Financial District

LOCATION

The Financial District is located in Downtown Manhattan, south of City Hall and east of Broadway.

SUB-DIVISIONS

The Seaport/Fulton Street area and its surroundings is included in our definition, although some people consider it as a separate neighborhood. Also, the area adjacent to City Hall is sometimes referred to as "Civic Center".

CHARACTER AND FEEL

For most of the 20th century the Financial District was a 9-to-5 kind of neighborhood which emptied out at night. Not any longer, thanks to building conversions and NYU dorm additions that significantly increased the number of local residents. Nowadays, it is entirely possible to bump into a neighbor on the way home around midnight, especially on massively "residentialized" streets like John Street.

Wall Street, the nerve center of American capitalism, now contains quite a few luxury residental buildings. Ditto for John Street and Water Street.

With that said, the character of the neighborhood is not as lively as let's say, the East Village.

APARTMENTS & REAL ESTATE

Selected Rental Buildings

• 100 Maiden Lane (Financial District) {10 available apts}
  Former headquarters of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft converted into a residential building in 2005. The centerpiece of 100 Maiden Lane is its 100-foot high atrium, which is top....
• 2 Gold Street (Financial District) {12 available apts}
  A 51-story tower, joined to a smaller "sister" building of 26 stories. The façade alternates between cream-colored brick and "high-performance" windows with recesses for balc....
• 45 Wall Street (Financial District) {5 available apts}
  A luxury building with business facilities located right on Wall Street.
• Barclay Tower (10 Barclay Street, Financial District) {2 available apts}
  A high-rise doorman building.
• Liberty Plaza (10 Liberty Street, Financial District) {4 available apts}
  A recently constructed building offering 1br, 2br and 2br duplex apartments.

See all Financial District Rental Apartment Buildings (32 buildings)

Selected No-Fee Rental Listings

• $2,190 Studio at 71 Broadway available 19/Jul/2009 posted 03/Jul/2009.
• $10,078 3-Bedroom at Barclay Tower posted 02/Jul/2009.
• $4,449 2-Bedroom at 2 Gold Street posted 01/Jul/2009.
• $3,850 2-Bedroom at 85 John posted 01/Jul/2009.
• $3,950 1-Bedroom at 100 Maiden Lane (short-term) available 30/Jul/2009 posted 29/Jun/2009.

See all Financial District No Fee Rental Apartments (41 total)

Condo & Co-op Buildings

• 123 Washington Street (Financial District)
  Hotel/residential condominium project set for completion in late 2007 - the building will contain about 220 hotel rooms and 180 condominium units.
• 20 Pine The Collection (20 Pine Street, Financial District)
  Luxury condo building in the former offices of Chase Manhattan Bank. Interior design by Armani/casa.
• 99 John (99 John Street, Financial District)
  A 28-story luxury rental building offering studios and a choice of 1- through 4-bedroom apartment layouts. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates and th....

See all Financial District Condo Apartment Buildings (20 buildings)

• 3 Hanover Square (Financial District)
  A high-rise doorman building.

See our list of Financial District Co-op Apartment Buildings

NAME

The Financial District (sometimes called the "Wall Street area" or, more annoyingly, the "FiDi") is named quite appropriately in that it's an area where many financial institutions are concentrated, although less densely than in the past.