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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 find ourselves back on the Upper West Side for some lovely pocket shutters and in Brooklyn Heights for a statement window.<\/p>\n
133 West 75th Street, Parlour A<\/a><\/p>\n A one-bedroom on the parlour floor of a brownstone that has 12-foot ceilings and ten-foot south-facing windows with pocket shutters. I\u2019m just in, you know? The renovation here also speaks without shouting: blonde herringbone floors, custom built-ins, and a bathroom update that retains the rest of the apartment\u2019s prewar styling. (The lofted area above the living room is either additional storage or guest accommodations \u2014\u00a0you pick.) The kitchen is small and stashed in a corner off the living room, but it\u2019s been nicely cleaned up with a new refrigerator and a dishwasher that looks very Home Depot floor model to me. The bedroom is long and narrow but offers a decent amount of storage in a closet that runs nearly the width of the room. It\u2019s in a small eight-unit co-op building with no amenities to speak of (in-building laundry is pretty much it), but the monthly maintenance actually shocked me \u2014\u00a0just $770 a month. If you are in need of more convincing: It\u2019s a quick walk to Central Park and quite close to multiple train lines.<\/p>\n 212 East 48th Street, 5A<\/a><\/p>\n Much like Jackson Heights and Riverdale, I believe life is somehow just better in Turtle Bay. This week\u2019s case in point: a two-bedroom, one-bath in a prewar co-op with a private garden. (The lobby is also very good.) As for the apartment, it\u2019s quite spacious at 1,124 square feet and has plenty of prewar charm: moldings and beamed ceilings, nicely maintained hardwood floors, and updated tiling that seems to match the appropriate period. Each bedroom is nicely sized and closeted, and the primary has dual exposures. Maintenance stings a bit at $2,586 a month, but gets you a live-in super, laundry in the building, storage, and a \u201cvirtual doorman\u201d (an updated buzzer system). It\u2019s been relisted after seemingly languishing on the market for a bit, so maybe try to make a deal.<\/p>\n