曼哈顿的唐人街位于下城,从纽约大学往南不远。以前是不入流的坏区,叫Five Points,十九世纪那里帮派横行。电影“Gangs of New York”讲美国内战时期,从那里贫苦居民里征兵遭到抵制,连带族裔帮会冲突,酿成一起大规模的骚乱。电影结尾,卡梅伦-迪亚斯搀扶着里昂那多-迪卡普利欧离开墓地。镜头从布鲁克林这边定格曼哈顿,河那边的景观从浓烟滚滚的废墟,变成布鲁克林大桥,楼群如雨后春笋般节节拔高。里昂那多的画外音说: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.