Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Douglas Elliman
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 have proximity to parks.
125 Hawthorne Street
Photo: Compass
A one-bedroom co-op that’s a couple of blocks off Prospect Park and nicely situated between multiple train lines (the B, Q, 2, and 5). The layout here is a bit strange but seems to flow: You enter through a small updated kitchen (no dishwasher, decent storage); keep straight and there’s a hallway with vintage built-ins and a closet that leads to the bathroom (classic black-and-white tile, well maintained) and an oversize bedroom with two additional closets. The living room is off the other side of the kitchen and equally oversize, which is perhaps why the last owner carved out a windowless “bonus room” that’s currently staged as a nursery. It’s a classic prewar elevator building, which means no real frills except laundry in the basement and an Amazon package hub. That’s also reflected in the reasonable monthlies, which are just $789.
151 Lenox Avenue
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens
A top-floor one-bedroom, 1.5 bath hybrid on Lenox Avenue that’s just above Central Park. The living room is spacious, with three oversize windows and 11-foot ceilings. The open kitchen off the living room looks like it’s been updated — the listing describes it as a “chef’s kitchen,” though there are no appliance details. There is, however, a nice hood vent and a lovely skylight. The bedroom is on the opposite end of the apartment, which means a pleasing cross breeze through the dual east-west exposures. It’s also large enough for a king and comes with a closet. The full bath in the bedroom is renovated and has a tub; the half-bath in the living room is a nice bonus. The listing is pitching this place as a penthouse, which may be a bit of language creep but means you have a private roof deck and it’s nearly as long as the apartment itself. Common charges are $965, and there’s an in-unit washer and dryer.
57 East 57th Street
Photo: Douglas Elliman
A funny co-op triplex on East 75th, described in the listing as offering a “direct access lifestyle usually reserved for multi-million-dollar townhouses” — you can enter from the street, in other words. It’s a modest footprint stacked over three levels, but, thankfully, separated by a proper staircase (no spirals). The living room has four south-facing windows and a wood-burning fireplace. The kitchen upstairs is sweet with cream cabinets and a breakfast banquet nook. There are also marble countertops and a Wolf gas stove. The third floor is the bedroom — there are three exposures, a walk-in closet, and a recently renovated bathroom. I’m charmed by the whole thing, insane as it may be. The monthlies are reflective of the neighborhood at $2,186 a month, but there’s free laundry in the basement, you’re blocks off the park, quite near Museum Mile, and basically living a little fantasy of life on the Upper East Side — except for the facade of the building. Would we call it brutalist? (The Breuer Building is just down the block.)
940 Fulton Street
Photo: Douglas Elliman
A one-bedroom condo described in the listing as “loft living.” (The ceilings certainly fit the part at 13-feet.) The living room has oversize windows, a lot of exposed brick, and an open-concept kitchen with bar/island seating, a farmhouse sink, full-size Bosch appliances, a five-burner range, and a Fisher & Paykel refrigerator. The bedroom is queen-size and has a walk-in closet. Floors throughout are lovely wide-plank hardwoods. The bathroom is simple with what looks like a fresh tiling job and a tub. There’s split A/C, a video intercom, and a hookup for a washer-dryer, too. Once again, we have some penthouse creep happening in the listing for what’s just the top-floor of a walkup, but there is a shared roof deck (The building is on Fulton, so being high above the street is, in fact, a major perk.) Common charges are $828, but there’s a $711 per month assessment for six months.
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