Pest Control in NoMad, Manhattan
NoMad, short for North of Madison Square Park, covers roughly 25th to 30th Streets between Sixth Avenue and Lexington Avenue. The neighborhood has transformed from a wholesale district into a destination for boutique hotels, cocktail bars and fine dining, while still keeping wholesale shops selling perfume, luggage and electronics along Broadway. Koreatown sits at its northwest corner on West 32nd Street, just beyond. Residents live in converted Beaux-Arts buildings and new luxury towers such as the tall residential spires near Madison Avenue. Subway service includes the N, R and W at 28th Street, the 6 at 28th Street, and Herald Square stations a short walk away.
Also known as: North of Madison Square Park, Madison Square North.
About NoMad
After Madison Square became fashionable in the mid-1800s, grand hotels and theaters rose around it, and the area briefly served as the city's entertainment hub. As that scene moved to Times Square, the district filled with office buildings and wholesale businesses. The Madison Square North Historic District was designated in 2001, and the name NoMad caught on in the 2000s as hotels and residential conversions arrived.
Common Pest Problems in NoMad
NoMad's busy restaurant and bar scene, combined with wholesale storefronts that handle large volumes of cardboard and packaging, creates a steady supply of trash for Norway rats. Rats move between the planting beds of Madison Square Park and the food waste on Broadway and side streets. Older commercial buildings converted to residential use often have deep basements and old utility runs where rats and mice travel. Hotel laundry and room-service areas add more food.
German cockroaches thrive in the kitchens of hotels and restaurants and can spread into adjacent residential buildings through shared walls. Pigeons roost on the ornate cornices of Beaux-Arts buildings and in park trees, making bird-control common. In warmer months, pavement ants trail indoors from sidewalk cracks, especially in ground-floor apartments. Newer luxury towers are not immune either, since mice and roaches can hitch rides in deliveries, furniture shipments and restaurant supplies, then spread through service corridors and trash rooms before anyone notices a problem.