Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Located in the heart of the Financial District in a distinctive Italian Renaissance-revival style building, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York boasts the largest depository gold reserve found anywhere in the world, larger than even Fort Knox, containing 7,000 tons of gold. One of 12 regional reserve banks in the Federal Reserve System, the building assumes a fortress-like presence you would expect from a massive vault containing so much buried treasure located five stories below street level.

Visitors will learn about the central banking functions that the Federal Reserve System performs and see the Bank's vault of international monetary gold on the bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Descending into the reserve itself, you pass through narrow corridor cut into a 90-ton steel cylinder. Over 120 lockers contain bullion, much of which is in custody for foreign nations. Possibly one of the most extraordinary tours in America!