On Leong Chinese Merchants Association

The Chicago landmark On Leong Merchants Association Building, now Pui Tak Center.

The On Leong Chinese Merchants Association (traditional Chinese: 安良工商會; simplified Chinese: 安良工商会; pinyin: Ānliáng Gōngshāng Huì; Jyutping: On1loeng4 Gung1soeng1 Wui6) or simply Chinese Merchants Association, formerly known as the On Leong Tong (Chinese: 安良堂; pinyin: Ānliáng Táng), is a tong society operating out of its territory in Mott Street in New York's Chinatown. Established in November 1893, the tong fought a violent war for control of Chinatown's rackets and businesses with the Hip Sing Tong. In recent years the Tong has been linked to the Ghost Shadows street gang led by Wing Yeung Chan. Currently, there are over 30,000 registered On Leong members, the majority of them with a commercial or industrial background.^[1]

Branches

On Leong Chinese Merchants Association building in Baltimore Chinatown

The On Leong Chinese Merchants Association has 23 branches in the United States including in:

Baltimore, Maryland - 325 Park Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts - 20 Hudson Street
Chicago, Illinois - 218 West 22nd Place
Cleveland, Ohio - 2150 Rockwell Avenue
Detroit, Michigan - 425 Peterboro Street
Houston, Texas - 6360 Corporate Drive
Kenner, Louisiana - 3201 Georgia Avenue
Miami, Florida - 1750 West Flagler Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota - 318 South 3rd Street (defunct)
New Orleans, Louisiana - 530 Bourbon Street (relocated to Kenner)
New York, New York - 83 Mott Street
Omaha, Nebraska - 112 North Douglas Street (defunct)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 911 Race Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 522 3rd Avenue (defunct)
Providence, Rhode Island - 34 Pontiac Avenue
Richmond, Virginia - 506 West Broad Street (defunct)
St. Louis, Missouri - 3608 South Grand Boulevard (defunct)
Washington, D.C. - 606 H Street Northwest

References

↑ On Leong background information in Hong Men Zhi Gong website. (in Simplified Chinese)

Chinese American organizations

List of Chinese American associations

Bing Kong Tong Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Chinese American Citizens Alliance Chinese American Service League Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance Chinese Music Society of North America Chinese Staff and Workers' Association Chinese for Affirmative Action Committee of 100 Eng Suey Sun Association Gin Family Association Hip Sing Association Hop Sing Tong I Wor Kuen Kongsi Lin Sing Association New York Chinese School On Leong Chinese Merchants Association Organization of Chinese Americans Red Guard Party Soo Yuen Benevolent Association Suey Sing Association Tai Pun Residents Association Wall Street Ren Washington Metropolitan Association of Chinese Schools Ying On Association

Organized crime groups in New York City

Italian American Mafia

Active	The "Five Families": Bonanno Colombo Gambino Genovese Lucchese

Inactive	Camorra in New York Morello crime family East Harlem Purple Gang South Brooklyn Boys Five Points Gang The Tanglewood Boys

Irish Mob

Active	Westies

Inactive	19th Street Gang 40 Thieves Bowe Brothers Dead Rabbits The Ducky Boys Gopher Gang Grady Gang Hudson Dusters Kerryonians Marginals Patsy Conroy Gang Potashes Rhodes Gang Roach Guards Swamp Angels White Hand Gang Whyos Yakey Yakes

Jewish-American organized crime

Inactive	Arnold Rothstein Bugsy Siegel Dutch Schultz Eastman Gang The Bugs–Meyer gang Lenox Avenue Gang Murder, Inc. Yiddish Black Hand

Russian Mafia

Inactive	Evsei Agron's Bratva Marat Balagula's Bratva Potato Bag Gang

Eastern European and Southeastern European groups

Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs

African-American groups

Active	Bloods Crips Sex Money Murda

Inactive	Black Spades Bumpy Johnson's gang Casper Holstein's gang Nicky Barnes's Council Frank Lucas's gang Supreme Team Stephanie St. Clair's gang

Hispanic-Americans groups

Colombian drug cartels	Cali Cartel (inactive) Norte del Valle Cartel (inactive)

Dominican gangs	Dominicans Don't Play Jheri Curls (inactive) Trinitario

Puerto Ricans gangs	Latin Kings (gang) Ghetto Brothers Mau Maus (inactive) Ñetas Raymond Márquez (inactive)

Central American gangs	MS-13 La Raza Nation

Chinese American groups

Tongs	Four Brothers Hip Sing Association On Leong Tong

Gangs	Flying Dragons Ghost Shadows

Foreign Triad gangs	14K Triad Big Circle Gang Sister Ping's Snakehead

Other Asian Americans groups

Born to Kill (Vietnamese, inactive)

Other historical groups

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On Leong Chinese Merchants Association

Branches

References

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