Name: Hotel Park Ave NYC
Address: 444 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, 10016, US
Telephone: +1-212-804-8880
Price range: $$$

24 Hours in NoMad

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NoMad takes its name from its location, north of Madison Square Park. It's a compact neighborhood, which is the point. You can spend a full day here without needing public transportation, yellow cab or rideshare and most of the best parts are within ten minutes of each other.

This is how a day tends to go from Hotel Park Ave NYC.

8:00 a.m. Breakfast downstairs

Park Rose serves breakfast on the hotel's ground floor. Order coffee, take a window seat and watch Park Avenue South get to work. There's no reason to rush this part.

9:30 a.m. Madison Square Park

Walk about 5 minutes to Madison Square Park, located in the neighborhood's center. IT’s also the busiest part of the neighborhood early in the day with dog walkers, runners and people taking calls on benches. The original Shake Shack kiosk is still here. At the park's southern edge, the Flatiron Building is best seen from across Fifth Ave, where its narrow front actually makes sense.

Birds eye view of New York City taxi's driving on road.

11:00 a.m. Rizzoli Bookstore

Head back up Broadway to the Rizzoli Bookstore at 1133 Broadway, near 26th St. The tall ceilings, wood shelving and custom-designed Fornasetti Milano murals make it an easy place to lose an hour. The art, architecture and photography sections are why people come. The cookbooks are why they leave with a heavier bag.

12:30 p.m. Lunch in Koreatown

West 32nd Street, between Fifth Ave & Broadway, is a short walk from the hotel. Lunch here is fast, generous and usually involves sharing more than planned.

2:00 p.m. Dover Street Market

One block east of the hotel, at 30th St & Lexington Avenue, Dover Street Market fills seven floors of a former school building. Founded by Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, it rebuilds its interiors twice a year, so it rarely looks the same twice. Go for the clothes or go for the building. Both are reasonable.

3:30 p.m. A little history

West 28th Street, between Broadway & Sixth Ave, was once Tin Pan Alley, where much of America's early popular music was written and published. A plaque marks the block. It's a quiet reminder that this part of the city has always been about what comes next.

6:00 p.m. Golden Child

Back at the hotel, take the elevator to Golden Child, the rooftop bar fifteen floors above NoMad. The light changes, the room fills up and a quick drink turns into a second one while catching the last light of the day.

8:00 p.m. Dinner at Park Rose

The menu is modern Italian-American, with handmade pasta and Roman-style pizza. The room gets louder as the evening goes on. In a good way.

10:30 p.m. Seed Library

Below the hotel, Seed Library NYC is the first New York bar from Mr Lyan. The cocktails are ingredient-led and simple in the best sense. Locals come as often as guests, which says enough.

Most people arrive in NoMad with a plan. Fewer keep it.

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FAQs

NoMad sits just north of Madison Square Park in Manhattan, loosely between 25th and 30th Streets. It borders Flatiron to the south and Murray Hill to the east.

Yes, especially if you want to walk. Restaurants, shopping, Madison Square Park and several subway lines are all within a few minutes. It is also a 15-minute walk to Penn Station & Moynihan Train Hall.

Restaurants and bars, design and fashion stores, Madison Square Park and a long history that includes Tin Pan Alley.