Downtown Manhattan Downtown Manhattan contains the ethnic enclaves of Little Italy and Chinatown, the slums of Hell's Kitchen, the upscale art houses of SoHo and Greenwich, and the financial powerhouses of Wall Street. Points of interest in this area include the City, State, and Federal Goverment complexes, courthouses, the New York Stock Exchange, NYU, Union Square, and Battery Park. This is where the Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River, the Holland Tunnel leads in from New Jersy, and the Staten Island Ferry leaves on its way past the Statue of Liberty toward Staten Island. |  |