"Johnny Torrio, an organized crime pioneer, brought Capone deeper into the gangster world after meeting in Park Slope in the early 1900s. After keeping a few on-the-books jobs and assisting Torrio with errands, Capone was introduced to gangster Frankie Yale, who worked at Coney Island's Harvard Inn. Capone was eventually hired as a bouncer and bartender. One night, he made a lewd comment to a woman at the establishment. Her brother, Frank Galluccio, gave him a wallop."
"The Harvard Inn, where Al Capone made his mark, was part of what was once referred to as Seaside Walk, an area of Coney Island along the Bowery, steps away from the boardwalk. It was a no-frills dance joint that advertised cabarets, a 19th-century French tradition of intimately set theatrical performances that took off in the U.S. in the 1910s."
Al Capone entered organized crime through Johnny Torrio and later worked for Frankie Yale at Coney Island's Harvard Inn as a bouncer and bartender. A confrontation there led Frank Galluccio to strike Capone and slash his cheek and neck, producing permanent scars that earned the nickname "Scarface." The altercation left blood on Capone and the bar floor. Some accounts say Galluccio later offered Capone a job to reconcile. Capone allegedly hated the scars, so many post-incident photos show the unscarred side of his face. The Harvard Inn sat on Coney Island's Seaside Walk and hosted cabarets.
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