A Brief Introduction to the Story of Streets and Alleys

The story takes place in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, new york. Charlie, like his friends, is a descendant of Italian immigrants. They have no formal jobs. They make a living by doing black market business and working for the mafia. Charlie's good friend Johnny is a troublemaker. At present, he owes a lot of money to Michael, a black market businessman, but he is unable to repay it. Charlie, Johnny and another friend Tony are bored with poverty and wandering around. They drank, fought, cheated and even witnessed the shooting in the bar. ...

Charlie and Johnny's cousin Teresa really love each other, but Teresa is very tired of Charlie's life now and is determined to leave "Little Italy" to find a new beginning. When Charlie's uncle, the mafia leader Mario, learned about his nephew's relationship with Johnny's family, he warned him to stay away from these "problematic" people.

Michael, who failed to collect debts several times, was very angry. To calm the matter down, Charlie assured him that Johnny would pay back the money as soon as possible. In Tony's bar, Michael found that Johnny couldn't come up with a dollar, so he got into an angry scuffle with him. Johnny suddenly pulled out his pistol and aimed it at Michael, so Michael had to leave angrily.

Charlie, Johnny and Teresa drove to the movies and decided to hide in the country for a while. Just as they were talking and laughing, a car behind them caught up. Michael in the car stretched out his pistol and fired at Charlie and them. Charlie's car hit a fire hydrant, and three injured young people climbed out of the car and cried in the dark.