Five Points Movers

Let us not confuse Denver’s Five Points with the Five Points of “Gangs of New York” (the one where Daniel Day-Lewis didn’t win an Oscar and Marty Scorcese managed to make Leo DiCaprio prettier than Cameron Diaz).

Five Points is directly northeast of downtown Denver. Residents tend to be educated (57% hold at least a Bachelor’s degrees), renters (70% of all units) and have short commutes (66% report less than 30 minutes).

Named for the five-point intersection of 26^th Avenue, 27^th Street, Washington Street and Welton Street, Five Points began as a desirable and diverse suburb populated by German, Irish and Jewish residents. By the 1920s, its population was mostly black, giving rise to its reputation as the “Harlem of the West.”

Urban decline hit Five Points in the 1960s, but the climb back up started in the 1990s. Now, the Rockies, RiNo and annual events such as the Five Points Jazz Festival and Juneteenth Music Festival make Five Points one of Denver’s leading cultural hotspots.