Located on a high floor, this Upper West Side two bedroom, as seen in listing photos, has open city views and exposures to the south, north, and east.
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Elena F. Picinich
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.
We’ve found you a two bedroom in Astoria and a big, bright Upper West Side two bed in a Rosario Candela building.
3515 Henry Hudson Parkway West, #5F
This dark-walled, sleekly-fixtured living room, as shown in listing photos, looks like it belongs in Downtown Manhattan, but it’s actually in a Riverdale prewar.
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens
A renovated, prewar two-bedroom in Riverdale with a moody Manhattan vibe: midnight blue walls, a distressed metal door, dark wood floors, and designer light fixtures. While an apartment in this corner of the Bronx doesn’t offer the convenience of, say, Soho, the place has plenty of advantages you won’t find in Lower Manhattan, at least not for half a million dollars: abundant natural light and leafy views, a capacious 1,200 square feet. There are also high-end kitchen appliances and bathroom fixtures and recessed wiring and technical equipment. The building has a part-time doorman and a private playground, personal storage and parking (although you’ll need to get on the waitlist for those), and a laundry facility. In-unit washers and dryers are also allowed with board (and engineer) approval.
The living room of the Upper West Side two-bedroom is large, as is the apartment, with a good flow characteristic of architect Rosario Candela.
Photo: Elena F. Picinich
Located on a high floor with mostly south-facing windows, this corner-unit two-bedroom is bathed in light, with exposures and open views to the east and north as well. The floor plan has nice flow — it’s a Rosario Candela building — and all the rooms are large. The apartment has lots of nice details: oak floors, molding, plenty of closets, and an old-fashioned bathroom with a pedestal sink and black-and-white tile. However, the kitchen hasn’t been updated in a while and could use a refresh. A block from Riverside Park and around the corner from West Side market, this apartment is in a doorman elevator building between 98th and 99th Street, on the border of the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights.
The living room of this renovated Astoria two bedroom, as show in listing photos, has retained nice prewar details like parquet floors and moldings.
Photo: Corcoran Group
Astoria has become a very competitive real-estate market in the last few years, with apartments now trading at a median of $575,000, and this renovated two-bedroom hits all the marks. It’s tastefully done, blending prewar details like parquet floors and with more modern features, i.e., an open kitchen with stainless-steel Fisher & Paykel appliances, including a dishwasher. There’s exposed brick, a washer and dryer, and windows in every room. The maintenance is reasonable, too — $1,000 a month — and the building has amenities that include a sky deck and a large gym. Located near lots of shops and restaurants on Steinway Street, but it’s a half-mile walk to the N and W trains on Astoria Boulevard.
The dining room of the Upper East Side co-op, as shown in listing photos, is rare for a one-bedroom: At most, you’ll usually find a nook or eat-in kitchens, not a large, windowed room.
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens
Located on a prime Upper East Side block — 84th between Fifth and Madison — this large, lovely one-bedroom is right next to Central Park and less than a five-minute walk from the Met. Apartments in this 1925 co-op rarely come on the market and when they do, they often trade for significantly more than this one bedroom. (Really, it could be used as a two, given the large, windowed dining room.) The living room has a charming stained-glass window and there are hardwood floors and beamed ceilings throughout. The maintenance is, however, steep, at $2,433 a month, especially since it’s not a doorman building.
