{"id":227041,"date":"2026-05-11T11:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227041\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:12:38","slug":"nyc-apartments-under-a-million-brooklyn-heights-gramercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227041\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Apartments Under a Million: Brooklyn Heights, Gramercy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Compass\n <\/p>\n

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\u2019re combing the market for particularly spacious, nicely renovated, or otherwise worth-a-look apartments at various six-digit price points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a week of distinctly handsome apartments.<\/p>\n

235 East 22nd Street, #7P<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n 235 East 22nd Street
\n Photo: Compass\n <\/p>\n

A one-bedroom on a high floor of the Art Deco Gramercy House co-ops. The living room is a nice size, has lovely beamed ceilings, eastern exposures, and a working fireplace in a striking matte black. The hardwood floors throughout are nicely maintained with thin beams and decorative borders. The bedroom can fit a king and has three closets and appealing black metal casement windows with dual exposures \u2014\u00a0east and north. The kitchen is spacious with room enough for an island and a delightfully functional walk-in pantry. The windowed bathroom\u2019s honeycomb tile is perfect, though I\u2019m a bit allergic to the pale seafoam paint. Maintenance is $1,743 and will get you quite a lot: Electric, heat, and AC are included. The building has a 5,000-square-foot private garden, laundry, roof terrace, 24-hour doorman, concierge, and bike storage. No pieds-\u00e0-terre, per co-op rules, which we respect. The location is great, too: Close to Union Square and that sweet little strip of Irving for coffee and pastries at Irving Farm and ice cream at Caff\u00e8 Panna. Head north for takeout from the Smile and pantry staples at Kalustyan\u2019s.<\/p>\n

8 Pierrepont Street, #3<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n 8 Pierrepont Street
\n Photo: Compass\n <\/p>\n

A one-bedroom co-op in a Pierrepont townhouse with a private terrace to take in all those mature trees. This place also happens to be a floor-through with custom woodwork throughout \u2014\u00a0a very grown-up apartment. (\u201cThis is where novels get written,\u201d per the broker.) The living room is compact but has high ceilings, oversize windows, and charming wooden radiator covers and built-ins. It flows into the open \u201ccook\u2019s kitchen\u201d with lots and lots of cabinets, a dishwasher, and counter seating. There\u2019s more wood in the bathroom, then into the bedroom, which has room for a king and built-in storage that includes a closet that takes up an entire wall. There\u2019s also a decorative fireplace, with appealing green tile and a massive mantle mirror, and a step-through door that looks like a window and leads onto a spacious private terrace. Maintenance is $2,037 with no real amenities to speak of, but your apartment does come with a washer-dryer. It\u2019s a second-floor walk-up, which is also very humane. Transit in all directions, easy access to the promenade, and close enough to L\u2019Appartement 4F that you\u2019ll eventually get to try the sourdough.<\/p>\n

215 West 91st Street, #94\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n 215 West 91st Street
\n Photo: Brown Harris Stevens\n <\/p>\n

A one-bedroom co-op in a lovely Beaux-Arts building right off Broadway. We\u2019re generally anti-virtual staging here, but if a Sputnik chandelier and sleeker sofas help buyers see the natural appeal of this graciously laid-out apartment then so be it. Enter through a foyer and to your right there\u2019s a stand-alone dining room with classic crown moulding and southern exposures. Continue on to reach the kitchen, a nicely appointed galley with quartz countertops, and decent storage. Stay straight at the foyer and reach the living room, with an oversize window, western exposures, and good parquets. The bedroom is set back at its own end of the apartment, which we like, and has south and western exposures for nice breezes and great light. Tight for a king but it will fit, and there are two closets. The bathroom is no frills \u2014 the tile is large format, Home Depot standard, and dated. Maintenance is high at $2,726, but the building has a 24-hour doorman, live-in super, elevator, laundry, a playroom, and a shared roof deck (the bike and storage rooms might come with an additional fee). Location allows you to pick a favorite park \u2014 Central or Riverside \u2014\u00a0as both are walking distance.<\/p>\n

12 East 97th Street, 2G<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n 12 East 97th Street
\n Photo: Brown Harris Stevens\n <\/p>\n

A one-bedroom co-op in Carnegie Hill, a neighborhood I\u2019ve come to really love. A massive living room, nearly 20 feet long, has high, beamed ceilings and corner built-ins for charm and storage. Pass through to the dining nook off the galley kitchen, which the listing describes as \u201ctriple mint condition\u201d though is otherwise short on details. Back through the living room and down a nice hallway that features three closets there\u2019s a stately bathroom (the tile is lovely) and a bedroom with more built-ins, double exposures, and one window that appears to run the length of the room. The maintenance is very Carnegie Hill at $2,238 a month, but there\u2019s a doorman, storage, and central laundry, and Central Park is basically your yard. It\u2019s steps to Fifth Avenue, though keep in mind the 97th Street of it all \u2014 you\u2019re basically on the transverse, which means higher-volume traffic than other blocks in the neighborhood. That said, it\u2019s still an incredibly sweet area. Get to know Yura on Madison, arguably the best chicken fingers I\u2019ve ever had in my life. Ditto for the roast-beef sandwiches.<\/p>\n

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