48 Wall Street, known at one time as the Bank of New York Building was built in 1928 on land used by the bank since 1797, on the corner of Wall Street

Wall Street

Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...

 and William Street

William Street (Manhattan)

William Street is a city street in the Financial District of lower Manhattan in New York City in the United States of America. It runs generally southwest to northeast, crossing Wall Street and terminating at Broad Street and Spruce Street, respectively. Between Beaver Street and Broad Street,...

 in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

's Financial District. Its former banking hall has been modified to house the Museum of American Finance

Museum of American Finance

The Museum of American Finance, is an American financial-history museum, located in the Financial District of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York....

, which moved there in October 2007.

Immediately outside is the entrance for the Wall Street subway station ( trains) on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line.