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The Financial District is New York City’s fastest growing residential neighborhood and there is an increasing number of residential conversions and new developments to help these new residents feel at home. Schools in the area include Millennium High School, with about 550students and partnerships with groups like the Battery Dance Companyand the YMCA Future Works Entrepreneurship Program. The ClaremontPreparatory School, a private, nonsectarian school with about 800students in pre-kindergarten through ninth grade, will open a highschool this year. Stone Street has emerged as a center of dining and nightlife,especially during pleasant weather when the cobblestone street iscrowded with alfresco diners.

High-end retailers like Tiffanyand Hermes have opened, along with supermarkets, dry cleaners and otheramenities. John Street features Bon Chon Chicken, Open Door Gastropuband Café Sage, a trio of restaurants with sleek interiors. Theadventurous might stumble across the Iron Horse, a biker bar andrestaurant, complete with two motorcycles out front.

Also, the Financial District offers some of the best price per square foot anywhere in Manhattan.

GREAT AS AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY OR PIED-A-TIERRE.