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\n This Greenwood Heights duplex\u2019s living area, as seen in this listing photo, is well lit thanks to the oversize windows.
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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
This week, we\u2019ve got a good spread of two-bedrooms, including a Clinton Hill top-floor condo with roof-deck potential and a Carnegie Hill prewar co-op that gracefully incorporates modern finishes.<\/p>\n
321 23rd St., Apt. 1C<\/a><\/p>\n \n The updated kitchen in this Greenwood Heights duplex, as seen in this listing photo, feel perhaps a little middle of the road but still very workable. At minimum, this duplex will get you some peace and quiet, given that most of your neighbors<\/a> are among the dead. But the home is also well laid out, with a smaller office-or-unofficial-nursery nook upstairs and a living area that gets pretty great natural light. The kitchen has been updated with light-brown cabinetry and a sandy backsplash. (The upstairs bathroom got a spa treatment with a Jacuzzi tub and ocher marble tiling.) Downstairs is a spacious sleeping area that could also work as a gym or home office and benefits from an enormous skylight equipped with automatic blackout shades. (There\u2019s a half-bath on the lower level, too.) Other perks include a 410-square-foot private yard (with unfortunately fake turf), unusually low monthlies \u2014\u00a0just $522 thanks to a tax abatement running through 2033 \u2014 and a shared bike room. The only major downside is that the 25th Street subway stop is a 13-minute schlep, so prepare to read up on the local bus routes and prepare to bundle up come January.<\/p>\n 45 Fifth Ave., Apt. 15A\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n \n This Greenwich Village one-bedroom, as seen in this listing photo, feels grand thanks to both the generous size of its rooms and the charming church views. The 15th-floor triple exposures mean you\u2019ll be rich in light and views of the church steeples across Fifth Avenue. The beamed ceilings and hardwood floors are pretty grand, as are the amount of storage and proportions of the rooms. (The dual-exposure bedroom can comfortably hold at least a king-size bed, a pair of accent chairs, and nightstands; and, as the listing photo suggests, the living area can easily hold a small warehouse\u2019s worth of upholstery.) The kitchen is snug but has been fixed up\u00a0with a dishwasher and dark marble countertops, whereas the windowed bathroom got a simple white-tile update. It\u2019s $1,353 for the monthlies, delivering shared laundry and a live-in super. You\u2019re equidistant from Washington Square Park and Union Square, giving you two options on nice days where you can watch skaters eat pavement.<\/p>\n 252 Greene Ave., Apt. 4B<\/a><\/p>\n \n The custom taps and glasswork in this Clinton Hill two-bedroom\u2019s kitchen, as seen in this listing photo, reflect the attention to details throughout this condo. Another sunny triple-exposure joint, this one with skylights on the top floor of a redbrick, vaguely Romanesque Revival building. The sellers overhauled the space in the past 15 years, with an attention to detail best seen in the kitchen, loaded with cabinetry, high-end appliances (Viking gas oven, Thermador fridge, Miele stovetop), and fun extras like a stained-glass window and quasi-Tiffany pendant fixture. (Does your kitchen have custom taps for water, soda, and a third beverage of your preference? Probably not.) There\u2019s a decorative fireplace in the living area, and the bathroom has a sauna aura thanks to the slatted vanity and shelving, Jacuzzi tub, and rain showerhead. The well-size main bedroom has leafy views and another decorative fireplace, although the person doing the listing\u2019s photos has oddly chosen to hide it behind a bed; the second bedroom can easily handle a bunk-bed situation plus a sideboard. Common charges and taxes are\u00a0$1,049 a month, and that gets you a bike room, shared storage and laundry, and deeded roof rights that have yet to be taken advantage of, if you feel up to a home-improvement project. The Classon G train is a four-minute walk, and Place des F\u00eates is at the end of the block for wine and seafood small plates.<\/p>\n 172 E. 90th St., Apt. 4E<\/a><\/p>\n \n As seen in this listing photo, this Carnegie Hill two-bedroom feels airy thanks to the nearly nine-foot-high ceilings and expansive layout. The preservationists<\/a> in\u00a0this slice of the Upper East Side are as stiff-backed as Greenwich Village\u2019s diehards<\/a>, but the owners of this prewar co-op found space amid the historic charm for modern touches, like split systems in every room. In the kitchen, across from the wood-burning fireplace and exposed-brick walls, are new quartz countertops, olive Shaker-style cabinetry, and the rare range hood that actually vents outside. The large primary bedroom gets great light from the oversize windows, and there\u2019s more than enough space for an office setup and a reading nook. The smaller second bedroom holds the in-unit washer-dryer as well as an en suite bath. (The second full bathroom is right outside.) It\u2019s $1,362 for the monthlies, and that\u2019ll get you shared laundry in the building and storage space.<\/p>\n Sign Up for the Curbed Newsletter<\/p>\n A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/e2bcc0ab108ef139e7f26ff88388adb6fa-321-23rd-Street--1C-2.rhorizontal.w700.jpg\")
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