I worked at this location for several years. The shopping on this street and surrounding areas is much preferable to the much more touristy and crowded 34th St. There is a Gap, Zara, Old Navy, H&M, TJ Maxx, Daffy's (although the 34th St. one is MUCH better), 2 Filene's basements (one is by the TJ Maxx on 6th and the other is in Union Square), Anthropologie, J. Crew, etc.et al. The food here is sublime. Check out City Bakery for the BEST hot chocolate and homemade marshmallows. If you just want a quick bite to eat for lunch, Foodworks has a great selection and is very clean. Home's Kitchen (Chinese) has great lunch specials as well and they usually deliver very quickly. The best calamari ever can be found at Punch. Great pizza--order from Brick Oven Pizza (marguerite). You won't be disappointed.