Fifth Avenue NYC: History and other facts

Fifth Avenue is among top tourist places in New York. Here in this article you will find information about Fifth Avenue including its history and some other facts.

Fifth Avenue is known for shopping services and is one of the popular shopping destination in world. It is a mark of attraction in Manhattan in New York City which is situated in New York state of United States. One special section of Fifth Avenue (between 49th Street and 60th Street) is full with world's quality shops and because of serving one of the best shopping experience, Fifth Avenue is among world's most expensive shopping streets. We can't say that Fifth Avenue is world's expensive shopping street because its position changes according to currency status but it will always punch its name in world's expensive shopping streets list. During mid-1990s, the shopping region between 49th and 57th streets was supposed to be world's most expensive retail spaces depending on cost per square foot. One milestone get added to Fifth Avenue in 2008 when Forbes magazine (very popular magazine across world) ranked Fifth Avenue as being the most expensive street in the world. Fifth Avenue geographically starts from Washington Square Park and extends towards eastern side of Central Park.

Fifth Avenue is of great importance in Manhattan as it plays the role of dividing line for house numbering in Manhattan. So whenever you visit New York City then don't forget to buy something from Fifth Avenue. You may share your experiences as comments below.