"Two gangsters, James Gallo and Joe Conigliaro, set out to murder a stool pigeon, Vinny Ensulo, alias Vinnie Ba Ba, alias Vincent Ennisie.
"On November 1, 1973, they jumped him on Columbia Street, Brooklyn, and took him for a ride. Gallo pointed a gun at his head from the right, and Conigliaro covered him from the left. The car swerved violently. The two gangsters shot each other."
["Conigliaro, hit in the spine, was paralyzed. Every year after that, Vinny Ensulo sent wheelchair batteries to Conigliaro. A small card with the batteries always said, 'Keep rolling, from your best pal, Vinny Ba Ba.'"]
[In 2003, New York's transportation department vetoed a proposed sign reading, "Leaving Brooklyn: Fuhgeddaboudit!" (They later nixed another sign -- "Leaving Brooklyn: Oy vey!" -- prompting Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz to complain that the department has no sense of humor.)]
Sources
John Train, True Remarkable Occurrences; The New York Daily News; Globe and Mail, Jan. 30, 2004
