Even the Conor McGregor hype gets drowned out in New York

Conor McGregor could hardly have done more to make New York sit up and take notice, writes Brendan O’Brien

New York may be the city that never sleeps but it isn’t all that hard to find sanctuary from the frenetic pace or whatever human drama it is that happens to be unfolding on any of its many corners, streets, and avenues.

5th Avenue runs right through the heart of Manhattan: from Washington Square in Greenwich Village at the southern end right up to Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem. A six-mile, straight-as-an-arrow walk taking in sights as iconic as the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Central Park and, of course, the Museum of Sex.