This Brooklyn Heights two-bedroom, as shown in listing photos, has south-facing exposures in practically every room, bathing the space in light.
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Corcoran
For under a million dollars, one can find all sorts of housing configurations: park- and subway-adjacent studios, one-bedrooms hidden in carriage houses or former shoe factories, and even the occasional true two-bedroom. We’re combing the market for particularly spacious, nicely renovated, or otherwise worth-a-look apartments at various six-digit price points.
We’re all over the map this week, but stay with us till the end — the Museum Mile one-bedroom is perplexing but special.
111 Hicks St., Apt. 7P
This Brooklyn Heights apartment, as shown in listing photos, boasts prewar charm with parquet floors, and the co-op counts Bjarke Ingels among its shareholders.
Photo: Corcoran
This spacious two-bedroom, two-bath apartment on the seventh floor of the Emery Roth–designed St. George Tower overlooks a leafy stretch of Clark Street and has south-facing windows in every room, bathing the place in light. There’s plenty of storage — the galley kitchen is flush with cabinets plus hallway closets and a walk-in for the primary bedroom — on top of the hardwood parquet flooring’s prewar charm. The $2,855 monthlies are on the high end for the neighborhood but include rooftop access with harbor views; a 24-hour doorman, super, and on-site building; bike and basement storage; and laundry on every third floor of the 30-story Art Deco building, where maybe you’ll run into Bjarke Ingels. The Clark Street 2/3 station is a two-minute walk away.
380 Riverside Dr., Apt. 7B
This Morningside Heights one-bedroom’s living area, as shown in this listing photo, has tasteful built-in shelving plus an exposed-beam ceiling.
Photo: Compass
This Morningside Heights apartment is as reasonable as it is beautiful. It’s on the larger end of a junior one-bed with some nice touches in the living room, including the exposed-beam ceiling, tasteful built-ins, plus a kitchen big enough to handle Thanksgiving prep. The lobby is grand, Riverside Park is across the street, and you’re just around the corner from the 110th Street 1 train. (Sorry about that last one.) Maintenance fees, at $1,413 a month, get you communal laundry and bike storage along with a full-time doorman and a live-in super.
113 West 15th St., Apt. 1E
This Chelsea studio, seen in this listing photo, has a cute but unfortunately decorative fireplace.
Photo: Corcoran
We have documented the many, many pitfalls of backyard life in New York City, but the shared garden that comes with this first-floor Chelsea apartment in a former carriage house is pretty damn cute. (The studio, which has both north- and south-facing exposures, is also elevated, meaning there’s at least some challenge for the unwanted pests and errant water.) The fireplace is unfortunately decorative, and the $1,072 monthlies, while low for the neighborhood, get you zero amenities. But subletting is permitted from day one, with zero board approval necessary, and let’s be real: This place is rental catnip for NYU students with rich parents.
1016 Fifth Ave., Apt. 1E
This Upper East Side one-bedroom, as shown in this listing photo, has a charming fishbowl dining area that looks out onto a shared patio.
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens
A Fifth Avenue one-bedroom right across the street from the Met and Central Park with a windowed-terrarium dining area? Charming! This first-floor unit embodies the building’s “white-glove cooperative” ethos to a T, what with the chandelier, parquet floors, and nearly million-dollar price tag, although the use of maisonette in the listing is really just a fanciful way of saying “Murphy bed required” (the bevy of built-in storage space and additional cabinetry is a true blessing here). A gym, full-time doorman, concierge, and live-in super are all covered by the $1,429 maintenance fees, on top of an in-unit washer-dryer and a shared patio. But really the location is the sell.