Fifth Avenue whisks players to 1930s New York, right in the middle of the skyscraper boom. Each participant controls a set of towers and, over a series of lively turns, strives to claim the most coveted lots along the famed avenue. The board is split into lots surrounded by various business types—high‑end boutiques, art galleries, jewelers, and the like. When you score a district, you earn points for each of your towers multiplied by the number of different business types adjacent to it, making location choice critical.

On your turn you may take one of four actions: draw three towers into your supply, place a business on an empty lot, draw a black bidding card and move the commissioner, or score a district. Each action lets you draw colored or black bidding cards. At turn’s end all players move the commissioner along a preset track; when he lands in a district a bidding round kicks off for that area. Bidding cards must match the lot’s colour, but black cards are wild and can be added to any bid. The highest bidder either builds their towers on that lot or declares a “building stop.” The player who declares the stop scores one point for every tower in the district, but the district’s normal scoring is then halved and no further construction may occur there.

The game ends when the business supply is exhausted or two building stops have been declared. A final scoring round runs for any district without a stop, and the player with the most victory points wins. With a weight of 2.7/5, Fifth Avenue is easy to learn yet offers strategic depth through its blend of area majority and auction mechanics. It is the ninth entry in the Alea Big Box series, guaranteeing solid components and well‑polished rules.