Five Points Gang

Five Points Gang
	Members of the Five Points Gang of New York City
Founder	Paul Kelly
Founding location	Five Points, Manhattan
Years active	1890s–1920s
Territory	New York City, mainly active in Lower Manhattan, Harlem and Brooklyn
Ethnicity	Predominantly Irish members and retained many Irish members. Throughout its existence, members were all immigrants or the first-generation sons of immigrants, and the gang eventually included many Italian-Americans and Italian immigrants in its later iteration.
Leader(s)	Paul Kelly
Activities	Racketeering, election fraud, extortion, street fighting, drug trafficking, pimping, illegal gambling, robbery, fraud, murder, knife fighting, shootouts, assaults
Allies	Tammany Hall, Yakey Yakes, Gopher Gang, Hudson Dusters, Whyos, Morello crime family, Bugs and Meyer Gang
Rivals	Eastman Gang, White Hand Gang, Batavia Street Gang, New York Camorra, Lenox Avenue Gang, New York City Police Department
Notable members	Jack McManus; Johnny Spanish; Louis Pioggi; Johnny Torrio; Lucky Luciano; Al Capone; Frankie Yale; Meyer Lansky; Bugsy Siegel; James T. Ellison; Nathan Kaplan;

The Five Points Gang was a criminal street gang of primarily Irish-American origins, based in the Five Points of Lower Manhattan, New York City, during the late 19th and early 20th century.^[1]

Paul Kelly, born Paolo Antonio Vaccarelli, was an Italian American who founded the Five Points Gang. It included some who later became prominent criminals in their own right, including Johnny Torrio, Al Capone, and Lucky Luciano.

^ "How the Five Points Became New York's Most Notorious Neighborhood". about.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2018.

[about-1] "How the Five Points Became New York's Most Notorious Neighborhood". about.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2018.

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