The Rise and Fall of Darryl “God” Whiting

Darryl “God” Whiting didn’t grow up in Boston… He brought New York to Boston.

​ In the mid‑1980s, crack cocaine was exploding across American cities,

and Boston was just starting to feel that wave. ​ Into that moment

walked a tall, confident dealer out of Queens, New York, named Darryl Whiting

– known in the streets as “God.” ​ He didn’t come alone. Whiting rolled with

the “New York Boys,” a crew of out‑of‑town hustlers ready to turn Boston’s roughest blocks into organized,

around‑the‑clock money machines. ​ They set their sights on one place: the

Orchard Park housing projects in Roxbury. ​ Orchard Park already had its own street