Fifth Avenue
north-south avenue in Manhattan, New York
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Fifth Avenue is a major north-south street in Manhattan, the central borough of New York City. It is one of the city's most prominent and famous thoroughfares.
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Key facts
- Owner
- City of New York
- Maintained by
- NYCDOT
- Length
- 6.197 mi (9.973 km)
- 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)
- Commissioned
- March 1811
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue runs south from West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The section in Midtown Manhattan is one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world.
Fifth Avenue carries two-way traffic between 143rd and 135th Streets, and one-way traffic southbound for the rest of its route. The entire avenue carried two-way traffic until 1966. From 124th to 120th Streets, Fifth Avenue is interrupted 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, but no 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 each year.