Street Gangs in the Cape Island

1950s
In the 1950s many Youth subcultures developed in the Cape Island; Greaser gangs known as "Hoods," where often popular among Italian, Greek and Asian youths in Brookside and Hague, while Skinhead gangs made up of Irish and Boers dominated areas like Alstadt, Bosham and Parkertown.

1960s
In the 1960s, the Brookside Knights gang was founded in Charlestown, Brookside, KC consisting of mainly Black members