Wall Street
Under 2,000 feet of pavement that stands in for all of American finance — named for a wall that hasn't existed since 1699.
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Eight blocks between Broadway and the East River pack the New York Stock Exchange — the world's largest by market value — plus the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, all over ground the Dutch once walled off in 1653.
What to look for
- 40 Wall Street, once the world's tallest building
- The corner of Wall and Nassau, where New York's city hall — later Federal Hall — stood
- Wall and Pearl Streets, the foot of the street that held the city's first official slave market from 1711 to 1762
Reachable via several nearby subway stations and ferry terminals.
Wall Street is one of 38 sights worth the detour in New York, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the New York pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in New York
- Statue of LibertyFrance's gift to the U.S.: a crowned, robed woman raising a torch over New York Harbor, long read as a welcome to immigrants arriving by sea.
- Empire State BuildingRide up to the 86th- or 102nd-floor deck and look straight down on Midtown Manhattan.
- World Trade Center & 9/11 MemorialTwo reflecting pools now sit in the exact footprints where the Twin Towers stood until September 11, 2001.
- The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art)1.5 million works under one roof, from Sumerian stone to modern American rooms — a day here barely scratches it.
- Central ParkThe most visited urban park in the US — an estimated 42 million visits a year — built by hand on the razed land of a Black settlement, Seneca Village.
- Brooklyn BridgeCross the East River on the bridge that was the world's longest suspension span when it opened in 1883 — on a promenade raised 18 feet above the traffic.