曼哈頓的唐人街位於下城,從紐約大學往南不遠。以前是不入流的壞區,叫Five Points,十九世紀那裏幫派橫行。電影“Gangs of New York”講美國內戰時期,從那裏貧苦居民裏征兵遭到抵製,連帶族裔幫會衝突,釀成一起大規模的騷亂。電影結尾,卡梅倫-迪亞斯攙扶著裏昂那多-迪卡普利歐離開墓地。鏡頭從布魯克林這邊定格曼哈頓,河那邊的景觀從濃煙滾滾的廢墟,變成布魯克林大橋,樓群如雨後春筍般節節拔高。裏昂那多的畫外音說:For those of us who lived or died in furious days,was like everything we knew was mightily swept away. No matter what they did to build the city up again,for the rest of time, were like no one even know they were ever here.