The Narrows

The Narrows
Location	Gotham City

"This is the Narrows. The poorest of the poor. The hardest of the hard."

—Harvey Bullock^[src]

The Narrows is a neighborhood in Gotham City located on an island in the middle of the Gotham River. Within a week of the Wayne murders, the Gotham Chronicle reported an "alarming rise in criminal activity". A rise in poverty rates has been associated with the increased violence in The Narrows.

History

Background

The Narrows are known as an extremely poor and dangerous neighborhood, similar to a slum.  Plagued by violence and crime, the district serves as a denizen for some of Gotham's most vicious criminals.  Various gangs and mobsters have claimed dominion over the Narrows, but wars for supremacy are not uncommon.

In the Series

In order to help out Theo Galavan, Oswald Cobblepot had Butch Gilzean and Selina Kyle enlist the Pike family to rob a building owned by Wayne Enterprises. It was said that the Pike Brothers were the "Firebugs of the Narrows" and were associated with Fish Mooney.

In order to raise money for an operation on his brain, Edward Nygma took Butch Gilzean (who has been transformed into Solomon Grundy) to a fight club owned by Cherry in order to sign him up for the fights. In addition, Leslie Thompkins was working at Cherry's as their doctor.

Known locations

• Cherry's
• Pike apartment
• The Flea
• Narrow's Bar
• The Factory
• Krank Toys and Models

Residents

• Cherry (deceased)
• Solomon Grundy (deceased)
• Leslie Thompkins (deceased)
• Edward Nygma (deceased)
• Sampson
• Pike family
  • Evan Pike (deceased)
  • Joe Pike (deceased)
  • Cale Pike (deceased)
  • Bridgit Pike (formerly)
• Alfred Pennyworth (formerly)
• Krank Family
  • Griffin Krank (deceased)
  • Cosmo Krank

Appearances

Season 1 "Lovecraft" "The Fearsome Dr. Crane" Season 2 "Rise of the Villains: Scarification" "Rise of the Villains: By Fire" Season 3 "Mad City: New Day Rising" "Mad City: Anything for You" "Mad City: Smile Like You Mean It" (mentioned) Season 4 "A Dark Knight: The Blade's Path" "A Dark Knight: Hog Day Afternoon" "A Dark Knight: A Day in the Narrows" "A Dark Knight: Stop Hitting Yourself" "A Dark Knight: Let Them Eat Pie" "A Dark Knight: Things That Go Boom" "A Dark Knight: Queen Takes Knight" "A Dark Knight: Pieces of a Broken Mirror" "A Dark Knight: A Beautiful Darkness" (mentioned) "A Dark Knight: Reunion" "A Dark Knight: The Sinking Ship, The Grand Applause" "A Dark Knight: To Our Deaths and Beyond" "A Dark Knight: That Old Corpse" "A Dark Knight: One Bad Day" "A Dark Knight: No Man's Land"

Notes

• The Narrows was introduced in the 2005 Christopher Nolan film Batman Begins as an island in the middle of Gotham River situated between Midtown and Downtown Gotham, which had a decaying and downtrodden neighborhood and had Arkham Asylum there. It "was lost" in the first film and converted into Arkham Asylum grounds in "Batman: Gotham Knight." Following this, it was carried over into the comics and other media projects.