Madison Street is a two-way thoroughfare in the Lower East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan that begins under the Brooklyn Bridge entrance ramp and ends at Grand Street . It is roughly sixteen large city blocks long. Due to security measures implemented after the September 11 attacks , public access to the part of the street before St. James Place is restricted.
4-528: The Yakey Yakes was a 19th-century street gang, prominent in New York's underworld during the late 1890s and early 1900s. Based in the neighborhood of Catherine and Madison Streets , the gang were formed by Yakey Yake Brady in the 1890s and later participated in the gang war between Monk Eastman and Paul Kelly . Rivals of the Cherry Hill Gang , eight members were arrested in connection with
8-457: The murder of rival Jimmy Brennan on the night of January 11, 1905. One of the gang members, Thomas "Nine-Eyed" Donegan , later admitted to have taken part in Brennan's murder, shooting him three times. However, members Robert Ginan and John Dalton ("Kid" or "Brady") were held in custody while the others were released under subpoenas . Two others thought to be involved included Edward Lynch, who
12-562: The street is residential, dominated by mostly tenements . The street is considered one of the southern boundaries of Chinatown . The Hamilton-Madison House at 50 Madison Street is a major provider of child care for the Chinatown , Two Bridges , and Lower East Side neighborhoods. Madison Street is surrounded by housing projects, tenements and schools. PS 1 , PS 2 , and the Corlears Complex schools all have yards facing
16-620: Was found earlier that night with a gunshot wound in the leg, and John Sullivan, arrested in Jersey City for carrying a loaded revolver also suffering from a gunshot wound which had shattered his jaw. Oak Hill police initially charged William Budd and James Galligan, who an eyewitness identified, ambushing Brennan at Catherine and Madison Street and killing him. Madison Street (Manhattan) The character of Madison Street changes from block to block. There are housing projects east of Pike Street . Between Catherine Street and Pike Street,
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