Banks and business blocks in New York
This tour visits the commercial core, with banks, business blocks, stores and exchange buildings. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1846 to 1929. 15 stops, 2.5 miles end to end. Of the stops, 5 are National Historic Landmarks.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Former Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank51 Chambers St.Building · listed 1982start
- 2Stewart, A. T., Company StoreNHL280 BroadwayBuilding · built 1846 · listed 1978221 ft from stop 1
- 3Federal Reserve Bank of New York33 Liberty St.Building · listed 19800.4 mi from stop 2
- 4American Stock ExchangeNHL86 Trinity Pl.Building · listed 19780.2 mi from stop 3
- 5New York Stock ExchangeNHL11 Wall St.Building · built 1903 · listed 19780.1 mi from stop 4
- 6Broad Exchange Building25 Broad St.Building · listed 1998378 ft from stop 5
- 7Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building41 Broad St.Building · built 1929 · listed 2006128 ft from stop 6
- 8American Bank Note Company Building70 Broad St.Building · built 1908 · listed 1999419 ft from stop 7
- 9Fraunces Tavern BlockBounded by Pearl, Water, Broad Sts. and Coenties SlipHistoric district · listed 19770.1 mi from stop 8
- 10New York Cotton ExchangeNHL1 Hanover Sq.Building · listed 19720.1 mi from stop 9
- 11National City BankNHL55 Wall St.Building · listed 19780.1 mi from stop 10
- 12First National City Bank55 Wall St.Building · listed 1972same block from stop 11
- 13Bank of New York Building48 Wall St.Building · listed 2003140 ft from stop 12
- 14Schermerhorn Row BlockBlock bounded by Front, Fulton, and South Sts., and Burling SlipHistoric district · listed 19710.2 mi from stop 13
- 15US Post Office–Knickerbocker Station130 E. BroadwayBuilding · listed 19891.0 mi from stop 14
2.5 straight-line miles over 14 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 15 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in New York
- Neoclassical architecture in New York12 stops · 2.4 milesNeoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The New York examples on this route went up between 1886 and 1937.
- Beaux-Arts architecture in New York12 stops · 2.4 milesBeaux-Arts is the grand classical manner taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with paired columns, sculpted swags and monumental stairs. The New York examples on this route went up between 1902 and 1905.
- Houses and mansions in New York13 stops · 1.7 milesThe route links houses built between 1897 and 1948. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Churches and temples in New York11 stops · 2.3 milesThe route links churches built between 1801 and 2017. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
- New York in the 1930s10 stops · 2.1 milesEvery stop carries a construction date in the 1930s. Art Deco is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
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Guidebooks to historic places in New York
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