| Museum Mile | |
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| 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 is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue stretches downtown (southward) from West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan is the most expensive shopping street in the world.[3]
Fifth Avenue carries two-way traffic between 143rd and 135th Streets and carries one-way traffic southbound for the remainder of its route. The entire avenue carried two-way traffic until 1966. From 124th to 120th Streets, 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 to automobile traffic 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.
- ^ "Fifth Avenue (south of 120th Street)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^ "Fifth Avenue (north of 124th Street)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^ "New York's Fifth Avenue Retains its Top Ranking as the World's Most Expensive Retail Destination". Cushman & Wakefield. November 20, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2024.