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Top 10 new development condos with rooftop terraces

In select buildings with prime addresses and large upper-level floor plates, high floors and roofs are sometimes dedicated to outdoor amenities that make the most of city views by offering grills, lounging and dining areas, occasionally swimming pools or sports areas, and a communal atmosphere. We look at the most beautiful roof decks and elevated outdoor areas in new developments in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

#1 - Quay Tower, 50 Bridge Park Drive

Condo in Brooklyn Heights

Just along Brooklyn Bridge Park, Quay Tower enjoys impressive views of the Manhattan skyline and New York Harbor from its elevated amenity spaces. The north-facing Sunset Lounge has grilling stations and dining areas, and the south-facing indoor/outdoor Sky Cabana offers open sunset views and a dining terrace.

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#2 - 1 Wall Street

Condo in Financial District

The landmarked former headquarters of the Irving Trust Company headquarters is now One Wall Street, a condominium with an array of amenities on high floors. On the 39th floor, The One Club is home to a private restaurant with a 4,500-square-foot landscaped terrace. Both diners and other residents can enjoy spectacular views of New York Harbor from here.

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#3 - One Manhattan Square, 252 South Street

Condo in Lower East Side

One Manhattan Square is the tallest building in its Lower East Side neighborhood and home to one of the largest amenity packages in New York City. A landscaped terrace measures over one acre and offers a children's playground, a putting green, a treehouse for adults to enjoy, a covered dog run, and an outdoor kitchen and dining area, all enhanced by panoramic bridge and river views.

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#4 - The West Residence Club, 547 West 47th Street

Condo in Midtown West

On the corner of West 47th Street and Eleventh Avenue, The West Residence Club offers 30,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities. The crowning glory is a rooftop Pool Club with a swimming pool, an outdoor kitchen, dining areas, and open views of the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline.

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#5 - One Williamsburg Wharf, 480 Kent Avenue

Condo in Williamsburg

When it's warm out, Williamsburg Wharf's rooftop terrace offers an pool with lounge chairs and daybed cabanas. In colder weather, it becomes an outdoor ice skating rink. At any time of year, it overlooks beautiful views of the East River and the Manhattan skyline.

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#6 - 77 Greenwich Street

Condo in Financial District

At the pinnacle of 77 Greenwich Street, Cloud Club 77 is an indoor-outdoor amenity suite that includes a rooftop observation deck with lush planters, an outdoor kitchen, dining and lounging areas, and views of New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty. It is located several stories above an outdoor dog run.

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#7 - The Westly, 251 West 91st Street

Condo in Riverside Dr./West End Ave.

By virtue of its unique design, The Westly has one of the largest and better appointed roof terraces on the Upper West Side. It is home to the only rooftop pool in the neighborhood, not to mention recreation and lounge areas, all enhanced by views of classic Upper West Side architecture.

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#8 - 450 Washington Street

Condop in Tribeca

From a new facade to beautifully reconfigured apartments to upgraded amenities, no detail was overlooked in converting 450 Washington Street from rental to sales units. The building is topped with a landscaped roof terrace with BBQ grills, dining and lounging areas, and stunning Hudson River views.

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#9 - One Domino Square, 8 South 4th Street

Condo in Williamsburg

One Domino Square rose on the parcel of the former Domino Sugar Refinery closest to the Williamsburg Bridge. As a result, it enjoys direct views of the bridge, the East River, and the Manhattan skyline from the roof deck with its outdoor kitchen, dining and lounge areas, outdoor pool, and access to the indoor pool with hot tub.

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#10 - Malabar Residences, 126 East 57th Street

Condo in Midtown East

On the eastern end of Billionaires' Row, Malabar Residences has not one but two elevated terraces. The thirteenth-floor CLUB13 lounge opens to a covered loggia that makes for effortless indoor/outdoor dining and entertaining all year long. Several stories up, the common roof deck enjoys dining and lounging areas offset by Manhattan skyline views.

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