Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue, one of the best shopping streets in the world, is an important road in the Manhattan borough of New York City. It runs north from Greenwich Village's Washington Square Park to Harlem's West 143rd Street. It is one of the world's most costly shopping streets.

According to Christina Parrella from nycgo.com, Fifth Avenue, one of the most luxury retail segments in the country, is the main artery of New York City's shopping scene, having hosted a constant stream of fashion mavens for over 100 years. Buyers travel to this region of Midtown (between 49th and 60th streets) to shop for anything, from catwalk copycats to bargain seekers. The road truly has something for everyone, with mass labels like Victoria's Secret and H&M, premium department stores like Bergdorf Goodman, and multinational merchants like Zara and Uniqlo. Fifth Avenue is home to more than just clothing stores: it also houses the 24-hour flagship Apple Store and the city's first jeweler, Tiffany & Co.

Fifth Avenue was originally a narrower thoroughfare, but it was enlarged south of Central Park in 1908. The blocks between 34th and 59th Streets in midtown were mostly residential until the turn of the twentieth century when they were developed as commercial zones. The part of Fifth Avenue in the 1950s is frequently ranked among the most expensive retail avenues in the world, and the area across Central Park between 59th and 96th Streets was dubbed "Millionaire's Row" in the early twentieth century due to the high concentration of mansions. Due to the great number of museums, a part of Fifth Avenue running from 82nd to 110th Streets, also beside Central Park, is also known as Museum Mile.

Location: Manhattan, New York City