This Clinton Hill one-bedroom, as shown in listing photos, has a small windowed room off the bedroom that, while too small to be a legal bedroom, would make a nice office or nursery.
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Compass
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 three-bedroom in Red Hook for $799,000 and a dreamy Clinton Hill one-bedroom in a Queen Anne mansion.
The one-bedroom, as shown in listing photos, has a recently renovated open kitchen facing the living room.
A one-bedroom co-op in a turn-of-the-century Queen Anne mansion, this apartment recently underwent a charming renovation. There’s an open kitchen with a Viking range, wood countertops, and a dishwasher. The cozy bedroom has three windows facing the inner courtyard, and a little windowed room off the bedroom would work well as an office or even a nursery (though limited storage elsewhere means you would probably want to use at least some of it as a closet). The apartment has a foyer, and a washer and dryer are tucked away off the entrance. The eight-unit building, which has a shared courtyard, is located on Clinton Avenue close to Myrtle Avenue, so the closest train is the G about three blocks away. But Clinton is among the most gracious streets in Brooklyn, and it’s right on the border of Fort Greene, which, besides its namesake park, now has an embarrassment of upscale restaurants as well as neighborhood standbys like Roman’s.
This brownstone co-op half a block from Riverside Park, as shown in listing photos, packs a lot of uses with two bedrooms and a mezzanine loft.
Photo: Douglas Elliman
This brownstone two-bedroom has an old-school Upper West Side vibe: 12-foot ceilings, wood paneling, an exposed-brick wood-burning fireplace, and a mezzanine loft with compact kitchen tucked underneath. Not everyone will love the multilevel arrangement — the apartment is actually on three levels with stairs up to a sleeping loft and a few steps down to the kitchen and bathroom — but it certainly maximizes the space. The living/dining room also lacks a window, but one of the bedrooms off the living room is a solarium with a wall of windows. The building is less than a block from Riverside Park in the heart of the Upper West Side, and it allows pets.
This Lower East Side one-bedroom, as shown in listing photos, was formerly a two-bedroom and now has an expansive open living room with leafy views.
Photo: Sothebys
This one-bedroom, one-bath co-op apartment has four large windows in an expansive, open living space overlooking a tree-lined street. It also has all the classic finishes: hardwood floors, exposed brick, and a sleek kitchen with stainless steel and subway tile. Formerly a two-bedroom, it’s now configured with a small bedroom at the back. The building is a walk-up a few blocks from Katz’s and Mercury Lounge, with a shared courtyard, bike storage, and a laundry room.
This market-rate three-bedroom in a mixed-income Red Hook co-op, as shown in listing photos, is unusually affordable for its size and the neighborhood.
Photo: Corcoran
It’s rare to find a three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath at this price point in a trendy Brooklyn neighborhood — rarer still, one of newish construction that doesn’t need any work. Part of a mixed-income development built about 15 years ago, the apartment doesn’t have lavish finishes, but it ticks all the boxes: The living room is large, the bedrooms are all nicely sized, the windows are big with open views, and the kitchen has wood cabinetry, quartzite countertops, and a dishwasher. There are bamboo floors and seven closets, one of which could easily hold a washer-dryer. A couple of downsides: The building is a walk-up, and this apartment is on the third floor; it’s also in Red Hook, which isn’t the easiest place to reach, even if it is delightful once you get there. But it’s close to the B61 bus, Ikea, and the huge Food Bazaar that took over the Fairway space (which has 4.4 out of five stars on Google).
