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Fifth Avenue at a Glance:

Put on the map in the mid-19th century when the aristocratic Astor family settled into their new mansion on 34th Street, Fifth Avenue quickly became home to all of New York's upper social strata.

Today, home to the Empire State Building, The New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Museum Mile, and flagship stores of top designers, Fifth Avenue is a place where visitors can literally spend their entire stay - and never see it all.

Running up the middle of the island, Fifth Avenue begins at Washington Square in Greenwich Village and runs through Midtown, along Central Park, and through the Upper East Side and Harlem, where it terminates at the Harlem River at 142nd Street.

Fifth Avenue Shopping:

Fifth Avenue Museum Mile:

El Museo del Barrio at 104th Street
Museum of the City of New York at 103rd Street
Jewish Museum at 92nd Street
Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design at 91st Street
National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts at 89th Street
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum at 88th Street
Metropolitan Museum of Art from 82nd to 86th Streets
Goethe House German Cultural Center at 82nd Street

also see -> New York City Museums | New York City Shopping

Fifth Avenue Photo Gallery