Golden Dragon massacre

The building at eight hundred eighteen Washington Street sits in the heart of Chinatown. Once home to the Golden Dragon restaurant, the site is known for the mass shooting that occurred here in the early morning hours of September fourth, nineteen seventy-seven. It remains a somber reference point in the history of the neighborhood, marking a moment when long-standing tensions between two street gangs, the Joe Boys and the Wah Ching, erupted in a public space.