Five Points, Manhattan
neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City
Five Points (or The Five Points) was a slum (poor neighborhood) named after the five-cornered intersection of Anthony (now Worth St.), Cross (now Mosco), and Orange (now Baxter) in Manhattan it was located on. However, over time, the intersection sometimes had four or six corners. Five Points was the home to a lot of Irish and Italian immigrants, and to the 18th century Five Points Gang.
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- What is Five Points? Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
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