On Dec. 16, 1985, mobster Paul Castellano was assassinated, along with his bodyguard Thomas Bilotti, outside of Sparks Steak House in New York City. Take a look back at his life of crime.

Thirty years ago Wednesday, shots rang out in front of Sparks Steak House in Midtown, leaving then-Gambino crime boss Paul Castellano dead in the gutter, and signaling the rise to power of John ...

Paul Castellano, a Dongan Hills resident and ... was found sprawled across the sidewalk outside Sparks Steak House on East 46th Street, near Second Avenue. His driver and personal companion ...

“Big Paul” was released on $3 million ... To iron out their differences, Castellano agreed to meet Gotti at Sparks Steakhouse in Manhattan. Around 6 p.m., Castellano and Bilotti had just ...

Although Sparks has been one of Manhattan’s most highly rated steakhouse for decades, it gained maximum name recognition on Dec. 16, 1985, when mob boss Paul Castellano and an associate were ...

NEW YORK — When Paul Castellano stepped out of his Town Car outside Sparks Steakhouse in midtown on Dec. 16, 1985—smack in the middle of rush hour commuters and Christmas shoppers—he was ...

WASHINGTON — Sparks Steak House, the Midtown site of the legendary hit on mob boss Paul Castellano, is paying $600,000 to settle claims that a male manager sexually harassed nearly two dozen of ...

The murder of reputed Gambino crime family boss Frank Cali on Wednesday recalled New York City’s last major mob hit nearly 35 years ago: the assassination of Paul Castellano outside a Manhattan ...

Nine days before Christmas 1985, feared Mafia Godfather Paul Castellano arrived for a meeting over dinner at Sparks Steak House in Midtown Manhattan. As he was getting out of his chauffeur-driven ...

The body of mafia crime boss Paul Castellano lies on a stretcher outside the Sparks Steak House in New York, after he and his bodyguards were gunned down on Dec. 16, 1985. (Mario Suriani/AP ...

Castellano, 39, is the grandson of Paul (Big Paul) Castellano, the slain mafia boss who was gunned down outside of the Sparks Steak House in Manhattan in 1985. On Wednesday, he was hit with a ...