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The hitman is hitting the streets.
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Gambino crime family hitman Joey Testa will be freed in April after spending 35 years behind bars, the Federal Bureau of Prisons says.
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This comes after the New York Post reported the release of Testa’s partner, Anthony Senter, the other half of the murderous duo known as the Gemini Twins.
Testa, 69, and Senter, 68, were paroled after serving a fraction of the life-plus-20-year sentences they were given in 1989 for 11 murders.
Testa and Senter were known for their sartorial flair — and infamous for their ruthless murders in the 1970s and 1980s.
“Joey’s had serious medical problems for years, and he has done well in prison,” Testa’s attorney, Linda Sheffield, told the Post.
“Those are things that play into setting a release date.”
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In the 1970s and 1980s, Testa and Senter belonged to a mob crew run by Gambino mobster Roy DeMeo.
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The crew used the Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave. in Flatlands
“It was a regular blue-collar place,” a one-time Gemini Lounge regular said.
Testa and Senter, who were friends since childhood, spent so much time at their boss’s hangout that they were dubbed the Gemini Twins.
Witnesses for the prosecution in Testa’s 1989 trial testified those marked for death would be lured to an apartment-turned-slaughterhouse next to the Gemini Lounge.
“When the [victim] would walk in, somebody would shoot him in the head with a silencer,” former gang member Dominick Mantigilio told the court.
“Somebody would wrap a towel around to stop the blood and somebody would stab him in the heart to stop the blood from pumping.”
Crew members would haul their prey into the bathtub to let his blood drain away, then “take him apart and package him,” Mantigilio testified — dumping the body parts in a nearby landfill.
Many of the gang’s alleged targets were never found.
Nephew and godson, Tony Testa, 44, said the family is thrilled to see the jailed mobster set free.
“The Lord is amazing,” said Testa, a real estate developer in Commack, Long Island.
“Uncle Joey did his time, he never complained. And the parole board saw that he’s served his penance.”
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