Rear Tenements in Mott Street, in which an Italian Shot his wife dead and escaped, 1894.

Rear Tenements in Mott Street, in which an Italian Shot his wife dead and escaped, 1894.

The Mott Street Barracks.

The Mott Street Barracks.

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.

The Mott Street Barracks.

The Mott Street Barracks.

The Mott Street Barracks.

The Mott Street Barracks.

Arch under the first rear tenement at 55 Baxter Street leading to the second rear, with stairs up which Vincenzo Nino went to murder his wife in 1895. House believed to be haunted.

The Riverside Tenements in Brooklyn.

The Mott Street Barracks.

Typical Tenement Fire escape, serving as an extension of the "flat" -- Allen Street.

Typical Tenement Fire escape, serving as an extension of the "flat" -- Allen Street.

Saluting the Flag in the Mott Street Industrial School.

The Riverside Tenements in Brooklyn.

Arch under the first rear tenement at 55 Baxter Street leading to the second rear, with stairs up which Vincenzo Nino went to murder his wife in 1895. House believed to be haunted.

The Mott Street Boys, "Keep off the Grass".