Financial District
North to Fulton Street. Hudson River to East River
Nearby Subways 1, 9, A, C, E, 4, 5

The Financial District neighborhood of New York City is on the southernmost section of Manhattan and comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the city's major financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The World Trade Center existed in the neighborhood until the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the site is currently being rebuilt. The neighborhood roughly overlaps the boundaries of the New Amsterdam settlement in the late 17th Century and has a residential population of about 56,000. During the day, the population swells to about 300,000.

As a district, it encompasses roughly the area south of City Hall Park, but excluding Battery Park and Battery Park City. The heart of the Financial District is often considered to be the corner of Wall Street and Broad Street, both of which are contained entirely within the district.

Previously, the neighborhood was considered to be primarily a destination for daytime traders and office workers from around New York City and the surrounding areas. The neighborhood now has a growing number of full-time residents, with estimates made in 2008 that there were approximately 56,000 people living in the area, a jump from the 15 to 20 thousand living there before September 11th, with many buildings being converted from office space to apartments and condominiums during the 1990s and 2000s.

It also has a growing number of tourist attractions such as the adjacent South Street Seaport Historic District, New York City Police Museum, and Museum of American Finance. Bowling Green is the starting point of traditional ticker-tape parades on Broadway, where here it is also known as the Canyon of Heroes. The Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Skyscraper Museum are both in adjacent Battery Park City, which is also home to the World Financial Center.