New york five points today. The five points neighborhood was located near todays columbus park between the manhattan civic center and chinatown. The five points was a name given to a neighborhood that existed in lower manhattan new york in the 19th century. After this look at the bowery boys and the rest of the five points gangs that ruled 19th century new york read up on the nearby bloody angle perhaps the deadliest street in american history.
This is my map of the five points neighborhood in lower manhattan. The five points gained international notoriety. It was so named because three streets orange anthony and cross intersected there producing five corners or points.
Five points or the five points was a 19th century neighborhood in lower manhattan new york citythe neighborhood partly built on land which had filled in the freshwater lake known as the collect pond was generally defined as being bound by centre street to the west the bowery to the east canal street to the north and park row to the south. The run down manhattan district became the centre of settlement for the poorest and. A map of the five points neighborhood in new york city and its relationship to todays streets and the old collect pond.
Five points was a nineteenth century neighbourhood in the area now known as lower manhattan in new york city. Then see the legendary weegees photos of new yorks prohibition era gang wars. The neighborhood was defined as bordered by the central street bowery canal street and park row where it now exists civic center and chinatown.