City Hideaways: Secret Quiet Spots in NYC Neighborhoods

MAY 14, 2012

If you live in a NYC apartment, peace and quiet can be elusive once you leave home; 165 Charles Street - NYC condo these tranquil spaces can be found in some surprising urban places.

The garden at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in the West Village is a perfect spot to collect your thoughts without having to stray too far from modern condominium towers like 165 Charles Street. Teardrop Park in Battery Park City is one of the many green spaces that residents of Riverhouse at 1 River Terrace can call their backyard.

Steps from some of the city’s most desirable residences–like 988 and 1001 Fifth Avenue–along Museum Mile, the Astor Chinese Garden Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was inspired by a small courtyard inside a scholar's garden in China. Even though it’s in super-trendy West Chelsea, anyone can get past the security desk and enjoy The Close, a private park at the General Theological Seminary at 175 9th Avenue–as long as they sign in. One of the most tranquil settings in New York City, the garden is within blocks of the Sky Garages, glass curtain walls and other modern lifestyle perks at 110 11th Avenue.

Another of NYC's best-kept secrets, the Glass Garden Conservatory at the Rusk Rehabilitation Institute at 400 East 34th Street is an unusual public botanical garden with lush plant life, tropical birds, a greenhouse and a children’s play garden in an unlikely spot near Midtown. Opened in 1959, it was the world’s first completely wheelchair-accessible facility. If you lived at The Devon at 333 East 34th Street, the pretty, hidden-in-plain-sight playground might become your–or your kids’–favorite escape.

Find out about more of the city’s secret oases of quiet and calm from The Atlantic Cities.

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City Hideaways: Secret Quiet Spots in NYC Neighborhoods

MAY 14, 2012

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