Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Point, the n.

1. (US) West Point, properly the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York [abbr.].

[US]D. Runyon ‘Fat Fallon’ in From First to Last (1954) 29: Flash Fat was a lieutenant then, just from the Point.
[US](con. 1969) M. Herr Dispatches 105: Coriolanus had never been required reading at the Point.

2. San Quentin prison [its site: Point San Quentin, Marin County, CA].

[US]A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks.

3. (US black teen) Hunter’s Point, San Francisco [abbr.].

[US]A. Newitz ‘Bay Area Sl.’ on Berkeley University Amer. Studies 102 Course Website 🌐 The Point – Hunters Point. Area in the southern part of the City.