Martin Scorsese’s new film, “Gangs of New York,” has positioned the director as the best-known chronicler of the infamous 19th century slum called the Five Points. But 160 years before ...

Five Points The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood that Invented Tap Dance Stole Elections and Became the Worlds Most Notorious Slum <p> When Martin Scorsese released his epic film "The Gangs ...

Nominated for the Best Picture Oscar at the 2003 Academy Awards, director Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York brings to life 19th-century Manhattan's Five Points neighborhood. But what was it ...

For nearly one hundred years, theses infamous gangs - which were collectively known as The Five Points Gang - practically ran the city and made their New York neighbourhood one of the deadliest on ...

If you’re never heard of Five Points, New York, or the draft riots of 1863, you’re in for a potent history lesson courtesy of a new Broadway-bound musical opening in Chicago this fall.

FROM The Short Tail Gang to The Gopher Gang, these are the remarkable photos of the real-life gangs who ruled New York in the late nineteenth century. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.