The violent crews are taking the pictures to promote their criminal ways on Facebook and other social media sites, cops say.
The crews flash gang signs in many of the photos, one of which was captioned “This isn’t half of us.”
The Great White Way has become the Great Gang Way.
Violent street crews make routine pilgrimages to the TKTS booth in Times Square, police said — but they’re not grabbing discount tickets to “Cinderella.”
The gang members are taking group photos on the booth’s red steps to promote their criminal ways on Facebook and other social media sites, cops claim.
“They take team photos there like they are the Yankees or the Mets,” explained Assistant Commissioner Kevin O’Connor of the NYPD’s Juvenile Justice Division, who said the bizarre ritual is practiced by gangs across the five boroughs.
“Times Square has always been the center of the city, and kids always come down to get their picture taken. (The gangs) do the same thing. The staircase is their stage.”
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