Financial District

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.

Asking rents among listings active on Sidewalk, updated September 27.

• Joe’s Pizza★ 4.5 (7,293) · Pizza Restaurant124 Fulton StWebsite
  210 ft away
• Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lower Manhattan★ 4.4 (1,685) · Movie Theater28 Liberty St Ste SC301Website
  0.2 mi away
• Eataly★ 4.2 (6,694)101 Liberty StWebsite
  0.2 mi away
• One World Observatory★ 4.7 (26,330) · Observation Deck117 West StWebsite
  0.4 mi away
• Pier 17★ 4.7 (12,594) · Event Venue89 South StWebsite
  0.4 mi away
• The Dead Rabbit★ 4.7 (8,640)30 Water StWebsite
  0.5 mi away

• WREY222 Broadway
• 50 Murray Street
• 99 John Street

Live Listings In Financial District

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  50 Murray Street · 1333

  5.0 bed · 3.0 bath

  $7,999/mo
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  50 Murray Street · 1060

  3.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $7,999/mo
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  50 Murray Street · 1330

  3.0 bed · 3.0 bath

  $13,495/mo
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  50 Murray Street · 832

  1.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $6,495/mo
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  50 Murray Street · 836

  2.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $5,999/mo
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  50 Murray Street · 851

  2.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $6,495/mo
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  50 Murray Street · 1667

  1.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $6,495/mo
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  50 Murray Street · 429

  3.0 bed · 3.0 bath

  $14,250/mo
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  50 Murray Street · 2140

  3.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $8,250/mo