Shorts Gardens is a street in the Seven Dials area of Covent Garden, in the modern borough of Camden.

In London Labour and the London Poor edition: 

Phase 1

A Visit to the Rookery of St. Giles and its Neighbourhood. (Volume 4): "We then went to Short’s Gardens, and entered a house there. On the basement underground we saw a company of men, women, and children of various ages, seated around the tables, and by the fire. The men and women had mostly been engaged in hopping, and appeared to be healthy, industrious, and orderly. Until lately thieves used to lodge in these premises."

London Considered as a Great World. (The Great World of London): "In short, London may be safely asserted to be the most densely-populated city in all the world - containing one-fourth more people than Pekin, and two-thirds more than Paris; more than twice as many as Constantinople; four times as many as St. Petersburg; five times as many as Vienna, or New York, or Madrid; nearly seven times as many as Berlin eight times as many as Amsterdam; nine times as many as Rome ; fifteen times as many as Copenhagen; and seventeen times as many as Stockholm."

Phase 2

Meeting of Thieves. (Volume 1)