The custom built-in storage in this Chelsea pre-war co-op, as seen in this listing photo, elevates the living room from charmless to inviting.
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.
This week: a renovated one-bedroom in a Chelsea co-op with nice built-ins and a duplex studio in Clinton Hill with loftlike qualities.
The spacious bedroom in a Chelsea pre-war co-op has enough space for a king-sized bed, a dresser, and a desk, as seen in this listing photo.
Photo: Compass
A compact Chelsea prewar co-op with a tasteful renovation. The kitchen has stone countertops and solid-wood lower cabinetry, and there are restored hardwood floors throughout. Custom built-in storage elevates the living room from charmless to inviting, and the bedroom has enough space for a king-size bed and a home-office setup. The views, well, it’s mostly other walls and the building’s courtyard, but it’s a landscaped garden, which is also open to residents. Pets and pieds-à-terre allowed. The maintenance fees, on the higher end for the neighborhood at just over $1,800 a month, cover the garden’s upkeep and get you a resident manager, storage cage, bike-room access, an elevator, and shared laundry. The Chelsea Market, the High Line, and Dia Chelsea all are close by, which is quite nice.
Those looking to live the Bushwick-condo life might consider this two-bedroom, which has a well-equipped kitchen and floor-to-ceiling windows, as seen in this listing photo.
Photo: SERHANT
For those rare birds considering condo life in Bushwick, there’s this two-bed, two-bath situated in one of the hard-partying neighborhood’s quiet, residential corridors. There are ten-feet-high ceilings, and the chef’s kitchen has some impressive touches, including a Liebherr refrigerator, an imported cooktop with a vented hood, and black marble countertops. The floor-to-ceiling bay windows in the living area, which look out onto the tree-lined block, are quite stunning, while the king-size primary bedroom has a sleek en suite bathroom that includes a double sink and inset shower layout. The second bedroom, which the current owners appear to be using as an office, has double exposures and another pair of floor-to-ceiling windows. Velvet curtains conceal the in-unit washer-dryer combo, and the monthlies, at $796, are fairly reasonable and get you a shared rooftop terrace and bike room along with private storage in the basement. You’re off the J at Kosciuszko, but let me guess that you mostly work from home, so who cares?
This Clinton Hill duplex studio has a double-height ceiling and gets great light from its oversize windows.
Photo: Rumah Realty Inc
A duplex studio — what a concept! This one comes with 805 square feet to work with and reads as even grander thanks to a double-height ceiling in the living area plus floor-to-ceiling windows that let plenty of light into the common space. A marble island and stainless-steel appliances fill out the kitchen, and the bathroom has a rain shower and a soaking tub, perfect for contemplating how life could have turned out if you weren’t in a duplex. The built-in library and storage space over the living area is a little bit of a design head-scratcher in that it requires you get a ladder, but it is more space. Monthlies are $830 and get you a shared roof-deck, a bike room, and private storage (perfect for that new ladder). Fort Greene Park and all the nice that comes with it in the surrounding area is a ten-minute walk.
This Soho one-bedroom has a pretty sizable living area and not-too-shabby views.
Photo: Compass
This prewar co-op is pied-à-terre-friendly, which makes sense given its shoe-box sizing in a pretty solid location in Soho. We’re fans of the sage-green cabinetry in the renovated kitchen; the (divisive) exposed-brick aesthetic, meanwhile, is featured in both the bathroom and quaint bedroom, which can fit a full-size bed. A sizable living area gets plenty of eastern light. There’s a lot to love. And you’re moving to Soho for a reason, right? Raoul’s is literally around the corner, and Balthazar is just a ten-minute walk away. The maintenance fees are somewhat high for the price, at $1,711 a month, and get you just an elevator, though your life is kind of like Ava in Hacks living at the Americana, except it’s Soho.
