hughson and was modeled after the previous Geneva Club and the Freemasons.