This Lenox Hill co-op, as shown in listing photos, is massive, with a cavernous living room, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and numerous large closets.
Photo-Illustration: Douglas Elliman Real Estate
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’ve found you a pleasant, nicely renovated one-bedroom in Woodside and a sprawling three-bedroom, two-bath in Lenox Hill.
This Brooklyn Heights studio, as shown in listing photos, is cute, bright, and efficient with open-sky views.
Photo: Compass
A high-floor studio apartment in a historic Brooklyn Heights former hotel, this little aerie is white-walled and bright with open-sky views. Located in the former Hotel St. George, which was converted to a co-op building in 1984, the studio has a kind of brisk charm: one large room with beamed ceilings and hardwood floors, two closets, and a no-nonsense kitchen and bathroom tucked off to the side (the finishes on these are in good shape but nothing to write home about). The full-service building has a 24-hour doorman, an on-site gym, a roof deck, and bike and basement storage (the latter two with wait lists). The monthly maintenance is a reasonable $1,030 and the apartment is located just a block from the Clark Street 2 and 3 trains. For what it lacks in interior charm, it is in arguably the most delightful neighborhood of Brooklyn, close to the Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park.
One of the three large bedrooms in the Lenox Hill co-op, as shown in listing photos, has multiple windows, parquet floors, and a closet.
Photo: Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Few apartments in Manhattan under a million dollars can be described as sprawling, but there’s really no better word for this three-bedroom, two-bathroom (!) co-op. There’s a huge living room with a dining area to one side, all the bedrooms are large and have closets (including a massive walk-in off the primary), and the bathrooms and kitchen are reasonably sized. There’s even a little laundry room. The layout is a bit weird — the huge living room’s only windows are in the dining area so it’s somewhat cavernous, and there’s a bedroom jutting off one corner. The building is also postwar, meaning there are nice parquet floors but not much else in the way of detailing. But with so many big windowed rooms and a recent renovation, those trade-offs seem more than reasonable, especially at this price point, in an insanely convenient location by 63rd Street and Third Avenue in a full-service building with highish monthlies of $4,868. Given the size of the apartment, though, that’s to be expected.
The one-bedroom in Woodside, as shown in listing photos, has a pleasant renovation, prewar details like an arched opening, and a reasonable price.
Photo: Compass
It’s refreshing to see a nicely renovated one-bedroom for under $400,000. While prices in Jackson Heights and Astoria have shot up, there are still pockets of affordability in Manhattan-adjacent Queens, among them in Woodside, where this prewar co-op is located. It’s bright and cheerful with hardwood floors and a big foyer that has a double-door coat closet (there are three closets total). Other pleasant features include an arched entryway and a big tastefully renovated kitchen with white-tiled walls, stone countertops, and under-cabinet LED lighting. The apartment also has all new wiring and is located in a ten-building complex on 11 landscaped acres with bike storage, laundry rooms, and a wait-listed parking lot. It’s on the border of Woodside and Astoria, so the main drawback is the walk to the subway — both the R and M trains are about a half-mile away.
A one-bedroom just off Park Avenue, as shown in listing photos, with prewar details that include a working fireplace.
Photo: Coldwell Banker Warburg
Located just off Park Avenue on 75th Street, the location of this neat little one-bedroom co-op is pretty much ideal. The apartment itself has a nice, comfortable layout: A small foyer with a coat closet opens onto a large living room with a working fireplace. Off a short hall to the side, there’s the kitchen, bathroom, and a good-size bedroom with built-in shelving and storage along one wall. The apartment faces north and has beamed ceilings, interior shutters, hardwood floors, and a straightforward renovation with classic finishes. Washers and dryers are allowed with approval, as are pied-à-terres (similarly, parents buying for children and co-purchasing are a-okay). Pets are permitted, and there’s an elevator. There’s a live-in super but no doorman, keeping the monthly maintenance to a reasonable $1,596.
