Five Points ( or The Five Points ) was a slum ( poor neighborhood ) named after the five-cornered intersection of Anthony ( now Worth St. ) , Cross ( now Mosco ) , and Orange ( now Baxter ) in Manhattan it was located on . Five Points ( or The Five Points ) was a notorious slum centered on the five-cornered intersection of Anthony ( now Worth St. ) , Cross ( now Mosco ) , and Orange ( now Baxter ) on Manhattan island , New York City , New York , in the United States .