Flying Dragons (gang)
| Founded | 1967 |
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| Founding location | Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Years active | 1967–1994 |
| Territory | Chinatown |
| Ethnicity | Cantonese and Taishanese |
| Membership (est.) | 100 |
| Activities | Drug trafficking, extortion, loansharking, illegal gambling, assault and murder |
| Allies | Hip Sing Association |
| Rivals | Born to Kill Ghost Shadows |
| Notable members | Michael Chen Johnny Eng |
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| Traditional Chinese | 飛龍幫 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 飞龙帮 | ||||||||||||
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The Flying Dragons, also known as FDS, was a Chinese American street gang prominent in New York City's Chinatown from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Formed in 1967 by immigrants primarily from Hong Kong, they were affiliated with the Hip Sing Tong. During the 1980s, the gang often engaged in bloody turf wars with the newer Ghost Shadows gang. Their activities included extortion, kidnapping, murder, racketeering, and illegal gambling. The gang moved heavily into heroin trafficking after the Italian-American Mafia lost the trade as a result of the Pizza Connection prosecutions in the mid-1980s.