Part of NYCs legendary Jane Hotel to become private club

Theres a new future in store for Manhattans Jane Hotel, though specifics regarding the plans brought some confusion this week. The hotel itself will remain open, but its ballroom and select other public spaces are soon set to become members-only hangouts.

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There’s a new future in store for Manhattan’s Jane Hotel, though specifics regarding the plans brought some confusion this week.

The hotel itself will remain open, but its ballroom and select other public spaces are soon set to become members-only hangouts. 

The Jane’s sale to hotelier Jeff Klein is impending — and the historic West Village building will become a hybrid lodge and lounge, with anyone able to book a room. But only club members and their guests will be allowed in certain areas. 

This week, a press release was sent out announcing that “The Jane is shutting down slowly,” its closure marking “the end of an era in NYC,” during which time celebrities including “Jennifer Aniston, Kirsten Dunst, Mary-Kate Olsen and Jonah Hill” attended “countless infamous parties” in the 114-year-old venue’s ballroom and rooftop.

“An original statement was incorrect,” a flack told The Post.  

The ballroom, a 2010s hotspot that currently hosts frequent no-cover shows, is set to become a restaurant reserved for use by members of SVB New York, a branch of Klein’s West Hollywood-based San Vincente Bungalows club. The rooftop bar will be transformed into a landscaped, outdoor lounge. Both will close to the public on Nov. 18. 

The sale of the Jane has not officially gone through, and is impending. Courtesy of Jane Hotel
The Jane Hotel’s ballroom and rooftop will close to the public on Nov. 18. Courtesy of Jane Hotel
A chic interior. Courtesy of Jane Hotel
The building is 114 years old. Courtesy of Jane Hotel
The facade of the Jane Hotel. Google Maps
Under soon-to-be-former ownership, the hotel earned a reputation as a trendy nightclub and an affordable overnight lodging. Courtesy of Jane Hotel
The bellhop desk at the Jane. Wendy Connett/Shutterstock
A disco ball hangs above the hotel’s ballroom. Courtesy of Jane Hotel

An insider with knowledge of the sale clarified to The Post that new management has no current plans to shutter the hotel, which will remain open during renovations. 

SVB New York will cost $135 a month for those 35 and under and $350 a month for those over 35. Members will have access to a screening room for unreleased films, a billiards room, multiple living rooms, a dance room and a separate entrance from hotel guests.

The American Seamen’s Friend Society provided berth for thousands of seamen, including survivors of the Titanic, shown here in 1912 outside the Jane Hotel. Library of Congress
A historical image of the Jane during its first life as a maritime hotel. Library of Congress

Previously, the 113 Jane St. structure — built in 1908 — was the 25-cents-per-night American Seamen’s Friend Society Sailors’ Home and Institute. Four years later, when the Titanic sank, the ship’s survivors were housed within its red brick walls. The YMCA took over in 1944, and by the 1980s, the Jane West Hotel, as it became, had become a skid row of sorts.

In 2008, developers Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode gave it a chic upgrade into a downtown party destination and comparatively affordable short-term housing.

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