The brothels of Greene Street, and the nearby theatres and hotels. Every red point is a brothel on the block either in 1870, 1880, or both.
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Part of wards 5, 6, 8 & 14, New York City. (G.W. Bromley & Co., civil engineers. Published by Geo. W. Bromley & E. Robinson, 1879). Data from Gilfoyle, Timothy. City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790- 1920 WW Norton & Company: New York, 1994.