Financial District

The Financial District is a lot more than just the WTC site. The stock exchange, the battery, the bull and many historic buildings are here. The wealth of the world is traded here. Washington may be where policy decisions are made, but this is where the real power is – where the money is.

“Although becoming more residential, as evidenced by more apartments within the district itself, as well as several hotels, the neighborhood is considered to be primarily a destination for daytime traders and office workers from around New York City and the surrounding areas.
Although the term is sometimes considered to be synomomous with “Wall Street” the latter term is usually taken to imply the financial markets as a whole, whereas the Financial District implies an actual geographical location.”

Source: OfficialSite

The major setting for a number of films, including Inside Man and Wall Street.

Crowded and frenetic during the business week and eerily quiet on the weekend.