Exclusive | NYC luxury rentals have a new offering to entice eager-to-mingle residents: Adult field trips

Even long after the end of COVID-19, New Yorkers may still find it tricky to mix and mingle in real life — even with their apartment neighbors.Now, the hottest amenity offering at luxury rentals around town sees residents leaving their buildings to meet new friends.Called excursions, field trips and resident events, these off-property experiences are shaping up to be the latest benefit of residing in an upscale building.

They invite residents to partake in wine tasting, apple picking, sailing and even restaurant hopping — all with their building mates in tow.The Brodsky Organization, a developer with more than 50 residential buildings in New York, is just one local name offering these treks.It debuted these getaways last fall in a partnership with the outdoor activity company Sourced Adventures.

The kickoff was a day-long jaunt to Pennings Orchard in upstate Warwick to pick apples and pumpkins.Joe Porritt, Brodsky’s director of leasing and marketing, says the developer arranged round-trip transportation in coach buses at two different pickup points in the city.The cost was $70 a person — a substantial discount from Sourced Adventure’s listed price of more than $115.Porritt says the excursion sold out almost immediately.

Since then, Brodsky has offered two more: A tour of the North Fork over the summer that visited three wineries, including lunch and more than 10 tastings.There was also another trip to Pennings Orchard this past fall.

Both were also sellouts.“The point of these trips is to create a community for our residents that you don’t get as much of a sense of with in-building amenities,” Porritt told The Post.“The residents on these trips are there because they want to be social.”Case in point: Fannie Santana, a teacher who lives in Brodsky’s Brooklyn Crossing development, signed up for the winery outing to connect with her neighbors.

“I live in a diverse building with neighbors of different backgrounds, and I wanted to get to know...