page_title: Fifth Avenue
section_title: Traffic pattern
hierarchical_section_title: Fifth Avenue / Description / Traffic pattern
caption_attribution_description: English: New York City, N.Y. (Mar. 17, 2005) - Members of Naval Reserve Center Bronx's color guard march up Fifth Avenue in New York City (NYC), at the 244th Annual NYC St. Patrick's Day parade, followed by crew members of the Irish Navy offshore patrol vessel L.E. Roisin (P 51). The Irish Sailors were in Manhattan as part of a goodwill tour in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Over one million onlookers gathered to watch 150,000 parade participates in what is considered the oldest and largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the world. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist John Harrington (RELEASED)
context_page_description: Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It stretches north from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to West 143rd Street in Harlem. It is considered one of the most expensive and elegant streets in the world.
  Fifth Avenue carries two-way traffic from 142nd to 135th Street and carries one-way traffic southbound for the remainder of its route. The entire street used to carry two-way traffic until 1966. From 124th to 120th Street, Fifth Avenue is cut off by Marcus Garvey Park, with southbound traffic diverted around the park via Mount Morris Park West. 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 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.
context_section_description: Fifth Avenue from 142nd Street to 135th Street carries two-way traffic. Fifth Avenue carries one-way traffic southbound from 143rd Street to 142nd Street and from 135th Street to Washington Square North. The changeover to one-way traffic south of 135th Street took place on January 14, 1966, at which time Madison Avenue was changed to one way uptown (northbound). From 124th Street to 120th Street, Fifth Avenue is cut off by Marcus Garvey Park, with southbound traffic diverted around the park via Mount Morris Park West.
caption: Members of Naval Reserve Center Bronx's color guard march up Fifth Avenue at the 244th Annual NYC St. Patrick's Day parade
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