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.
A couple of garden co-ops and complexes this week.
443 Hicks Street
Photo: Corcoran
A tasteful one-bedroom condo at the historic (and distinctively red) Cobble Hill Towers. A windowed galley kitchen has pleasing sage cabinetry, Caesarstone countertops, and a dishwasher. The living room is a modest size, but there’s room for what you’ll need, and the view is one of two private gardens shared by residents. (The painted brick on one wall adds nice texture.) The bathroom is simple if a bit beige. The bedroom has two closets, space for a queen, and an oversize window. There are lovely thin plank hardwoods throughout. Common charges are $516 a month (with an ongoing assessment of another $533) and will get you on-site management, bike storage, and shared laundry. The location is sweet and cusp-y — you decide if you’re feeling Court Street or the Columbia Waterfront.
34-28 80th Street, #2
Photo: Compass
A two-bedroom, two-bath co-op in the Jackson Heights Historic District. This time we’re at Elm Court, an eight-building garden complex where many of the residences have private elevators and working fireplaces. Here, a gracious layout puts the two bedrooms on opposite ends of the apartment, both with room for a king, closets, and, in the case of the primary, an en suite bath. The living room has a gas fireplace, western exposures, and nicely maintained parquets. There’s a separate, full-size dining room off the kitchen — a large galley with oversize windows that look out onto a private courtyard. There are stainless-steel countertops which I’d personally keep; same for the simple white cabinetry. The bathrooms are simple — one with classic prewar details, the other with less appealing large format white tiles. (Still, there are two of them.) Maintenance is $1,250 and gets you an elevator, storage, laundry, and access to all of those shared gardens. Centrally located to transit and the 34th Street Open Street.
111 4th Avenue, 3A
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens
A nicely renovated one-bedroom co-op with three oversize casement windows, 13-foot ceilings, and a shared roof deck. There are wide-beam wood floors throughout the living room and open kitchen, which has a dishwasher and island seating. Also on the first floor of this lofted duplex: three closets and an updated bathroom. The sleeping loft offers additional storage and room for a little desk, though it requires some hunching over. Maintenance is $1,232 and the building is full-service. There’s a live-in super, that roof deck, central heat and AC, laundry on every floor, private parking, private storage, and bike storage. The location is busy but stacked with conveniences: Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s in either direction, multiple transit lines, the Union Square Green Market, and pop-by proximity to Duo, one of the best vintage shops in the city. The Strand is a block away. Have a kid? Go nuts and apply to Grace Church.
332 West 101st Street, 4F
Photo: Compass
A one-bedroom co-op in a 1925 townhouse that’s a quick walk to Riverside Park. The living room has dark hardwood floors, a decorative fireplace, two north-facing windows, and striking floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. The renovated kitchen is an alcove shape, with subway tile, marble countertops, and stainless-steel appliances. The marble and subway-tile motif is echoed in the bathroom, which has also been updated. The bedroom has another north-facing window, room for a queen, and, per the listing, closets that “reflect a designer’s touch.” It’s a walkup, but the apartment is on the third floor — the upper limit of tolerable. Maintenance is $1,016 and covers a no-frills spread: laundry and bike storage. The location, however, has a few frills: nearby Riverside Park, easy access to the 1 and the many shops and restaurants on Broadway, and a great Housing Works location for buying up the neighborhood’s castoff wool blazers and Le Creusets.
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