The Ned NoMad

Broadway’s 1903-vintage Johnston Building was, in an earlier incarnation as the NoMad Hotel, instrumental in putting this neighborhood on the map for present-day New Yorkers. And now it’s the site of another step in the neighborhood’s evolution: The Ned NoMad, a members’ club and luxury boutique hotel that’s sister to the original Ned in the City of London.

Like its English namesake the Ned NoMad is a study in 1920s glamour, both in its multitude of common spaces and in its rooms and suites, which retain their antique flooring, their eclectic furnishings, and, in the Studios, freestanding claw-foot tubs in addition to walk-in showers. The smallest ones, the Crash Pads, are perhaps best suited as an add-on to a big night out, while the larger ones are suitable for families or extended stays.

Some members’-club hotels extend the benefits of membership to all overnight guests; here hotel guests have access only to Cecconi’s, the Ned’s modern-classic Italian restaurant, and to Little Ned, the cocktail bar — spaces which are also open to the public — and only during daytime hours. For a look at Ned’s Club, with its rooftop terrace, or for entry into the Dining Room, you’ll have to spring for a membership; consider the hotel experience something of a test drive.