Fifth Avenue
North-south avenue in Manhattan, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. It stretches north from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to West 143rd Street in Harlem. It is one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world.[3][4]
| Museum Mile | |
Fifth Avenue and the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 81st Street | |
| Owner | City of New York |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 6.197 mi (9.973 km)[1][2] |
| Location | Manhattan, New York City |
| South end | Washington Square North in Greenwich Village |
| Major junctions | Madison Square in Flatiron Grand Army Plaza in Midtown Duke Ellington Circle in East Harlem Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem Madison Avenue Bridge in Harlem  Harlem River Drive in Harlem |
| North end | Harlem River Drive / 143rd Street in Harlem |
| East | University Place (south of 14th) Broadway (14th to 23rd) Madison Avenue (north of 23rd) |
| West | Sixth Avenue (south of 59th) Central Park-East Drive (59th to 110th) Lenox Avenue (north of 110th) |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | March 1811 |
Fifth Avenue carries two-way traffic from 142nd to 135th Street and carries one-way traffic southbound for the remainder of its route. The entire street used to carry two-way traffic until 1966. From 124th to 120th Street, Fifth Avenue is cut off by Marcus Garvey Park, with southbound traffic diverted around the park via Mount Morris Park West and northbound to Madison Avenue. Most of the avenue has a bus lane, though not a bike lane. Fifth Avenue is the traditional route for many celebratory parades in New York City, and is closed on several Sundays per year.
Fifth Avenue was originally only a narrower thoroughfare but the section south of Central Park was widened in 1908. The midtown blocks between 34th and 59th Streets were largely a residential area until the turn of the 20th century, when they were developed as commercial areas. The section of Fifth Avenue in the 50s is consistently ranked among the most expensive shopping streets in the world, and the section between 59th and 96th Streets across Central Park was nicknamed "Millionaire's Row" in the early 20th century due to the high concentration of mansions there. A section of Fifth Avenue running from 82nd to 110th Streets, also alongside Central Park, is also nicknamed Museum Mile due to the large number of museums there.