In a bustling city, these spaces offer a peaceful respite. (212 West 72nd Street - Recent Spaces)
Since 1949, May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. This national event was designed to bring attention to the importance of mental health and break the stigma around seeking treatment, but there are several big and small steps that people can take to improve their mental health all year long, including starting a meditation practice. Numerous studies have shown that a regular meditation practice can reduce negative emotions, increase patience and creativity, and lead to better stress management, and physical benefits like lower blood pressure, strengthened immune system help, and improved sleep quality are not to be overlooked.
As such, meditation, like yoga before it, has evolved from a niche New Age activity to a mainstream practice over the years. Not only have a number of meditation studios opened in New York, but smart residential developers have begun incorporating them into their buildings’ amenity packages, with Gramercy Square leading the charge with a studio co-developed by MNDFL. These are not blank white boxes, but dedicated spaces with a tranquil atmosphere designed to help residents in a meditation practice that might not be easy in a small apartment. Additionally, as the weather gets warmer, some can take their practice outside to meditation terraces.
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Meditation Terraces
208 Delancey Street (Compass)
208 Delancey Street, a building designed as a calming oasis in a bustling section of the Lower East Side, has recently opened for immediate occupancy. Select residents can go out onto their private balconies to meditate, and the building's fitness center opens up to an outdoor meditation terrace.
From the Listing: Residence 1B is a 1,089-square-foot 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom duplex home with a 398-square-foot private exterior space. Featuring an open layout, the living area is in the center and with one bedroom on the first floor and a second bedroom on its own level. The open kitchen layout leads directly to the living/dining area which directly faces the private outdoor space and can easily fit a large dining table perfect for entertaining. With high-end Miele finishes, a dishwasher, and an in-unit Miele washer and dryer. See floor plan and full details here.
250 East 21st Street (Field Condition)
Yoga/meditation terrace (Kenneth Chen / Evan Joseph Studios)
In less than a year, the Parisian-inspired condominium at 250 East 21st Street is nearly sold out. It is hard to cite any one factor, but its prime location, charming design, apartments by Paris Forino, and well-thought amenity package are not to be overlooked. The amenities include a fitness center with access to a yoga garden ideal for meditation.
250 East 21st Street, #11B (Douglas Elliman)
From the Listing: With interiors designed by the celebrated Paris Forino, Residence 11B at 250 East 21st Street is a 2,468-square-foot four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom home. A formal entry foyer opens up to the generous great room, with hand-laid White Oak herringbone wood floors, exceptional custom wall paneling, and oversized windows. The thoughtfully-designed kitchen features a best-in-class fully integrated suite of Miele appliances, including a gas range with built-in wall cabinet hood, refrigerator, and dishwasher. The serene primary bedroom suite features a large walk-in and ancillary closets. See floor plan and full details here.
212 West 72nd Street (Jason Schmitz)
Courtyard terrace (Recent Spaces)
When 212 West 72nd Street was converted from a rental to a condominium, the amenity package got an overhaul along with the apartments. Adjacent to the state-of-the-art fitness center, an outdoor terrace has been optimized for yoga and meditation with lush landscaping and a wooden pergola draped in hanging florals.
212 West 72nd Street, #15G (The Corcoran Group)
From the Listing: This 4-bedroom and 4 and a half-bath home is 2,834 square feet and is bathed in natural light from oversized, south, east and west facing windows. The home has dramatic 5" white oak plank flooring, walls of glass and special seating nooks. The open kitchen is outfitted with white matte lacquer cabinetry, honed quartzite slab countertop and backsplash, including an island with seating for four, and is fully-equipped with a suite of Miele appliances, as well as a wine refrigerators and full-height pantry. The primary bedroom features an oversized walk in closet and a luxuriously finished bath with Venus White marble tile floors and walls. See floor plan and full details here.
The Greene (Nest Seekers LLC)
Upon arriving at The Greene, a new condo in the heart of Long Island City's Court Square neighborhood, residents are greeted by a lushly planted, 10,000-square-foot courtyard. Features include a dedicated dog run, dining areas, and meditation and reading benches.
The Greene, #8F (Nest Seekers LLC)
From the Listing: Nestled in the most desirable pocket of Long Island City, this brand new 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartment exemplifies modern refinement and craftsmanship. The home begins with an open plan living room, dining room, and kitchen saturated with southwestern light. The corner kitchen is adorned with sleek quartz countertops and backsplash, custom Shinnoki cabinets, and fully integrated appliances. A split-wing layout ensures privacy and quiet. See floor plan and full details here.
Meditation Rooms
25 Park Row (The Corcoran Group)
Located on the former site of J&R Records, 25 Park Row is part of a new collection of residential buildings remaking the streets lining City Hall Park. It offers elegantly designed condos and the 20,000-square-foot Park Row Club amenity suite, where a park-facing fitness center joins a yoga/meditation studio.
From the Listing: This 2,115-square-foot three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath home offers sweeping views of historic City Hall Park and southeast views. Fine finishes include wide plank Italian oak flooring, 9" decorative mouldings, and oversized casement windows accented with Juliet balconies. The open kitchen offers a cantilevered island featuring custom cabinetry and shelving with an overhang for seating in a choice of either walnut or white lacquer finish packages with Calacatta Gold marble countertops and backsplash. See floor plan and full details here.
All images of 111 Murray Street via Douglas Elliman
111 Murray Street makes an elegant addition to the Lower Manhattan skyline, and that mindset applies to the apartments and amenities inside. In a state-of-the-art fitness center, a lush terrarium separates the cardio area from a movement studio where meditation classes take place.
From the listing: With mesmerizing sunrise to sunset views, this exceptional 1,926-square-foot 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath condominium is one of few residences in this line to capture brilliant views to the Empire State Building, Hudson River, as well as historic Tribeca. An elegant formal entry foyer leads to a corner great room with custom open kitchen creating the ideal layout for both seamless entertaining and intimate daily living alike. Featuring 10’6" ceilings, floor-to-ceiling glass wraps this sprawling 20’4" x 22’1" living and dining space for exceptional natural light and spectacular north and east-facing vistas. Meticulously designed by AD100 designer David Mann, the custom Molteni kitchen offers cerused White Oak cabinetry trimmed in custom soft black metal, Calacatta Borghini marble island with book-matched waterfall, countertop, and backsplash, Dornbracht fixtures in a custom soft black matte finish, and top-of-the-line appliances. See floor plan and full details here.
Lantern House via Related
Between its dramatic interpretation of the bay window and courtyard nestled under the High Line, Lantern House makes the most of its space and location. That mindset extends to the rest of the building's amenities: A yoga/meditation room directly overlooks the building's pool, which is set in a double-height space directly overlooking the High Line.
(Credit: Colin Miller)
Interiors via Corcoran
From the listing: Sunny corner three-bedroom home with double-corner living and dining rooms! The gracious foyer and oversized great room lead to beautiful interiors that feature an open kitchen custom designed by March & White and including custom bronze finished trim and hardware, Gaggenau appliances including wine refrigeration, a custom suspended light fixture of bronze-finished metal and specialty glass, convex fluted oak cabinetry, Calacatta Venato marble slab countertops and backsplash, 5" wide plank French oak flooring, in-residence washer and dryer and ceiling heights of up to 10 feet. See floor plan and full details here.
Maverick Chelsea (Douglas Elliman)
When mid-block masterpiece Maverick was under construction, the building announced that it would have an on-call spiritual concierge to assist residents with meditation and other spiritual matters. Whether one is enlisting their services or meditating solo, a meditation room with a Himalayan salt wall offers an ideal setting.
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#16A (Douglas Elliman)
From the listing:
This graciously proportioned 2,100-square-foot four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath residence features both southwestern and northeastern exposures with oversized tilt-and-turn windows, and seven-inch-wide white European oak flooring throughout. The Chef’s kitchen unfolds to the expansive living and dining spaces, and boasts a fully integrated Miele appliance package. A Juliet balcony completes the light-filled living space. As its own private wing, the primary bedroom showcases two exceptionally large closets as you make your way to the en-suite bathroom. See floor plan and full details here.
VU New York (Brown Harris Stevens)
At the rate new construction is going, Kips Bay won't be a quiet corner of New York for much longer. However, a Quiet Energy Studio on the second floor of VU New York offers an oasis of calm. It is located just off a fitness center filled with abundant natural light, the better to keep feeling the benefits of a meditation practice.
From the listing: Residence 22B is a corner 2-bed, 2-bath home that boasts a gracious, split layout and walls of floor-to-ceiling windows. This home features both east and south exposures with breathtaking views of the iconic Manhattan skyline that spans all the way to the Freedom Tower. This gracious, split layout offers an abundance of natural light welcomed through its walls of floor-to-ceiling windows. Appointed in a sophisticated and light palette of natural materials such as marble, bleached oak, and white lacquer, outfitted with Miele appliances, the kitchen is a chef’s dream. See floor plan and full details here.
200 Amsterdam via Binyan Studios
200 Amsterdam rose to heights previously unseen in its neighborhood, and the same can be said of the level of luxury among its amenities. These include a wellness-focused suite that includes a meditation room outfitted with Balinese-inspired chairs and designed by CetraRuddy.
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Interiors via Brown Harris Stevens
From the listing: Occupying the entire 48th floor of 200 Amsterdam, this sprawling 3,933-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-bath condominium offers an elegant, modern plan where every room within offers dazzling views of Central Park, the Manhattan skyline, or the Hudson River and beyond. Impressive double doors open directly into a large Foyer and direct views of the Park. The Gallery leads to a dramatic corner Living and Dining Room wrapped in floor to ceiling windows framing spellbinding views to the east and south and equipped with a gas fireplace. The airy, southwest corner, eat-in-kitchen gives way to magnificent sunsets over the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline. See floor plan and full details here.
111 Varick Street via Compass
111 Varick Street is located just north of the Holland Tunnel and close to the massive construction site where Disney's new Hudson Square headquarters is taking shape, but one would never know it inside the building: Oversized sound-reducing windows block out exterior noise, though not at the expense of abundant natural light and sweeping skyline views. Just off the building's fitness center, a meditation room offers adjustable lighting, suspended cocoon chairs, and an exceptionally silent area within the building.
111 Varick Street, #14E (Douglas Elliman)
From the listing: #25D is a stunning 1-bed/1.5-bath with northern and southern exposure. The apartment features a stainless steel Bosch appliances, insinkerator, Kohler fixtures, Calcutta gold quartz countertops, backsplash and custom crafted Italian cabinetry. Bathrooms include honed, diamond white cultured marble vanities; Casanova cabinetry; and Carrara marble flooring. Residences also come with Latch smart-lock apartment entry systems, Nest thermostats, Bosch washer and dryer, white oak flooring, 9-11 foot ceilings and solar shades. See floor plan and full details here.
All images of Front & York via CIM/LIVWRK
Front & York spans a full DUMBO block and offers resort-style living with its impressive amenities, the highlight of which is the largest Life Time fitness studio in New York City. Features include a full basketball court, indoor five-lane pool, expansive cardio and strength areas, luxurious locker rooms, and studios dedicated to group classes like barre, Pilates, yoga, and meditation.
From the listing: Residence 15L-YORK is a 1,636-square-foot sun-filled corner three bedroom, three bathroom home offering a gracious layout and immense divided light windows that frame stunning views of the harbor and Downtown Brooklyn skyline. Designed inside and out by Morris Adjmi, an architect celebrated for honoring the New York vernacular while adding a fresh, contemporary spin. The custom designed chef’s kitchen seamlessly integrates with the great room and is equipped with a full suite of state-of-the-art Gaggenau appliances adding luster to the custom Morris Adjmi designed white oak cabinetry in a tobacco finish and hand-selected Calacatta Caldia marble counter tops and back-splash. See full details here.
Brooklyn Point via Extell
Brooklyn Point is among the tallest buildings in the borough, the better to accommodate the impressive amenity offerings from the attended lobby to the highest rooftop infinity pool in the Western Hemisphere. Health and wellness offerings alone include a state-of-the-art fitness center, sports courts, rock-climbing wall, indoor lap pool, and multipurpose studios whose uses include meditation.
From the listing: A pristine residence nestled in the prestigious Brooklyn Point development, this stunning 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom home is a portrait of contemporary Brooklyn living. A welcoming foyer adorned with a walk-in coat closet flows into a spacious open-concept living room, dining room, and kitchen saturated with natural light. The kitchen is equipped with sleek white quartz countertops, custom oak millwork, and fully-integrated appliances from Miele including a 4-burner gas range, 30” refrigerator, oven, and speed oven. The bedroom has a large reach-in closet and easy access to an immaculate full bathroom with custom Waterworks fixtures and radiant heated floors.
See floor plan and full details here.
Saint Marks Place via Grain London
At Saint Marks Place, approximately 19,000 square feet of amenities are divided into four distinct areas that include The Foundation, a state-of-the-art fitness center and 360-degree wellness suite designed by The Wright Fit. Two meditation rooms are one component; they are circular and designed with sky-and-horizon cove detailing sound spaces to meditate in and reset without distraction. Open to all residents, the mediation rooms were included in the suite of wellness amenities as a place where residents can go to unwind, but also a space where one can educate themselves on the benefits that the practice of mediation provides. A library with garden views can also be used as a place for residents to recharge.
Saint Marks Place, #PH1202 (Tim Simmons Properties LLC)
From the listing: Introducing PH1202, a 1,817-square-foot 3-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom home with south and east exposures, 10’ ceilings. The residence also features a 931 square foot terrace with a built-in outdoor kitchen and grill, electric and water outlets. Designed by INC Architecture & Design, each residence at Saint Marks Place features carefully detailed finishes and fixtures. 7" White Oak floors with sound canceling insulation, solid core interior doors, and double glazed windows provide a quiet and serene environment. Thoughtful touches include independent thermostatic controls for each room provided by a split-system HVAC, pre-wired built-in shade pockets and junction boxes in the living, dining, and bedrooms. See floor plan and full details here.
Arbor Eighteen (Serhant LLC)
Arbor Eighteen is located near Prospect Park, Green-Wood Cemetery, and a number of Brooklyn parks. However, the building features a courtyard, Zen garden, and lushly planted roof deck. Indoor amenities include a health center with gym, yoga studio, meditation room, and sauna.
From the listing: Enjoy a luxurious indoor-outdoor penthouse lifestyle in this refined 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom corner condo at Arbor Eighteen. This special home boasts two terraces, a Juliette balcony, and a central Greenwood address close to Park Slope and an abundance of trendy restaurants, cafés, and shops. Oversized eight-foot windows let offer expansive city and water views and let in an abundance of southern, western, and eastern light. The living room flows out onto a spacious terrace perfect for alfresco dining, sun lounging, gardening, and more. The kitchen is adorned with an eat-in waterfall peninsula, custom walnut cabinets, sleek stone countertops, and a suite of integrated Bosch appliances. See floor plan and full details here.
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