New York City

Getting Down to Business

tour summary

What better place to bring the classroom to life than New York City-the epicenter of global finance and trade. Give students a quick immersion in the world of global finance as they visit the New York Stock Exchange and other sites of the Big Apple.

sample tour itinerary

Little Italy & Chinatown Town

This approximately 2 hour tour will cover a range of topics and give you the opportunity to better understand these neighborhoods and to better orient yourself in case you choose to return on your own.

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Empire State Building

 

The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street.

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Lower Manhattan
Subway ride to Battery Park

Battery Park is a 25-acre (10 hectare) public park located at the Battery, the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City, facing New York Harbor.

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Ferry ride to: The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886.

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Ellis Island

Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor and was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954.

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Museum of American Finance

The Museum of American Finance is the nation’s only independent public museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history.

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NY Mercantile Exchange

The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity futures exchange owned and operated by CME Group. CME Group does not offer tours, but you can view the CME Group's exhibit at the Museum of American Finance.

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New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), sometimes known as the "Big Board", is a stock exchange located in Wall Street.

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Trinity Church

Trinity Church (also known as Trinity Wall Street) at 79 Broadway, Lower Manhattan, is a historic, active parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

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9/11 Memorial

The 9/11 Memorial is the principal memorial commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001.  The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, on the former location of the Twin Towers, which were destroyed during the attacks. 

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Broadway Show

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City.

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Times Square (Photo)

Times Square is a major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is a privately held bank acting as Fiscal Bank of the United States since the passage of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and is one of the 12 Federal Reserve banks of the United States

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NASDAQ Stock Market

The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as simply the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations".

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Fifth Avenue Walk
NBA Store

The NBA Store is a series of officially licensed retailers which sell merchandise for the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue is a luxury American specialty store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated.

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Trump Tower

Trump Tower is a 58-story mixed-use skyscraper located at 725 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of East 56th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Nike Town
Abercrombie & Fitch

Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) (NYSE: ANF) is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22.

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Tiffany & Co.

Tiffany's flagship store, since 1940, is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City.

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FAO Schwartz

The FAO Schwarz flagship store, located in the General Motors Building at Fifth Avenue and 58th Street in Manhattan, is currently the brand’s only brick-and-mortar store location and a famous destination in the city.

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Macy's Marketing & Fashion Tour

Take a guided tour to learn about the magic of Macy's. Tours explore Macy's incredible retailing history and the architecture unique to the store you're in.

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Fashion Institute of Technology Museum

The Fashion Institute of Technology, generally known as FIT, is a State University of New York (SUNY) college of art, business, design, and technology connected to the fashion industry.

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Broadway Show

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City.

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Midtown Manhattan Tour
Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres (89,000 m2) between 48th and 51st streets in New York City, United States.

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St. Patrick's Cathedral

The Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly called St. Patrick's Cathedral) is a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States.

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Central Park

Central Park is a public park at the center of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.

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Museum of the City of New York

The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY), a history and art museum was incorporated in 1923 to preserve and present the history of New York City, and its people.

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