With an unobstructed view of old Police Headquarters in historic Little Italy, MOB Scene sits beside the former NYPD evidence vault where heroin seized in the 1960s 'French Connection' case mysteriously vanished.
In 1912, the gallery was a pool hall called the "Little Rock's", a hangout of top underworld figures and the scene of a brutal attack on neighborhood youths by NYPD Lieutenant Charles Becker, who was executed three years later in the Sing Sing Prison electric chair.
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MOB Scene began on Mulberry Street in 2006 as a temporary "Pop-Up" exhibition, "MADE In America", attracting thousands of visitors including high-ranked law officers, Hollywood entertainers, and a rogue’s gallery the NY Post pointed to as “major mafia figures spotted checking it out.”
MOB Scene organizer Arthur Nash is a key contributor of historical objects to the City of Las Vegas' "Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement" -- better known as The MOB Museum -- as well as the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington D.C., founded by John Walsh of "America's Most Wanted." His archival photo-essay titled "New York City Gangland" (Arcadia Press 2010) was praised by Selwyn Raab as "The Eye-Catching Crown Jewel of Mafia History".
