Five Points, Manhattan

E285569

former neighborhood historic neighborhood slum

Five Points, Manhattan was a notorious 19th-century New York City neighborhood known for its extreme poverty, crime, and dense immigrant population.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Five Points, Manhattan canonical	6
Five Points slum	1
Five Points, Manhattan (fictionalized)	1
Five Points, New York City	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former neighborhood ⓘ historic neighborhood ⓘ slum ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Dead Rabbits ⓘ surface form: Dead Rabbits Riot Draft Riots ⓘ surface form: New York City Draft Riots
country	United States of America ⓘ
culturalImpact	symbol of 19th-century urban squalor in the United States ⓘ
declineBegan	late 19th century ⓘ
demographics	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans German immigrants ⓘ Irish immigrants ⓘ Italian immigrants ⓘ mixed-race population ⓘ
depictedIn	Gangs of New York ⓘ surface form: Gangs of New York (2002 film) Gangs of New York ⓘ surface form: Gangs of New York (book)
developedOn	filled-in Collect Pond ⓘ
documentedBy	Jacob Riis ⓘ
documentedInWork	How the Other Half Lives ⓘ
formedByIntersectionOf	Anthony Street ⓘ Cross Street ⓘ Water Street ⓘ surface form: Little Water Street Mulberry Street ⓘ Orange Street ⓘ
hasNotableGang	Bowery Boys ⓘ Dead Rabbits ⓘ Plug Uglies ⓘ Roach Guards ⓘ
hasNotableLocation	Mission House ⓘ Paradise Square ⓘ The Old Brewery ⓘ
knownAs	one of the first racially integrated urban neighborhoods in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	alcohol abuse ⓘ dance halls ⓘ dense immigrant population ⓘ disease ⓘ extreme poverty ⓘ gang activity ⓘ high crime ⓘ overcrowded tenements ⓘ political corruption ⓘ poor sanitation ⓘ prostitution ⓘ saloons ⓘ
locatedIn	Civic Center, Manhattan ⓘ Lower Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ present-day Chinatown, Manhattan ⓘ present-day Foley Square area ⓘ
namedAfter	intersection of five streets ⓘ
peakNotoriety	1840s ⓘ 1850s ⓘ
redevelopedInto	Civic Center neighborhood ⓘ Columbus Park ⓘ Foley Square ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ mid-19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amsterdam Vallon → residence → Five Points, Manhattan ⓘ

Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York → settingOfActivity → Five Points, Manhattan ⓘ

subject surface form: Bill the Butcher

Dead Rabbits → activeIn → Five Points, Manhattan ⓘ

Dead Rabbits → operatedIn → Five Points, Manhattan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Five Points slum

Bill the Butcher → settingNeighborhood → Five Points, Manhattan ⓘ

Jenny Everdeane → settingOfWork → Five Points, Manhattan ⓘ

Priest Vallon → deathPlace → Five Points, Manhattan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Five Points, Manhattan (fictionalized)

Priest Vallon → settingOfActivity → Five Points, Manhattan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Five Points, New York City

Copper → depictsNeighborhood → Five Points, Manhattan ⓘ