Ice-coated house (burned) in Crosby Street opposite Jersey Street, January 1896.

Jersey Street Rookeries.

Jersey Street Rookeries.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

"The Barracks" -- Mott Street between Bleeker and Houston.

Yard in Jersey Street Tenement.

"The Barracks" -- Mott Street between Bleeker and Houston.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

Newsboy in lodging house, 9 Duane Street.

The 'Soup House Gang' Class in History in the Duane Street Newsboys' Lodging House.

Street Arabs in night-quarters -- Mulberry Street.

In a Ludlow Street tenement lodging cellar.

Duane Street Newsboys' Lodging House, John & Willie.

In a Ludlow Street tenement lodging cellar.

In a Ludlow Street tenement lodging cellar.

Upstairs in Blindman's Alley.