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IconicSt. Patrick's Cathedral
FreeStep off Fifth Avenue into a Gothic Revival cathedral of marble spires, stained glass windows, side chapels and bronze doors.
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Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a shop in New York, NY, part of the New York City guide. Cost: free.
Shopping stretch between 49th and 60th Sts · New York, NY
Why you should go…
Fifth Avenue runs through Manhattan from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village up to West 143rd Street in Harlem. Between 49th and 60th Streets it is lined with flagship stores and boutiques, including Tiffany & Co. at 57th Street, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Prada. Farther north, the stretch along Central Park from 82nd to 110th Streets is known as Museum Mile. It is also the traditional route for many of the city's parades.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Fifth Avenue, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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Top of the Rock Observation Deck
$25–$50Rockefeller Center's three-tiered deck serves the best view in town, Central Park one way, the Empire State the other.
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Rockefeller Center
FreeStroll an Art Deco complex of plazas, public art, shops and a skating rink, with Top of the Rock observation decks above.
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Macy's Herald Square
FreeShop the 11-level flagship that covers nearly a whole city block, ride its old wooden escalators and see the animated holiday windows.
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B&H Photo Video
FreeA giant camera and electronics superstore near Penn Station where your orders ride overhead conveyor belts to the counter.
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SoHo
FreeShop boutiques and flagship stores among Lower Manhattan blocks lined with 19th-century cast-iron buildings.
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