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The
Sparks Steak House is located at 210 East 46th Street between Second & Third Avenues in
Midtown ManhattanMidtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial zones such as Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square...
. The
restaurantA restaurant prepares and serves food and drink to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
opened in 1966 and moved to its current location in 1977 (it was originally on East 18th Street). It was founded by brothers Pat and Mike Cetta.
It is the establishment where
Gambino crime familyThe Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families", or borgata, that control organized crime activity in New York City. It is part a United States-wide criminal network known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
boss
Paul CastellanoPaul "Big Paul" Castellano , also known as "The Howard Hughes of the Mob" and "Big Pauly" , was a Mafia boss in New York City. He succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family, then one of New York's largest Mafia families...
and mobster
Thomas BilottiTommaso "Thomas" C. Bilotti was a New York mobster who served as a driver and then Underboss for the reputed Boss of the Gambino crime family, Paul Castellano...
were gunned down near its entrance in 1985. The hit was under the orders from
John GottiJohn Joseph Gotti, Jr. was the boss of the Gambino crime family after the murder of the previous boss Paul Castellano. John Gotti was the most powerful crime boss during his era...
.
The entrance to the restaurant can also be seen in the opening scene of the 2004 film
The Last ShotThe Last Shot is a 2004 action comedy film starring Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tim Blake Nelson, an uncredited Joan Cusack, Tony Shalhoub, Ray Liotta and Calista Flockhart...
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