In Gangs of New York isn't it hugely inconvenient to have buried Bill + Vallon in Brooklyn?

Submitted by Tristram_ZX81 t3_10q6a1y in movies

The Brookyln Bridge wasn't built until 1883, and I understand the only bridge crossings to Manhattan at that time were at the Bronx side of the island. So why did they bury both Vallon and Bill in Brooklyn? Presumably so they could get that cool shot of South Manhattan ageing over a century.... It's a very cool shot, but a 7hr walk carying a body for Amsterdam!

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paulwhitedotnyc t1_j6o42fn wrote

The person he was based on, William Poole, was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, I don’t exactly know why, but they did have boats, so maybe it wasn’t that inconvenient, but I would like to know too.

Edit: from an article I found

“Bill The Butcher Poole had one of the largest funerals ever seen in the city of New York City, with thousands of mourners following the casket from Christopher Street to the Battery where a ferry took the remains to Green-Wood Cemetery. It was reported that so many people stood on the roofs of buildings to watch the procession that one house collapsed under the weight killing four people. John Morrissey organized an array of Five Points thugs including the “Original Hounds” Engine Number 36 and a gang called the Short Boys to throw rocks and bricks at the mourners.”

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Creeping_Death_89 t1_j6o5ytz wrote

There were obviously horses as well. Aside from the fact that a 7-hour walk isn't even that, between boats and horses they definitely could have made the trip much easier.

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Yserbius t1_j6p044k wrote

Duh, they just paid the $12 and took the Battery.

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mediarch t1_j6o8elu wrote

You can load up the body onto a horse and transport it that way. Just like in Read Dead Redemption 2 when you have have to get your legendary pelt to the trapper in Saint Denis. Also boats exist.

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