: Built on gambling, prostitution, and underground fighting.
The "Five Points" was a notorious slum formed by the intersection of Anthony, Orange, and Cross streets. It was the most densely populated and dangerous area in the world at the time. : Families crammed into rotting tenements. subtitle Gangs of New York
: "The Old Brewery" served as a legendary den of crime. The Rival Factions : Built on gambling, prostitution, and underground fighting