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A one-bed at 140 East 28th Street, #10G.
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Sotheby’s International Realty

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Listen, it’s not as though getting an apartment in New York has ever been easy. But one could probably argue it has never been harder than it is right now. The most god-awful studios are regularly renting for thousands and thousands of dollars with lines of interested tenants out the door. Here, we’ll find the actually worth-looking-ats, the actually worth-the-costs, and the surprisingly affordable-for-those-parquet-floors from all around the internet.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: Bury me in Sutton Place! It’s just so dignified up there. Spent the week in midtown, an area of Manhattan that I only grow fonder and fonder of, probably because it’s the furthest thing (not geographically, but culturally) from “West Village.” I ventured up north to gawk at some quintessential classic sixes and check out a few studios for my friend who’s moving to Morningside Heights. Also, Edgemere Commons, a new affordable housing complex in the Rockaways, just opened its housing lottery, in case that would interest you or someone you know.

$3,950, 1-bedroom: Leading with a strong trifecta here: leaded glass, ceramic tiling in the bathroom, and some handsome ceiling beams.

$3,595, 2-bedroom: The sunken living room calls my name, as does the three-paned window in the bedroom. Though, you’d think they could have made the bed and picked the mail up before taking this pic? An odd sales tactic IMO.

$3,250, studio: Sort of bleak but it’s a wood-burning fireplace. Two in one week, must be good luck.

A studio at 219 East 25th Street, #3E.
Photo: LivingNY

$4,600, 2-bedroom: Sexy li’l I.M. Pei number. Those modernist windows are just unbeatable.

$7,950, 1-bedroom: Quiet luxury, I guess.

A one-bed at 140 East 28th Street, #10G.
Photo: Sotheby’s International Realty

$4,500, 1-bedroom: Not a huge fan of the cheap vinyl oak flooring, but it’s otherwise relatively anodyne.

$3,800, 1-bedroom: I’m just a sucker for a leaded pane!! Sue me!!

$3,699, 1-bedroom: There’s just something that’s so romantic about them. Something so Old World!

A one-bed at 45 Tudor City Place, #1504, in Turtle Bay.
Photo: Compass

$6,500, 2-bedroom: If you thought this wasn’t going to be another ode to the leaded-pane window, you thought wrong. This one shines particularly bright. There’s an overall elegance to this place, too, I’d say.

$3,400, 1-bedroom: Yes, it’s another one at 45 Tudor Place, but we haven’t yet seen the rest of the building. This one wins the award for best lobby in all of Manhattan. Gothic Revival heaven in there.

$3,250, 1-bedroom: Are we sick of 45 Tudor Place yet? Because I’m not. Grab some friends, let’s move.

A one-bed at 45 Tudor Place, #218.
Photo: Metropolitan Property Group

$2,300, studio: Little rough around les edges, but that’s where I like to live, frankly. Plus, cheap.

$2,400, studio: It’s like a little prince lives here! Something about that red lacquer, French canopy bed is just giving short king (in the literal sense, not the modern sense).

A one-bedroom at 45 Tudor City Place, #611, for $3,400.
Photo: Compass

$4,100, 1-bedroom: Another coveted building — the Beekman Hill House. Move quickly!

$5,250, 1-bedroom: Two reasons I love this apartment: It’s on the park, and it has a wood-burning fireplace. If neither of those two reasons do it for you, there’s nothing here for you.

$11,950, 2-bedroom: Obsessed with the DRAMA here. Like, ketchup and mustard should be a more seriously applied color scheme. The same goes for the black marble in the bathroom. Can’t say the same for the embroidered, purple bedspread, but that’s just a personal preference.