Gallery:Five Points, Manhattan

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  • Edward Mooney House built between 1785 and 1789 by wealthy butcher Edward Mooney on the corner of The Bowery and Pell Street on land seized from James Delancey, a British loyalist during the American Revolutionary War
    Edward Mooney House built between 1785 and 1789 by wealthy butcher Edward Mooney on the corner of The Bowery and Pell Street on land seized from James Delancey, a British loyalist during the American Revolutionary War
  • The Bulls Head Tavern (c. 1755), located approximately at The Bowery and Canal Street, served the thriving slaughterhouse and tannery industry. The area was surrounded by holding pens with slaughterhouses along Mulberry Street[1]
    The Bulls Head Tavern (c. 1755), located approximately at The Bowery and Canal Street, served the thriving slaughterhouse and tannery industry. The area was surrounded by holding pens with slaughterhouses along Mulberry Street[1]
  • Satirical painting of the Five Points, ca 1827 : "highlighting the district’s renowned chaos and vulgarity, the figures in the painting fight, flirt, and generally misbehave amid dilapidated buildings"[2]
    Satirical painting of the Five Points, ca 1827 : "highlighting the district’s renowned chaos and vulgarity, the figures in the painting fight, flirt, and generally misbehave amid dilapidated buildings"[2]
  • Five Points brick tenements began replacing older wooden buildings; the southwest corner of Mulberry Bend in Five Points with Orange Street running north
    Five Points brick tenements began replacing older wooden buildings; the southwest corner of Mulberry Bend in Five Points with Orange Street running north
  • Bottle Alley located in Mulberry Bend just south of Bandit's Roost. A crime scene photograph used in a murder trial. The X marks site where victim was found.
    Bottle Alley located in Mulberry Bend just south of Bandit's Roost. A crime scene photograph used in a murder trial. The X marks site where victim was found.
  • Five Points House of Industry at 155 Worth Street in 1893 opposite Paradise Square
    Five Points House of Industry at 155 Worth Street in 1893 opposite Paradise Square
  • Baxter Street Alley, Rag-Picker's Row" at 59 Baxter Street (c. 1898 Jacob Riis)
    Baxter Street Alley, Rag-Picker's Row" at 59 Baxter Street (c. 1898 Jacob Riis)
  • Barney Flynn's Old Tree House a bar in the Edward Mooney House in 1899 showing Chuck Connors[3]
    Barney Flynn's Old Tree House a bar in the Edward Mooney House in 1899 showing Chuck Connors[3]
  • Chinese Theatre 5-7 Doyers Street, scene of multiple murders[4]
    Chinese Theatre 5-7 Doyers Street, scene of multiple murders[4]
  • Mulberry Street (c.1900) taken from west side of Mulberry north of Bayard Street looking toward Canal Street
    Mulberry Street (c.1900) taken from west side of Mulberry north of Bayard Street looking toward Canal Street
  • New York Halls of Justice known as "The Tombs"
    New York Halls of Justice known as "The Tombs"
  • Chinese Tuxedo restaurant at 2 Doyers Street
    Chinese Tuxedo restaurant at 2 Doyers Street
  • Church of the Transfiguration (built 1801 as Zion Protestant Episcopal Church bought 1853 by Catholic Archdiocese of New York) on the corner of Mott and Mosco Streets. The parish was founded by Padre Félix Varela y Morales in 1827[5]
    Church of the Transfiguration (built 1801 as Zion Protestant Episcopal Church bought 1853 by Catholic Archdiocese of New York) on the corner of Mott and Mosco Streets. The parish was founded by Padre Félix Varela y Morales in 1827[5]
  • The Black Horse Tavern on the corner of Mulberry and Park Street (now Mosco Street), the Church of the Transfiguration is in the background; picture is c.1895-1899
    The Black Horse Tavern on the corner of Mulberry and Park Street (now Mosco Street), the Church of the Transfiguration is in the background; picture is c.1895-1899
  • Mugshot of Al Capone—nicknamed "Scarface", was member of the Five Points Gang along with Lucky Luciano
    Mugshot of Al Capone—nicknamed "Scarface", was member of the Five Points Gang along with Lucky Luciano
  1. ↑ Paula Young Lee , ed. (2008) Meat, Modernity, and the Rise of the Slaughterhouse, University of New Hampshire Press, pp. 169, 184. ISBN: 978-1-58465-698-2.
  2. ↑ The Five Points. Metropolitan Museum of Art (circa 1827
    date QS:P,+1827-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
    ). Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved on date=May 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ (May 11, 1913). "'Chuck' Connors Dies on Bowery; Pneumonia Ends Career of the Famous Chinatown Guide and Inventor of Slang". The New York Times: 3.
  4. ↑ (August 7, 1905). "Three Shot Dead in Chinese Theatre; Hip Sing Tongs Fire Upon the On Leong Tongs". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Church of Zion and St. Timothy (Protestant Episcopal). New York City Chapter of The American Guild of Organists. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved on May 22, 202.
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