Open in NoMad
Hotel-driven F&B hub — NoMad Hotel, Ace, Edition, Eventi all here
NoMad (North of Madison Square) is one of NYC's densest hotel-F&B corridors — NoMad Hotel, Ace, Edition, Eventi, Renaissance, James, Refinery. Hotel umbrella SLA licenses simplify regulatory; the model is "operate inside the hotel" rather than freestanding.
Best fit: hotel F&B program, restaurant, hotel rooftop bar. Standalone bars work but face stiff competition from hotel programming. Rents at $200-400/sqft; CB5 review applies but hotels file faster than freestanding venues.
What works here. And what to file.
Hotel F&B Program
Restaurant (full-service)
Cocktail Bar
Event Space / Private Venue
Highest SLA volume in NYC — 1,614 records (xlsx Jan 2022–Jan 2024 + YouTube transcripts Mar 2025–Apr 2026)
CB5 is Manhattan's central business district — historically the highest SLA volume of any NYC community board (1,614 records total). Two data sources stitched together: (1) 1,835 raw → ~1,600 deduped from the public Google Drive disposition spreadsheets (Jan 2022 – Jan 2024), with structured columns Address | Application Type | License Type | DBA | Applicant | Disposition; (2) 13 new records from YouTube auto-transcripts of the SLAP Committee meetings (Mar 2025 – Apr 2026). The vast majority of dispositions historically were 'No Comment' approvals (~91%) — the commercial-district norm. The board maintains a Restricted Licensing Area on 19th-21st Streets in Flatiron to curb problem corridors, and has codified a Rooftop & Rear Yard Policy.
Full CB M05 profile →Got a NoMad space in mind?
Drop an address or a venue name and get an A+/F grade based on DOB, ECB, 311, SLA, and ACRIS history at that exact location.