Get to know NoMad

Covering the northern third of Madison Square Park up to 30th Street and stretching across the west and east sides from Sixth Avenue to Lexington, NoMad has undergone many changes in its time. But its iconic buildings, constructed in styles ranging from Beaux-Arts to Romanesque Revival to English Gothic Revival, still call back to history. Of course, Madison Square Park is an attractive green space that is an inextricable part of the area. Restoration efforts helped spur residential development and the arrival of high-fashion businesses and trendy nightlife, making today’s park the cornerstone of a bustling neighborhood. The NoMad area was once a stopping point for those entering or departing Manhattan, and it sits today on the fulcrum of many other neighborhoods. Chelsea, Flatiron, and Gramercy are right next door, and subway service on the N, Q, R, W, and 6 lines can get you anywhere you need to go.

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NoMad Commerce & Culture

Though NoMad as a distinct neighborhood is a relatively recent development, the area above Madison Square Park has long been integral to the city’s fabric. The nation’s first Kinetoscope Parlor (a primitive movie theater) was on the corner of Broadway and 27th. A team responsible for developing the modern rules of baseball played on an empty lot at 27th and Lexington. Tin Pan Alley, home to the top music publishers and songwriters of the early 20th century, was on 28th between Fifth and Sixth. Presently, down near where Gilded Age moguls once socialized, there are many upscale drinking and dining options, from food markets to Michelin-starred restaurants. If you’re feeling particularly bold (as it is basically the drink-ordering equivalent of wearing a band’s t-shirt to that band’s concert), get yourself a Manhattan cocktail: the drink was created in a NoMad social club in the 1870s.