The Lay Of The Land
The Financial District follows the colonial street grid, which means it does not have one. Streets bend and narrow, Stone Street is still paved in cobbles, and a block can shift from a canyon of stone office towers to a two-story tavern in a hundred feet. The Seaport sits on the east side along the river, Battery Park caps the south tip, and the World Trade Center and the Oculus anchor the west.
Most of the housing arrived after 2001, when a wave of office-to-residential conversions turned prewar towers on Wall Street, Pine Street, Water Street and John Street into rentals. The signature apartment is a converted office floor: ceilings of ten feet and up, large windows, oversized kitchens, and layouts that vary from one unit to the next because the building was never designed for living. Newer glass towers on the waterfront and near Fulton Street add doorman buildings with amenity floors.
Transit is the district's strongest argument. The 2 and 3 stop at Wall Street, the 4 and 5 at Bowling Green and Wall Street, the J and Z at Broad Street, the R and W at Rector and Whitehall, the 1 at Rector and South Ferry, and the A, C, E, 2, 3, 4 and 5 all meet at Fulton Center. PATH trains to New Jersey run from the World Trade Center, and the Staten Island Ferry and NYC Ferry leave from the Battery.
The rhythm of the neighborhood is set by the workweek. Weekdays bring office crowds and lunch lines; evenings and weekends are noticeably quiet, with the restaurants around Stone Street and the Seaport carrying the nightlife. Grocery options improved as the population did, and the waterfront esplanade connects to Battery Park City for a continuous walk up the Hudson.
Market Pulse
What renting in Financial District looks like right now, from listings active on Sidewalk.
- Studio$4,313/mo
- 1 BR$5,722/mo
- 2 BR$7,699/mo
- 3+ BR$11,250/mo
- Hollow: fewer than 5 listings that month
Asking rents among listings active on Sidewalk, updated November 14.
Nearby restaurants
A taste of where to eat around Financial District.
- 210 ft away
- La Parisienne9 Maiden Ln0.1 mi away
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- Eataly101 Liberty St0.2 mi away
Buildings In Financial District
64 total- 101 Wall By the Water101 Wall Street
- 15 Cliff15 Cliff Street
- 20 Broad20 Broad Street
- 20 Exchange20 Exchange Place
- 63 Wall Street63-67 Wall Street
- 8 Spruce8 Spruce Street
- 89 Murray89 Murray Street
- 95 Wall95 Wall Street
- Aqua House180 Water Street
- Aria NYC90 John Street
- Availabilities100 Maiden Lane
- Barclay Tower10 Barclay Street
- be@William90 William Street
- City Hall Tower258 Broadway
- Deco Lofts99 John Street
- District111 Fulton Street
- Downtown by Philippe Stark15 Broad Street
- Five Nine John Lofts59 John Street
- Fultonhaus119 Fulton Street
- Greenwich Club Residences88 Greenwich Street
- Greenwich Court275 Greenwich Street
- Greenwich Place120 Greenwich Street
- LE RIVAGE21 West Street
- Liberty Plaza10 Liberty Street
- Liberty Tower55 Liberty Street
- One Hundred Barclay100 Barclay Street
- One Wall Street1 Wall Street
- Southbridge Towers80 Beekman Street
- Southbridge Towers90 Gold Street
- THE COCOA EXCHANGE1 Wall Street Court
- The Collection20 Pine Street
- The Croft71 Nassau Street
- The Downtown Club20 West Street
- The Exchange25 Broad Street
- The Hastings Building71 Murray Street
- THE RENAISANCE100 John Street
- The Seaport Loft272 Water Street
- Tower 270270 Broadway
- Tribeca House50 Murray Street
- Tribeca House53 Park Place
- W New York Downtown123 Washington Street
- Warren Lofts37 Warren Street
- WREY222 Broadway
- 130 William Street240 units · Built 2020
- 2 Gold Street650 units · Built 2003
- 70 Pine Street612 units · Built 1932
- 10 Hanover Square493 units · Built 1972
- 71 Broadway237 units · Built 1898
- 3 Hanover Square202 units · Built 1923
- 130 Fulton Street21 units · Built 1893
- 50 West Street186 units · Built 2016
- 37 Wall Street372 units · Built 1904
- 200 Water Street576 units · Built 1973
- 40 Broad Street156 units · Built 1986
- 80 Chambers Street87 units · Built 1929
- 111 Murray Street157 units · Built 2018
- 45 Wall Street435 units · Built 1958
- 101 Warren StreetBuilt 2007
- 53 Murray Street6 units · Built 1920
- 75 Wall Street346 units · Built 1987
- 261 Broadway65 units · Built 1917
- 160 Pearl StreetBuilt 1900
- 115 South Street7 units · Built 1838
- 176 BroadwayBuilt 1905
