#A, #E, #J, #M, #1, #2, #4 or #5 train to Fulton Street-Broadway Nassau.

At the eastern end of Fulton Street, the South Street Seaport is a mixed bag - a fair slice of commercial gentrification that was necessary to woo developers and tourists, plus the presence of a centuries-old working fish market that has kept things real. It dates back to the 1600s, when this stretch of the waterside was New York's sailship port. When the FDR Drive was constructed in the 1950s, the Seaport's decline was rapid, but private initiative beginning in 1967 rescued the remaining warehouses and saved the historic seaport just in time.

Regular guided tours of the Seaport run from the Visitors' Center , located at 12-14 Fulton St.

South Street Seaport

• South Street Seaport

Explore South Street Seaport

• Fulton Fish Market
• Pier 17
• Seaport Museum

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