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Blue Place Marks: Bars/Entertainment places
Pink Place Marks: Prostitution
Yellow Place Marks: Gang Activity
Purple Place Marks: Gambling Activity
Green Place Marks: Etcetera

Bread Riots
Angered by the high price of bread in 1835, rioters decided to hold those they thought accountable and destroyed the storehouses (and grain contained therein) in what is now the location of the World Trade Center. This naturally did not bring prices of grain down, but instead sent them to historical highs.

Five Points
The intersection of Baxter/Park Row/Worth/ Mulberry/Litter Water (now built over).

The Tombs
Location of the famed Tombs Prison.
Between Centre, Elm (now Lafayette), Franklin & Leonard streets

Collect Pond
The Collect Pond was named after a corruption of the Dutch "Kalchook" and was located between Franklin/Worth/Lafayette/ Baxter. It was drained in 1808 by a canal located at now Canal St when its pollution became unbearable. Slums were soon erected at the site.

ALLEN ST.

It is believed that Billy the Kid was born at 70 Allen St in 1859.

ANN ST.

Sweeney's House of Refreshment (11 Ann)
Sweeney's House of Refreshment was the political epicenter of five points until the Empire Club came into existence. 11 Ann St.

BAXTER ST.

Donovan's Lane (b/t Baxter and Pearl)
Between Baxter and Pearl, at 14 Baxter, which were four rear yard homes and a stable. Black Mike's at 14 Baxter sold 5 cent rum and after the drunks were robbed they were often left in this lane. 14 1/2 Baxter was a fence run by Jacob Cohen under the guise of a used clothing store. The second floor of this building was "Chinatown" when there were only about 60 Chinese in New York.

Bottle Alley Gang (43 Baxter St)
A typical NYC gang named after its home turf.

Simmon's Saloon (47 Baxter St)
Baxter Street was a racially mixed area. Charles Simmons owned a saloon here that was patrionized and fraternized by members of the Whyos Gang, led by Sonny Driscoll.

The Old Brewery (59 Baxter)
59 Baxter was the location of the Old Brewery which was erected in 1802 and became a boardinghouse in the 1830s-1840s, which housed upwards of 1000 people at a time.

BAYARD ST.

Speigle's (45 Bayard St)
The bar at this location was the scene where George Appos stabbed another man who was attempting to take his change at this bar.

Boardinghouse (51 Bayard St)
51 Bayard was a boardinghouse in which in 1872 a female lodger was murdered.

Murder scene in 1875 (83 Bayard St)
The third floor of this building was the scene of a brutal murder in 1875 in which a husband slashed the throat of his wife.

BLEECKER ST.

Manhattan Savings Bank (Bleeker & Broadway)
Robbed by George Leonidas Leslie, King of the Bank Robbers, and his gang in October 1878 of 2.75 million.

Black and Tan (153 Bleecker)
A bar owned by Frank Stephenson in which all the men were black, and the women white.

The Slide (157 Bleecker)
the first openly gay bar in New York. Owned by Frank Stevenson.

San Remo (189 Bleecker)
Bohemian hangout of the 1920s including Jack Kerouac, James Agee, Frank O'Hara, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs.

BOND ST.

Studio of Robert Mapplethorpe (24 Bond)
Studio of Robert Mapplethorpe after 1972 at 24 Bond St.

BOWERY

Paddy Martin's Wine Room (9 Bowery)
9 Bowery was the location of Paddy Martin's Wine Room. In the basement was an opium joint that was noted for its patronage by well known actors.

Little Stock Exchange (Bowery & Bayard)
An area in which hot goods were traded. Ceased operation with WWI.

Opium Joint (41 Bowery)
41 Bowery was an opium joint owned by Tom Lee and run by Ah Lee

Bowery Boys Club House (42 Bowery)
The location of the Bowery Boys & the Atlantic Guards clubhouse was at 42 Bowery and eventually the scene of the Police Riots in 1857 after it was raided by the Dead Rabbits.

Bowery Theater (46-48 Bowery)
Location of the Bowery Theater which began in 1826 and lasted for the next century. Set the tone of American Theater, including the concept of blackface. A Revolutionary War era tavern, the Bulls Head, was originally located here that served the like of George Clinton and George Washington

Bar (64 Bowery)
A bar located here in 1885 was tended by a Barney Maguire who was a known snitch, but also an active personality within the fence commuity. He also owned an opium joint on 126 Crosby

Owney Geoghegan's saloon (103-105 Bowery)
Owney Geoghegan opened his nightclub, known as the Old House at Home, aka the Bastille of the Bowery, here in 1880 until 1883 when his connections could no longer keep the establishment, known for fights, shootings, and stabbings, open. Owney had actually killed a local tough named Johnny Rose in the club.

Steve Brodie's Bar (114 Bowery)
114 Bowery was the location of Steve Brodie's Bar. Brodie made a name for himself for "jumping" off the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886. Very popular with sportsmen while banning prostitutes and sailors

Studio of Roy Lichtenstein 190 Bowery)
Studio of Roy Lichtenstein at 190 Bowery from 1965-1967

Tony Pastor's Opera House (201 Bowery)
Location of Tony Pastor's Opera House at 201 Bowery. The concept of vaudeville began here.

Comanche Club (207 Bowery)
The Camanche Club was the headquarters of Tammany boss, Big Tim Sullivan until his death in 1913.

William Burroughs (222 Bowery)
222 Bowery was the home of William S. Burroughs from 1974-1997 & Home of Mark Rothko until 1957

Studio of Charles Eisenmann (229 Bowery)
The studio of Charles Eisenmann was located at 229 Bowery. He was known for his famous portraits of the sideshow freaks located at the dime museums.

Chick Tricker's Saloon (241 Bowery)
241 Bowery was the location of Eastman gang member, Chick Tricker's, saloon.

Palace of Illusions (257 Bowery)
The Palace of Illusions at 257 Bowery was a typical dime museum which catered to the low classes.

Sammy's Bowery Follies & McGurks The Mug (267 Bowery)
267 Bowery was first the location of McGurk's The Mug and then Sammy's Bowery Follies, which was well photographed by Weegee and one of the last Bowery old fashioned joints.

Empire Hall (288 Bowery)
The Empire Hall, owned by a member of the Dead Rabbits, was a notorious dive loaded with the worst criminals. In 1858 35 patrons were arrested in a raid.
McGurk's Suicide Hall (295 Bowery)
The famed dive, opened in 1895, was located at 295 Bowery which served mostly sailors. Earned the nickname because of the regular occurrence of the waitresses killing themselves. Across the street was Chick Tricker's Fleabag.

American Mabille (Bowery & Bleecker)
Notorious dive run by Theodore Allen "The Wickedest Man in New York"

BROADWAY

Paving (Broadway & Duane)
Broadway was paved to Duane St in 1818.

Pepe & Beschards (Broadway & Worth)
The first permanent circus in NYC. 1808.

Paving (Broadway & Canal)
Broadway was paved to Canal St. in 1830

Prostitution at Broadway & Houston
The corner of Broadway and Houston was a known and popular spot for prostitution

Pfaffs (653 Broadway)
653 Broadway was the location of the first Bohemian Bar, opened in the 1850s. The bar was famous for the intellectuals and colorful patrons that regularly stopped by, including Walt Whitman.

John Morrissey's Casino (818 Broadway)
Tammany heavyweight and eventual congressman, John Morrissey's famous casino was located at this address.

The Burnt Rag (1187 Broadway)
1187 Broadway was the location of the "Burnt Rag" which was owned by Tom Gould.

Paving (Broadway & Astor Place)
Broadway paved to Astor Place in 1837

Paving (Broadway at 59th St.)
Broadway was paved to 59th st. in 1861

BROOME ST.

Studio of Keith Haring (325 Broome)
The studio of Keith Haring was located at 325 Broome St.

Little Rock's Poolroom (396 Broome St)
The Little Rock Poolroom was the headquarters of Chick Tricker and Jack Sirocco in the early 1900s.

CARMINE ST.

Edgar Allen Poe's home (5 Carmine)
5a Carmine st was Edgar Allen Poe's home. They were several small houses in the back of 5 Carmine.

CATHERINE SLIP

Glass House (18 Catherine Slip)
Glass House at No. 18 Catherine Slip was a hotel for sailors.

CEDAR ST.

Albert Hicks home (129 Cedar St)
129 Cedar St was the home of Albert Hicks who was famously shanghaied on board a ship. He proceeded to kill the entire crew and stole the money on board.

CHATHAM SQUARE

Tom Foley's Bar (12 Chatham Square)
12 Chatham Square was the location of Tammany Leader, Tom Foley's bar

CHERRY ST.

Chinese Boarding House (Cherry & James)
At an intersection that no longer exists, a Chinese boarding house existed in which Quimbo Appo was found hiding after murdering his landlord in 1859.

John Hancock's home (5 Cherry)
When Cherry St. was still a good area, No. 5 Cherry St was the home of John Hancock

Gotham (36 Cherry St)
Gotham Court, aka Sweeney's Shambles was the worst tenement in New York after the demise of the Old Brewery in Five Points. This tenement was two rows of connected tenements that housed over 1000 people, mostly Irish.

crimp houses (110 Cherry)
Location of the crimp Dan Kerrigan's house which shanghaied sailors was at 110 Cherry St. 110 1/2 Cherry St was Tommy Hadden's house another crimp

CLINTON ST.

Mandelbaum's Fence (79 Clinton)
Location of a 3 story stolen goods warehouse. 79 Clinton.

CROSBY ST.

Maguire's Hop Joint (126 Crosby St)
126 Crosby St was the location of Matt Grace's saloon. Above the saloon was an Opium Den owned by Barney Maguire. The joint was known for its "lavish hospitality" and was one of the first uptown dens. Maguire would often fence goods for pickpockets as well as run confidence scams.

DELANCEY ST.

Waxey Gordon's home (25 Delancey)
As of 1914, 25 Delancey was the home of the notable mobster Irving Wexler, aka Waxey Gordon. Wexler was a gun for hire until turning to a successful bootlegging operation with Arnold Rothstein.
See 166 Greene St. & 383 Grand St.

DOYERS ST.

Chinese Theatre (07 Doyers St)
07 Doyers St. was a popular Chinese theatre where two On Leong Tong members were ambushed by members of the Four Brothers Society in 1909 resulting in the prolonged war between the gangs.

Mandarin Cafe (13 Doyers)
The second floor of 13 Doyers St was the location of the Mandarin Cafe, originally owned by a member of the Eastman Gang and then by the Hip Sing Tong. The floors above the cafe were small boarding rooms known for gambling, prostitution, and opium. Hen Ken Yum was found murdered in the rear of the Mandarin Cafe in 1912

Gambling Den (20 Doyers St)
Gambling parlor as of 1904

EAST BROADWAY

Hip Sing Tong Hit (61 E Broadway)
In 1922 an On Leong Tong member was found hacked (over 100 times) in the hallway of this building.

96 E Broadway
96 East Broadway was the scene of a jealous murder of a wife in 1917 in which Herman Ostransky was caught visiting another woman. After being confronted by his wife, he killed her at this address, the home of Mrs. Cohen.

Abe Beeckerman's home (232 E Broadway)
Abe "Little Abie" Beeckerman of the Dopey Fein gang lived at this address when involved in the shootout at 19-21 St. Mark's.

ELIZABETH ST.

Prostitution Area (Elizabeth)
Elizabeth between Hester & Grand

Black Hand butcher shop (117 Elizabeth St)
117 Elizabeth was the location of Black Hand mob boss Vincenzzo Cantone's butcher shop.

Giuseppe Morello's home (226 Elizabeth)
Morello was one of the two biggest (along with Ignazio Saietta) mob bosses in the early twentieth century. He was known to use a horse stable on 108th St. for his murders.

FORSYTH ST.

Family Feud (45 Forsyth St)
Families on the first and second floors of this building had a feud which eventually resulted in one father murdering the other in the street out front of this building.

Dopey Fein's residence (107 Forsyth St)
Dopey Fein lived at 107 Forsyth. Fein was mostly involved with racketeering, strong-arm extortion, and labor-slugging. Fein had an extensive carrier in these trades, however after the 1930's he became a tailor until his death in 1962.

GRAND ST.

Various bars (174 Grand St)
174 Grand has been the location of many popular drinking establishments dating back to at least 1875 when the bar tender was assulted with a fire iron when he refused to serve a drink. The current tenent, O'Neals uses the tunnel between the bar and police headquarters as a wine cellar. This building previously hosted a gambling parlor in the basement, brothel upstairs and a speakeasy in the rear.

Ross Jewelry Store (290 Grand)
The Ross Jewelry store at 290 Grand St. was the first known robbery by the Whittemore gang in 1925.

Waxey Gordon robbery (383 Grand)
A warehouse at this location was robbed by Waxey Gordon in 1915. See 25 Delancey.

GREAT JONES

Home of Jean-Michel Basquiat
57 Great Jones was the headquarters of the Five Points gang while under the control of Paul Kelly. The New Brighton Athletic Club, the gangs recreational club was here. A hit was attempted here on Kelly in 1908 in which the mobster never really recovered after being shot three times.
The building was later home to Jean-Michel Basquiat from 1983-1988

GREENE ST.

Garden & Company (82 Greene)
In the 1870s was the location of the Garden & Company hat factory. 82 Green St.

Max Feldman's hat factory (166 Greene)
166 Greene was the location of a labor strike resulting in a shootout between the gangs hired by the owners and the workers (Waxey Gordon). See 25 Delancey.

HESTER ST.

Billy McGlory's Armory Hall (158 Hester St)
Billy McGlory's Armory Hall at 158 Hester was a huge dive with space for 700 people. Murder, theft, and prostitution were regular as were "private can-can shows"

McCarty's Boarding House (163 Hester St)
McCarty's was known as a location to socialize as well as a place where prostitutes would regularly rob their johns.
A Whyos Gang shoot out occured here in 1886 when Sonny Driscoll felt slighted by the proprietor John McCarty, resulting in a shoot out.

HOUSTON ST.

Harry Hills Concert Saloon (25 Houston)
Harry Hill's was a venue that held boxing matches and parties. All women were prostitutes in which the men were expected to dance with. While the first floor was for the tourists, the basement held crooked gambling games.

Bunch of Grapes & House of Lords (Houston & Crosby)
Two dives located at Houston and Crosby streets which were usually filled with English crooks

Johnny Camphene's Bar (Houston & Mercer)
A bar located at Mercer & Houston that sold a drink made from rectified oil of turpentine

HUDSON ST.

John Morrissey's home (55 Hudson)
John Morrissey's home was at 55 Hudson St. Morrissey was heavily involved in the murder of the notorious Bill the Butcher and was later a very successful gambler and fighter.

KENMARE ST.

Celano's Garden (36 Kenmare St)
Celano's Garden was located right near the "Curb Exchange" on the corner of Kenmare and Mulberry which was a distribution point for illegal booze during probation. Lucky Luciano used Celano's Garden as a head quarters which supervising such exchanges.

MACDOUGAL ST.

Minetta Tavern (113 MacDougal)
When it was still a speakeasy it was known as the Black Rabbit where EE Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, and Ezra Pound all drank.

MOSCO ST.

Ferry Room (73 Mosco)
73 Mosco Street (originally Cross Street and then Park Street and made up along with Worth and Baxter, the Five Points) was the popular saloon Ferry Room, which was owned by Pietro Balbo who was hung at the tombs for killing his wife.

MOTT ST.

Poppy's joint. (4 Mott)
4 Mott St. was the locale of George Appo's favorite opium joint filled with crooks, prostitutes and gambling. Mobster and "Mayor of Chinatown", Tom lee's headquarters were located above this joint.

Opium Joint (13 Mott)
13 Mott was a location of one of Tom Lee's opium joints. The rooms above were used as a boarding house for Chinese immigrants.

Headquarters of the On Leong Tong (14 Mott)
14 Mott street was the headquarters for the On Leong Tong, headed by Tom Lee

Opium Joint (17 Mott)
17 Mott St. was another opium joint frequented by George Appo and was owned by Tom Lee. Busted in 1904, and was the scene of On Leong Tong member, Chin Len's wife's murder in 1909.

Tom Lee's residence (18 Mott St)
This was the home of the "Mayor of Chinatown" Tom Lee until his death in 1918. Was busted in 1904 as a gambling den

Gambling Den (30 Mott St)
Gambling Den busted in 1904

Tom Lee's Gambling Joint (34 Mott)
34 Mott was the location of one of Tom Lee's fan-tan (gambling) dives

Headquarters of On Leong Chinese Merchants Assc (85 Mott St)
83-53 Mott st is the current headquarters of the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association.

Johnny Dobbs' (100 Mott St)
Johnny Dobbs' bar which was also a clearing house for stolen property.

Ignazio Saietta's store (210-214 Mott St)
Ignazio "the Wolf" Lupo had a large mercantile goods store at the location until he went to prison in 1910. Saietta is often credited as the father of the Italian Mafia in the US.

MULBERRY ST.

Raid on Engine Company 22 (Mulberry & Chatham)
In 1857 Engine Company 22 while on parade was attacked by the Dead Rabbits Gang at the intersection of Mulberry and Chatham. The Dead Rabbits were supports of Engine Company 41 located on Worth St.

Walsh Brother Saloon (7 Mulberry St)
7 Mulberry was the location of the saloon owned by William and Thomas "Fatty" Walsh. The saloon was the scene low politicians and prize fighters. The brothers grew within the support systems of Tammany to become politicos of some note.

Dead Rabbits HQ (11 Mulberry St)
Mid-ninteenth century headquarters for the notorious gang.

Walter Roche's saloon (19 Mulberry St)
The notorious gang, Rouche Guards were named after this saloon in the 1850s. The Dead Rabbits were an offshoot of the original guards.

Dead Rabbit's HQ (27 Mulberry St)
A Dead Rabbit's Headquarterers where in 1859 a riot occured between warring factions. John Mulvihill's Saloon was located at this address at the time.

Worst Tenement (35 Mulberry St)
35 Mulberry was declared in 1885 as the worst tenement in New York. The NYC Board of Health would wash down the address every four weeks.

Bandit's Roost (59 1/2 Mulberry St)
This was the address to the famous Bandit's Roost alley . In 1882 19 children died from disease in the two buildings that boarded the alley.

Worst Tenements (59 1/2 Mulberry & 61 Mulberry)
59 1/2 and 61 Mulberry Street, located next to the "Bandit's Roost" were the worst of the worst tenements. In 1882 14 of the 39 inhabitants of 59 1/2 died.

Anthony Paladino's Home (78 Mulberry)
78 Mulberry St. was the home to Anthony Paladino, a member of the Richard Reese Whittemore's jewelry gang circa 1925. He was extradited back to Italy after being convicted of being a member of the gang.

Little MacShades (112 Mulberry St)
Skid Gallagher's dive Little MacShades was the location of a dispute over a dogfight resulting shooting of one of the patrons.

NASSAU ST.

Folmer Prit Jewelry store (90 Nassau)
Folmer Prit Jewelry store at 90 Nassau St. was robbed by the Whittemore gang in the early 1920s.

OLIVER ST.

Al Smith's house (25 Oliver)
Al Smith's house

Quimbo Appo's home (47 Oliver)
After Quimbo Appo's downfall from luxury and prominence as New York's most successful Asian, he was a tenant in this building when he murdered his landlord in 1886.

PARK PL.

Jim Bartoff's place (10 Park Pl.)
Park Pl and Barclay St. were generally popular spots for high end gambling. Jim Bartoff's place was at 10 Park Pl.

PARK ROW

Park Row
In 1909, of the 560 buildings located on Park Row, 425 catered to men only businesses.

The Empire Club (25 Park Row)
The Empire Club was bar owned by Isaiah Rynders, Tammany boss and king of the 5 points gangsters.

PEARL ST.

Hiding spot of George Appo after being shot (300 Pearl)
After being shot in the stomach, notorious criminal George Appo ran into the building at 300 Pearl St., where the Maher family lived above a cork store. They hid Appo until the coast was clear to take him to a hospital

Bismarck Hall (Pearl & Chatham)
At Pearl and Chatham was located the Bismarck Hall which was a basement full of catacombs of cubicles for prostitution

PELL ST.

Hip Sing Tong (9 Pell St)
The first floor of 9 Pell was the location of a scuffle between the Hip Song Tong and the Mongolian Masonic Order.

Opium Joint (10 Pell)
10 Pell was One of Tom Lee's opium joints, run by Charles Lee.

Hip Sing Tong headquarters (13 Pell St)
13 Pell St is the current headquarters of the Hip Sing Association (Hip Sing Tong)

Gambling Den (20 Pell St)
Gambling den busted in 1904

Hip Sing social club (21 Pell)
21 Pell was the private social club of the Hip Sing and the site of several hits in 1912 and 1922. Mock Duck, the leader of the Hip Sing Tong lived on the third floor.

Gambling Den (23 Pell St)
Gambling den busted in 1904

Four Brothers Mob Hit (30 1/2 Pell St)
In a small three-room apartment on the third floor, two members of the Four Brothers Society were murdered during summer of wars in 1906

On Leong Tong hit 31 1/2 Pell St
Location of a 1910 hit by On Leong Tong members at a Four Brothers Society controlled restaurant supply store.

Hip Sing Tong hit (32 Pell St)
In 1906 Hip Sing Tong members ambushed high profile On Leong Tong members as they exited this building

PRINCE ST.

Black Hand (Prince St)
In 1911 the entire block of Prince St between Bowery and Elizabeth was raided, resulting in the arrest of 34 Black Hand mobsters.

Headquarters of Saietta & Morello (8 Prince)
8 Prince was the saloon and restaurant that Saetta & Morello used as their cover for their mob actions.

Tramp Hotel (Prince & Lafayette)
A tramp shelter was located at the intersection of Prince and Lafayette in which the tramps would chop wood for a firewood company who owned the shelter in return for the free housing.

RIVINGTON ST.

Riot between Fives Pointers and Eastmans (Rivington & Allen)
An Eastman's gang card game being played at the corner of Rivington and Allen was raided by the Five Points Gang which led to a shootout involving more than 100 gang members.

WATER ST.

Worst whorehouses (Water)
The lowest whorehouses were located on Water Street between Catherine St & James St.

Slaughter House Point (Water & James)
What was once the intersection of James St & Water St. was known as Slaughter House Point in which a bar run by Pete Williams was located that the Daybreak Boys, local pirates, used as their HQ.

Hole in the Wall (Water & Dover)
Location of the Hole-In-The-Wall which was a bar run by One Armed Charley Monell that focused on brawling and general mayhem. Corner of Dover and Water.
It is today known as the Bridge Cafe.

Sportsmen's Hall (273 Water)
Kit Burns' Sportsmen's Hall was located at 273 Water St. which would fight rats against dogs or men.
WORTH ST.

Rosetta Peers' Grocery (Worth & Centre)
Most groceries were merely a front for illegal groggeries in the rear rooms. This grocery was the headquarters for the 40 Thieves gang.

WEST BROADWAY

Cheeks Luciano's home (438 West Broadway)
Nicholas "Cheeks" Luciano lived at 438 West Broadway when involved with the Diamond Brothers robbery of the West End Bank in Brooklyn. Luciano testified against the others and only received 5-10yrs at Sing Sing.

EAST 2ND ST.

Rothermel Brothers Robbery (113 East 2nd St.)
The office of Dr. Harry Batzes at 113 East 2nd St., robbed by the Rothermel brothers in 1925.

WEST 4TH ST.

Golden Swan (West 4th &7th Ave)
aka the Bucket of Blood, aka the Hell Hole was a bar popular with the dandy gang the Hudson Dusters who eventually lost control of the bar (due to drug use) to the Bohemians. The bar was notorious for the pig kept in the basement and used as the waste system.

EAST 4TH ST.

The Bobbed-Haired Bandit's Childhood Home (38 East 4th St.)
38 East 4th St. was the childhood home of Cecilia Cooney, the Bobbed Haired Bandit who robbed a series of grocers by 1924. See 171 Essex (now a parking lot).

George Appo's Home (48 E 4th St)
George Appo's home in 1896.

Metamora Social Club (59 E 4th St)
The Metamora Social Club, established in 1900, was a recreational facility for Paul Kelly's Five Points gang. By 1939 this building housed the Yiddish themed publisher, Astoria Press. The owner, Morris Sweder was accused of using the press as a front for a narcotics rings controlled by Louis Lepke Buchalter.

Black Bottom (66 E 4th St)
The Black Bottom was a nightclub popular with local gangsters in the 1930s. Cowboy Larry Viscordi and Charles Grecco were gunned down at this hotspot.

Palm Casino (85 E 4th St)
The Palm Casino was Lucky Luciano's exclusive brothel, restaurant, and gambling joint for VIPs. The KGB, now in this location, has kept most of the original decor. There is a trapdoor in the basement which leads to the building two doors east, presumibily for transporting contraband booze.

Little Waldorf (114 E 4th St)
See 515 E 13th.


EAST 5TH ST.

Monk Eastman's home (221 E 5th St)
Monk Eastman's home.

EAST 7TH ST.

Boston Red Phil Davidson's home (111 E 7th St)
Boston Red Phil Davidson, the hitman who took out Big Jack Zelig in 1912, lived at this address.

ST. MARKS PL.

Madame Van Buskirk's facilities (8 St Marks Pl)
In the 1860-1870's Madame Van Buskirk, the famous abortionist, operations were based here.

In 1888, the perhaps first Italian mob hit occured at teh La Trinacria restaurant in Which the Quarteraro brothers stabbed Antonio Flaccomio.

Arlington Hall (19 St Marks Pl)
Arlington Hall was the scene of a famous gangster shootout in 1914 between the Dopey Benny Fein gang and the Jack Sirocco gang.

Leon Trotsky's home (80 St Marks Pl)
While in New York in 1917, Leon Trotsky lived at 80 St. Marks while writing for the Communist newspaper Novy Mir, located in the basement of 77 St. Marks.
Lucky Luciano's childhood home (265 E 10th St)
Lucky Luciano lived here until at least 1926 (age 29)

EAST 11TH ST.

Bootlegging (321 E 11th St)
The storefront was busted in 1922 as a distillery when its propieter was murdered on the corner of 11th and 2nd ave.

Black Hand bombing (332 E 11th St)
The Black Hand bombed this building in 1908.

John's Restaurant (302 E 12th St)
John's Restaurant was where in 1922 Joe Masseria hit Umberto Valenti, just three days after Valenti failed to kill Masseria.

EAST 12TH ST.

Black Hand bombing (343 E 12th St)
A 1907 Black Hand bombing damaged this and 345 E 12th.

EAST 13TH ST.

George Appo's home (409 W 13th St)
George Appo lived in this location in 1893 with a wife named Lana Albon and JW Delaro.

Mob hangout (410 E 13th St)
410 & 430 E 13th were mob hangouts in this Italian enclave in the early 1920s.

Lover's Quarrel (428 E 13th St)
The saloon at this address in 1895 was the scene of a lovers quarrel, resulting in the man's throat being slit. Maria Barberi was almost the first woman put to death in the electric chair.

Mob hanghout (430 E 13th St)
410 & 430 E 13th were mob hangouts in this Italian enclave in the early 1920s.

Murder (515 E 13th St)
In 1895 an unemployed butcher demanded money from his wife, an owner of a restaurant at 114 E. 4th St named the Little Waldorf. When she refused, he butchered her and went to a friends bar at 162 E 4th St.

EAST 14TH ST.

Monk Eastman murder (62 E 14th St)
Monk Eastman was murdered by a crooked Prohibition agent in front of this address in 1920.

WEST 18TH ST.


George Appo's home (221 W 18th St)
George Appo's home in 1895

Gramercy Park

Gerald Chapman's residence (12 Gramercy Park South)

12 Gramercy Park South was the home of Gerald Chapman after the lucrative thefts of the USPS at Broadway and Leonard Street and then the robbery of American Express of $40,000 in Niagara in 1920. His partner, Dutch Anderson lived at 20 Gramercy Park. After escaping from prison in 1925, he was put to death in 1926 after several robberies went awry.

23RD ST.

Owney Geoghegan's Club (23rd and 1st)
Owney Geoghegan's sporting house was located at this intersection in which he would challenge anyone to a fight. Naturally the fights were fixed due to Owney concealing horseshoes in his gloves. This club was became the headquarters of the Gashouse gang who actually raided a prison transport truck containing Owney after he had assaulted a patron at this club.

27TH ST.

Diamond Brothers home (141 East 27th St.)
The Diamond brothers, known for the $43,000 payroll robbery of the West End Bank in Brooklyn, lived in a furnished room at this building in 1924.

Low End Gambling (27th st)
27th Street was for low end gambling

Buckingham Palace (27th & 6th ave)
Seedy dance hall located at 27th & 6th ave. The Buckingham Palace had a shooting gallery as well as the standard restaurant, booths, & brothel.

28TH ST.

High End Gambling (28th st)
28th Street was the destination for high end gambling.

29TH ST.

At East 29th St and 1st Ave the village was a slum known for its daily riots with police.

Whorehouses (29th st)
29th street was known for whorehouses

Bohemia Dance Hall (29th st & 6th ave)
Seedy dance hall located at 29th and 6th ave

32ND ST.

Cremorne Garden Dance Hall (32nd & 6th)
Seedy dance hall located at 32nd and 6th ave.

33RD ST.

Sydney Herman's Joint (138 W 33rd St)
West 33rd Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues had the greatest density of higher end opium dens, perhaps as much as half of all the apartments.
Sydney Herman's was the most expensive and highest end in which the rich of Fifth Avenue would socialize.

35TH ST.

Trivoli Dance Hall (35th & 6th)
Seedy dance hall that short changed and watered down drinks.

36TH ST.

Tom Gould's home (74 W 36th St)
74 West 36th St. was the location of Tom Gould's house. His bar was located at 1187 Broadway which thrived on its location near the legitimate theaters, yet was still a seedy joint.

39TH ST.

Cairo dancehall (36 West 39th St)
36 West 39th St was the location of the Cairo dance hall. Decorated with an exotic Turkish theme, was referred to as an exchange for prostitutes.

East 39th St had the equivalent of the Hell's Kitchen three cent whiskey saloons and at the East river, the home of the Rag Gang circa 1890

42ND ST.

Dutch Hill (42nd st)
The Irish were the predominate laborers used for paving New York's streets. They would squat in locations just North of where they were currently paving. In 1844 this was the location of a large group of such squatters.

46TH ST.

James "Killer" Cunniffe's home (453 West 46th St.)
James "Killer" Cunniffe lived at 453 West 46th St. during the early 1920s after his release from Welfare Island. Him along with "Ice Wagon" Crowley robbed the First National Bank in Bellmore in 1924.

Cunniffe escaped from Welfare Island after being arrested in connection with the above crime.

After the escape Cunniffe and several cohorts robbed teh Singer Manufacturing company's payroll in 1926 of $20,400. Cunniffe was killed in Highland while hiding out for his share of the loot

54TH ST.

Hells Kitchen Tenement (54th & 10th)
Although there are several different locations of the mythical "Hell's Kitchen", 54th and 10th Ave is has been reported as one of its possible locations. This tenement was so bad and notorious, that its nickname became synonymous with the general area.
10th ave was known as "death avenue" because the railroad ran down the middle of the street.

58TH ST.

Dave Brownstein's home (353 E. 58th St.)
Dave Brownstein lived at 353 E. 58th St and was a member Rothermel gang. Brownstein was busted while robing a bank in Freeport in 1925. He turned on the rest of the gang.

81ST ST.

Frank Daly's home (213 E 81st st.)
Frank Daly lived at 213 E 81st St. in 1925. He was involved with several other gangsters to rob a trolley in the Bronx. The gangsters wrecked the getaway car after murdering the brakeman and and the train inspector. Daly was arrested in Westport Ct. and was put to death in 1926.

89TH ST.

Richard Reese Whittemore's Home (201 W. 89th St.
201 West 89th St. was the home to noted Jewel thief, Richard Reese Whittemore for a short period prior to being arrested in 1925. Whittemore was executed in 1926 for killing a prison guard in Baltimore.

124TH ST.

Gerald Chapman's Boarding House
134 E 124th St. was a boarding house which housed Gerald Chapman in the fall of 1911.

AVENUE A

Rosenburg's Home (103 Avenue A)
103 Avenue A was the home of the Rosenburgs

Salvatore D'Aquila's assassination (211 Avenue A)
The assassination of mob boss Salvatore Toto D'Aquila was in the doorway of this building in 1928.

BEEKMAN PLACE

The fashionable 22 Beekman Place was the scene in 1936 of a murder and rape of a New York socialite by a delivery boy

FIRST AVE.

Black Hand bombing (36 1st Ave)
The Black Hand bombed the barbershop at this location for not paying their extortion in1905.

McLaughlin's Pit (155 First Ave)
A bar notorious for arranging all kinds of fights, including bears fighting dogs, and dogs & men fighting rats. The pits were 8 feet square and lined with tin. 100 rats would face one fox terrier in which the terrier would kill all the rats in 30-45mins. Similar to Kit Burns' Sportsman Hall.

Murder Factory (1st Ave & E 108th St)
The horse stables at this location were used by mob boss Giuseppe Morello as a "murder factory" having as many as 60 killed at this location in twenty years.

SECOND AVE.

76 2nd Ave
76 Second Ave was a popular place for crimes over time. In 1884 when it was a German beer hall a fight broke out resulting in several men having their faces slashed. In 1894 when the building was a boarding house a boarder committed suicide due to falling into poverty. By 1912 Segal Cafe was located here which was the headquarters for the Jewish mob, notably Little Louie Segal and Big Jack Zelig.

Giuseppe Masseria's Home (80 2nd Ave)
Guiseppe Masseria was the boss of bosses during the bootlegging in the 1920's. His home was at this location.

Stuyvestant Hall (140 2nd Ave)
Stuyvestant Hall was often rented out to mobsters to host galas. In 1911 two mobsters had a shootout after an argument. In December of that year, Big Jack Zelig killed a would be assassin who got too drunk prior to doing the deed.

Joseph Trop's Apartment (156 Second Ave)
156 2nd ave was the apartment of Joseph Trop, the fence to the Whittemore gang in 1925. It was here that Trop was arrested with $20,000 in jewelry and two guns. Upon the police asking where his office was, replied "in my hat".

Trop was executed by four hoods in 1933 in front of hundreds on a Lower East Side Street

Place of Public Executions (2nd Ave b/t 12th & 13th)
2nd Ave between 12th and 13th streets was the location of public executions until at least 1824.

Rothermel Brothers home (1471 2nd Ave)
1471 2nd Ave was the home of the Rothermel brothers who had 81 robberies in eight months in 1925.

THIRD AVE.

Scheffel Hall (190 3rd Ave)
190 3rd Ave was the location of a popular bar where the German Bohemians met and drank, including O. Henry.

FIFTH AVE.

Club A (3 Fifth Ave.)
3 Fifth Ave housed an upscale bar in which successful radicals would meet and drink including the likes of Mark Twain, Jack London, Upton Sinclair, and Maxim Gorky.

912 5th Ave was Arnold Rothstein's home at the time of his death in 1928.

SIXTH AVE.

Haymarket Dance Hall (6th Ave & West 30th)
The Haymarket was a notorious dance hall in the heart of the tenderloin

NINETH AVE.

Tom Goulds last home (712 9th Ave.)
712 9th Ave was where Tom Gould died after losing his fortune.