Pittsburgh Hoods
Map of Pittsburgh Gangs and Neighborhoods
A large city in western Pennsylvania nicknamed the Steel City and known for the prominent sports team that all fly “Black and Yellow,” but for the longest there has been another side of the city, the Pittsburgh hoods of the city’s East Side, West Side, South Side and North Side, as well the suburban areas of Allegheny County’s Mon Valley.
While the days of the activity from Pittsburgh gangs are mostly of the past, the city’s street life once consisted of numerous gangs throughout the city, from the Bloods and Crips to homegrown gangs and cliques, like the West Side Convicts and the LAW gang, all were created in various Pittsburgh hoods throughout the region.
From never before seen images to brief background descriptions and history on specific neighborhoods and gangs of Pittsburgh, this map gives a full tour of the streets of Allegheny County.
Pittsburgh Gangs & Hoods Key: Blue = Crips | Red = Bloods | Black = Gz and LAW | Green = Convicts | Grey = Unknown
*Leave a comment if something is missing or wrong!
Breakdown of Pittsburgh Hoods
The East Side is the largest section of Pittsburgh, stretching from the Hill District to Wilkinsburg and containing many different neighborhoods. During the height of Pittsburgh gangs, the East Side was home to the Bloods, Crips, and the LAW gang. While gentrification and vacant properties have caused a decrease in population, the reputation of the East Side still somewhat remains in areas such as Homewood, the Hill District, Lincoln Avenue, Larimer Avenue, Wilkinsburg, and Garfield.
The West Side of Pittsburgh had two well-known neighborhoods, Broadhead Manor and Westgate Village housing projects, in which the West Side Convicts were a significant part of the area’s history. While other parts of Pittsburgh were dominated by Crips, Bloods, or both, the West Side Convicts emerged in Fairywood during the 1990s. Following the demolish of Broadhead Manor and the selling of Westgate Village, many residents relocated to other West Side communities such as Sheraden, Greenway, or McKees Rocks.
The Pittsburgh gangs and hoods of the South Side are primarily located within the Beltzhoover neighborhood and along Brownsville Road, as well as in the Allentown, Mt. Oliver, and Knoxville neighborhoods. Although the South Side is known for its entertainment district, there is another side to it that has its own reputation. This reputation includes a history of the Crips in certain areas and the once conflict between rival Pittsburgh hoods of Z Hoove and St. Clair Village (Darccide).
The North Side of Pittsburgh was once known as the “War Side” due to the friction between gangs and neighborhoods in the 1990s. With rivals, there were alliances like the S.O.E alliance, an alignment of North Side Crips, along with other alliances that included the Brighton Place Crips and the Gz of Manchester and Wilson Avenue.
Despite its violent past, the North Side is now undergoing redevelopment and gentrification, particularly in communities around Federal Street, Manchester, and the Central North Side. This has led to hundreds of former residents relocating further north into neighborhoods like Marshall-Shadeland and Brighton Heights, or further along Perrysville Avenue.
I’m 35 now, when I was in high school there was a set of rolling ’60s that I was part of up until I was about 27, most of those OGs that put me on are still there I’m pretty sure, that would be ambridge Pennsylvania.. it’s a hot bed for crips, but when I was active had a few bloods running around or at least claiming blood.. most my guys have been gone for years now due to shootouts.. The last OG that put me on died at the a+ in ambridge.. but as far as I’m told because I still keep my ear to the street is that they still active
Zone 1 | Northside aka “Warside” | (Crips & Gz):
UpTown Northview Heights “Yown” Crips
Uptop 2500 North Charles Street “Hound” Crips
(includes 800 Brightridge Street Crips)
1700/1600 DownBottom Fineview “Hound” Crips
1728 Brighton Place “Hound” Crips/
Mad Cave “Hound” Crips
255 Briccs Crips
HoodTown Mafia (Crips)
Brightown Crips (relocated Northside Crips)
2100 Rhine Street Crips/allied gang members
2600 UpTop-Perrysville Tre Eight Gangsters (38Gz)
2500–2400 UpTop-Perrysville Gangsters (Gz) fka Canter Way Gangsters
2300 UpTop-Wilson Avenue Gangsters (Gz)
1200/1700 Manchester Original Gangsters (OGz)
Brighton Gangsters [Marshall-Shadeland (Gz) [mixed with relocated Manchester (OGz)]
*various relocated gang members in Brighton Heights/Observatory Hill (Perry North)
Zone 2 | Hill District/Uptown/West Oakland [note the latter is technically part of current Zone 4]| (Bloods, block crews and independent hustlers)
Hill District Bloods factions:
300 “Racknolia” Burrows Street Gang (11Hunnit)
800 Whiteside Lane Gang (11Hunnit)
1800 [Bedford Ave] Down Low Gang (1100-affiliated)
2400 Chauncey Drive Gang (1100-affiliated)
2200–2300/2500–2700 Bedford Avenue (1100-affiliated)
1800–2100 Webster Avenue (1100-affiliated)
2800–2900 Webster Avenue (1100-affiliated)
Sugar Top Mob [including 3200 Camp Street/3300 Webster Avenue-McNeil Place] (1100-affiliated)
[relocated] Lost City-Reed Rude Boyz (neutral)
2100 G-Block Gang (Wavy Gang)
2100 Bentley Drive Gang (Wavy Gang)
116 DeRuad St Gang/DeRuad Mob (Wavy Gang)
Zone 3/Mt. Oliver Borough| “South Hilltop” | (Crips)
Zhoove Crips (inc. Allentown-Zhoove Crips, Uptop Knoxville-Zhoove Crips, fka Hard Knox Knoxville-Zhoove Crips, Zhoove Crips in southeast Mt. Washington and elsewhere)
300 Moore Avenue-Marland Street Crips
2600 Darccide Smash Gang 44 Gang Crips (relocated to most of Knoxville/Mt. Oliver, PA and scattered in Arlington Heights/parts of Carrick; originally from St. Clair Village)
3200 Arlington Purple Crips (3000/3100 Arlington Heights and relocated to Arlington/elsewhere)
*various relocated gang members in Southern Hilltop communities
current Zone 4 | Mon Valley | (Crips)
4800–250 DownLow Hazelwood Crips
600–900 UpTop Glen Hazel Goons Crips
3200 South Oakland Crips
Zone 5/Wilkinsburg | “Eastside” | (Bloods, Crips & Hoodz)
East Hills Bloods
Garfield Bloods
Down Low Lincoln Avenue Crips
Uptop Lincoln Avenue Crips
7200 Everton Street Crips
1020 “CrestLyfe” Brushton Avenue Crips
600 C-City Homewood Crips (Seagirt Street)
211 Dallas Avenue-Inwood Street Crips,
5.8.1. HillTop-Mohler Project Crips [Grape Street] & 5.4.6. Wheeler Street Crips
lesser extent: Blaccadore Avenue Crips
DownTown Homewood Crip sets:
(7300–7500 Hamilton Avenue Crips, 7300–7500 Kelly-O Crips, lesser extent: Bennett Street Crips, 500 Cora Street Crips, 7900 Inglenook Place Crips, etc.)
UpTown Homewood Crip sets:
(7100–7400 Idlewild Street Crips [“WildLyfe”], 7100–7600 Race Street Crips, 2.5.6. North Lang Crips, 7100–7400 Monticello Street Mafia Crips [“Ruskis”], 900–1500 Murtland Street Crips, 7100–7400 Mt. Vernon Street Crips, etc.)
Larimer Avenue Hoodz
(formerly part of LAW Gang)
City Bound Gangsters
(formerly part of LAW Gang)
Uptop City Bound Gangsters
(formerly part of LAW Gang)
8.1.6. Hunter Park Gangsters & UpTown-Trillside-Turner Hoodz sets
(formerly part of LAW Gang)
J-Town Hoodz (Johnston Hoodz)
(formerly part of LAW Gang)
current Zone 6 (formerly Zone 4) | “The West” aka West End or “Westside”| (Westside Convictz/Crips; the Bloods are defunct, but relocated gang members may include Bloods, Crips, Gz & Hoodz)
2.8.6. C-City Westside Crips
Ghost Town Crips
DownBottom Fairywood Westside Convictz
2900 Front Street Gang (Westside Convictz)
Greenway Boy Killers (Westside Convictz)
3200 Huxley Block x Sutherland & Universal (Westside Convictz)
26/777 Smell Block (Westside Convictz)
*various relocated gang members in West End communities
“The West” continued — “Sto-Rox”
(McKees Rocks, PA & Stowe Township, PA) | (Crips, mixed gangs & relocated Bloods/Crips/Gz/ Hoodz/Westside Convictz/etc.)
Westside Scan Blocc [Hays Manor] Crips
Westside [Usana Village] Bottoms Crips
[Meyers Ridge] Terrace Gang/relocated allies
[Pleasant Ridge] Only The Houndz (O.T.H.)/ relocated allies
*various relocated gang members in McKees Rocks, PA & Stowe Township, PA communities
“Mon Valley” (from Homestead, PA to Clairton, PA) (Bloods, Crips, independent & relocated gangs)
Homestead, PA/Munhall, PA:
Eastside Homestead Crips
UpTown Homestead Crips
Westside Homestead Crips
(technically includes part of West Homestead, PA)
West Mifflin, PA:
146 Whitaker Crips [Mon View Heights]
relocated Blair Heights A.T.M. Gang & Crawford Village Crips (Mifflin Estates Apts)
*various relocated gang members in West Mifflin
Woodland Hills communities:
Swissvale Crips
Rankin Crips
Palisades Projects [Rankin] Crips
500 UpTop-Hawkins Village [Rankin] Crips
1200 Kirkpatrick Avenue Uptop Braddocc Crips
(2nd Ward)
Braddocc Crips (aka “Scos”)
Uptop Braddocc Crips sets (aka “Scos”)
3rd Ward:
(Uptop Hawkins Ave Braddocc Crips
Uptop Lobinger “Money” Ave Braddocc Crips
Uptop Price Ave Braddocc Crips
Uptop Seddon Ave Braddocc Crips
Uptop Stokes Ave “Guttacide” Braddocc Crips)
2nd Ward:
(Uptop Cliff St “EdgeLyfe” Braddocc Crips
Uptop 6th Blocc Braddocc Crips
&
Uptop Bell Ave Braddocc Crips
Uptop Franklin Ave Braddocc Crips
Uptop McDonough Ave Braddocc Crips
Uptop Rebecca Ave Braddocc Crips)
*various relocated gang members in the 1st Ward of North Braddock and parts of Swissvale
East Allegheny communities:
Crestas Terrace Gangsters (Crips)
187 Rollin Woods Crips
*various relocated gang members in Green Valley aka “Fite Station” and West Wilmerding areas of North Versailles, PA
Duquesne, PA:
1st Ward: Hilltop-Parkview
1st Ward: Oliver Street
2nd Ward: A-Blocc [Auriles St], Duke City Crips
2nd Ward: South 4th Street, Duke City Crips
2nd Ward: South 5th Street, Duke City Crips
2nd Ward: Viola Avenue
3rd Ward: Crawford Avenue
3rd Ward: Orchard Park/relocated Burns Heights
3rd Ward: what’s left of relocated Cochrandale
*various other local Duquesne, PA gangs
McKeesport, PA:
105 Crawford Village Crips
127 Down Bottom-Harrison Village Bloods aka 30Boyz
2100 Bailie Avenue Bloods
The Hill/Uptop Blood sets [7th Ward]
(Goon Squad Bloods [Stewart Street], Soles Street Bloods, Sumac Street Bloods, etc.)
Hi View Gz Bloods
MidTown Bloods
Uptown Bloods
Clairton, PA:
A.T.M. Gang (aka Addicted to Money Mafia)
Cut Throat City-1700 Young Souljaz (Crips)
Cut Throat City-Y.D.B. (Crips)
400–500 Reed Street & 400–500 3rd Street
[Woodland] Terrace Gang
Vankirk Street-Farnsworth Avenue
21 Gang
*various other local Clairton, PA gangs
Eastern Suburbs of Braddock Hills, Penn Hills, Monroeville and the “Turtle Creek Valley” (East Pittsburgh, Pitcairn, Turtle Creek & Wilmerding, PA) | (relocated gangs)
*various relocated city/county gangs in Brinton Manor of Braddock Hills, East Pittsburgh’s (including Prospect Terrace), Monroeville, Penn Hills, Turtle Creek, Wilmerding, etc. communities
This is accurate but they left off a lot of blood hoods on the westside
Heard there are some crips in monroeville up Cambridge
I grew up in Westwood and Crafton Heights and have never heard of the area being referred to as “Westside”..its been called West End for all my 60+ years
You definitely forgot Broadhead Manor, I was apart of the bloods there that you left out. But thank you YAH for HE saved me from that lifestyle. And Westgate was Vgs as well and some of the top part beginning was convicts of Broadhead Manor. We were kool with the Gz from the north,and if course all blood gangs, we beefed with crips, and convicts when we were not truced. But I’m here now to show those who may want to know how to be saved by YAH can hit me up on here.
Crips are in Sheradan on the Westside. I’m the OG of the Ghost Town Crips. Everybody knows me, I’m G LOC. Y’all missing some major things on your map and documentary.
i heard bout some sureños in beechview
None there
Nearly all the crime and crime suspects come from the sub division of Crestas Terrace. Likewise, violence and assaults at East Allegheny High are caused by the youth of Crestas. They do not care for classmates who live in intergrated neighborhoods of North Versailles. I’m Black, too so I’m just telling it like it is. I’m glad I live on the other side of town. Crestas is arugably the worst part of North Versailles, in spite of its “rich history”.
Oh you tre 8 all tre 8 names is on my grandma’s basement door in Homewood
My ex husband and daughters dad is an “OG” TRE-8..He go by “Crazy” he was in the 90’s So depending on your age he is 48 but I heard about the wall..is this the same basement where Black tagged everything the washer/dryer literally everything 😂
“Stink Money” (G.I.P big guzzo)
“Tunes”
“Black”
“Sharkey”
“Splat”
“Snipe”
“Trigga Train”
The Northside you 2500 block 45 kings tre pound canter way tre 8 dusky liu Leitch the view hoodtown crippetts
Eastgarhill
Easthills Garfield hill the bloods United
McKeesport
Crawford and Harrison
Hazelwood mob
Mckees rocks
The bottom and manor
South side
Darccide the zhoove Arlington
And the beginning was
D train. Homewood
9 eight posse downtown
Utw up the way atb across the bridge ccc chester County crew Nikie boys Northside
Then you got the 60 and 70 gang the story get deep.
My name Deuce Man I’m tre 8 ganxta
Damn,u left out the west. Broadhead, West Gate.. Damn homie
I’m from the West Side and convicts and Crips from over here used to beef wit Gz from Manchester. Not sure if it was the all Tre 8’s too cause we had some Tre 8’s in Langley HS who were cool wit most people. But most convicts and Crips was GK back then. I never repped a gang only my side. So I just knew not to go to Manchester or Wilson Ave cause if anybody knew where I was from I’d either have to fight or get shot at.