An Equinox gym in a tony Upper East Side condo building might soon be sweating over residents’ complaints about noisy weights.
This Equinox outpost, located in the bottom three floors of the ritzy Barbizon 63 tower on E. 63rd St. and Lexington Ave., hasn’t done anything to prevent sound from reaching all the way to the fifth floor, the building claimed Monday in a lawsuit.
“Equinox’s customer members and trainers regularly and continuously bounce heavy medicine balls on the floors and walls of the gym, to drop or throw weights on the floor and slam weights on the machines,” Barbizon’s Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit alleges.
“In addition, Equinox members and trainers regularly use the Stereo Equipment throughout the gym, particularly in the fitness studios, at very high volumes and playing music with heavy bass frequencies throughout the day, every day, generally from 6:00 a.m. until 10 p.m.”
Residents of the stunning pre-war even commissioned a noise study, which determined that gym sounds could hit 68 decibels in a fourth-floor unit — dramatically more than the city’s 10-decibel daytime limit, the suit maintains.
As for the weights, “the bangs are typically 10-15 or more decibels greater than the ambient level.”
While residents of Barbizon 63 — where condos now sell from $1.6 to $15 million, according to its website — have complained, Equinox still hasn’t turned down the volume, the civil suit charges.
Barbizon wants a judge to make Equinox quieter. They also want Equinox to post a $100,000 surely bond to ensure the gym keeps quiet, as well as unspecified monetary damages.
Barbizon’s lawyer and Equinox did not respond to calls for comment.
