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Five Points
Neighborhood in New York City

Five Points

Five Points was a 19th-century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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The neighborhood, partly built on low-lying land that had filled in the freshwater lake known as the Collect Pond, was generally defined as being bound by Centre Street to the west, the Bowery to the east, Canal Street to the north, and Park Row to the south. The Five Points gained notoriety as a densely populated, disease-ridden, crime-infested slum that existed for over 70 years.

How locals move

Getting around Five Points the local way

  • Get inGo Airlink Shuttle - Shared van service to or from most of Manhattan.
  • Get inShared ride van services - Some companies as ETS Airport Shuttle and All County Express run very infrequent shared ride van service between airports.
  • Get inin Queens was built as a seaplane harbor, and the Marine Air Terminal still stands, serving Delta (land-bound) flights]] {{go | name | url | address 40.77725 | long | phone | hours | wikipedia LaGuardiaairport.jpg | wikidata=Q319654 | content=The smallest of the New York Metropolitan Area's three major airports, but also the closest to Midtown Manhattan.
  • Get inAir taxi and air charter companies fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets, from charter luxury Gulfstream's down to economical piston twins for small groups and individuals.
  • Get inIt also serves the town of Montclair via the Montclair-Boonton Line with a transfer in Travelling via a PATH or ferry connection in Hoboken, it also serves points north of the city (in New Jersey and New York State west of the Hudson), via the Pascack Valley and Bergen/Main/Port Jervis Line.
  • Get inMore mundane arrivals can be had from New Jersey via NY Waterway and SeaStreak, two fast ferry services.
  • Get aroundThe Seventh Avenue Line () serves Broadway above 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue below 42nd Street, and is useful to get to the West Village, Chelsea, and Tribeca neighborhoods as well as the Staten Island or Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty ferries (1 to South Ferry station) and Columbia University (1 to 116th Street station).
  • Get aroundThe R also goes up past Astoria to Jackson Heights and beyond, and is joined by the W down through the Financial District and South Ferry (Whitehall St).

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