This converted studio in Gramercy Park, as seen in this listing photo, is light-filled thanks to the oversize windows.
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.
This week, we’ve got that coveted key, a high-floor convertible two-bed in the Clinton Hill Co-ops, and loft living in Fort Greene.
This alcove studio in an 1850s Gramercy Park brownstone, as seen in this listing photo, feels quite modern with clean lines and a light palette.
Photo: Corcoran
While the key to Manhattan’s only private parkland may be this apartment’s best selling point, the space itself is pretty swanky. Formerly a one-bedroom with ten-foot ceilings in an 1850s brownstone, it’s been opened up into an alcove studio that can fit a king-size bed. A gut renovation added custom closets, along with fun fixtures like a built-in Sonos system. The kitchen is full of sleek new appliances, too —a Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer drawers, a Bertazzoni gas range — although we’re tepid on the bathroom’s greige tile. The $2,075 monthlies get you the key and little else. You’re down the block from Caffè Panna if you want to wait on line for the flavor of the week, and Pete’s Tavern can become your local bar.
This convertible two-bedroom in Clinton Hill, as seen in this listing photo, has a generous-size living room that gives you a lot of space to play with.
Photo: Compass
A choose-your-own-adventure in the Clinton Hill Co-ops’ south campus: This tenth-floor apartment with a double-exposure living room is set up as a one-bedroom, but you could easily carve out a child-size second bedroom or a nice office from the living room. The updated kitchen’s a delight as is, with a checkered tile floor and mint-green-painted cabinets. The bedroom is generous in size, and there are six closets throughout, so you can let your offsite storage unit. The maintenance fees are $1,330 a month, and cover quite a bit: shared laundry, bike storage, 24-hour security, a building porter, and the shared courtyard. The G is at one end of the block, and Aita is at the other if you’re craving oxtail ravioli.
The usable space is almost over the top at this Upper West Side one-bedroom, as seen in this listing photo.
Photo: Douglas Elliman
There’s a lot to appreciate about this apartment, one of more than 400 in a Goliath postwar condo slab. It’s got a status address (even if, technically speaking, it’s in a midblock building on West 100th Street, and closer to Columbus Avenue than Central Park). Also, a bonkers amount of space: The living room is 24 feet deep, and there’s certainly enough room for a separate dining area off the kitchen that’s dressed up with dark-stained custom cabinetry. One of the three walk-in closets is situated in the very large bedroom, and the bathroom has been given a spa makeover with a marble shower. It’s $1,245 altogether for the monthlies (a J-51 abatement does expire in 2028, however), and you’re right by the Columbus Square retail complex if you need to scratch the suburban shopping itch. Given that Central Park is right there, you can ignore your 19-foot-long balcony come spring.
This loftlike Fort Greene one-bedroom, as seen in this listing photo, feels airy thanks to the 12-foot ceiling.
Photo: Emily Cullum/Greenehouse NYC
Another gut reno, this time a loftlike situation with crisp white walls, a lot of blond wood, and 12-foot ceilings. The lovely south-facing casement windows in the living room are original; at the other end of the apartment is enough room for a second bedroom or office, plus a closet). There are built-ins underneath the stairs, which lead to a sleeping loft with a skylight. (There’s another skylight in the bathroom downstairs, which is a fun touch.) The kitchen is pretty small and short on cabinetry, so maybe consider investing in a work island if you’re a serious cook. The maintenance fees aren’t bad — $901, plus a $166.16 monthly assessment through October 2032 — and brings additional storage in the basement and a bike room plus a porter. It’s also a solid location: You’re a five-minute walk or less to Fort Greene Park, the A, C, or G trains, and the many, many restaurants lining Fulton Street.
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