What is Five Points, Manhattan?
'''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 [[Ireland|Irish]] and [[Italy|Italian]] [[immigrant]]s, and to the 18th century [[Five Points Gang]]. == Other websites == * [http://r2.gsa.gov/fivept/wifp.htm What is Five Points?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106183641/http://r2.gsa.gov/fivept/wifp.htm |date=2011-01-06 }} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Manhattan]] [[Category:Neighborhoods of New York City]]