This Clinton Hill one-bedroom, as shown in listing photos, has a living room with an unusual amount of original 1905 details, including moldings, picture rails, and refinished-brass light fixtures.
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Brown Harris Stevens
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.
There are a lot of original, prewar details this week, including in a Clinton Hill one-bedroom with arched, western-facing windows, along with a much more contemporary Boerum Hill studio with luxurious finishes and a sleeping loft.
277 Washington Avenue, Apt. 2B
The living room of this Clinton Hill one-bedroom, overlooking Washington Avenue to the west, is in a prewar apartment building with nice layouts.
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens
This elegant one-bedroom apartment has retained many of its original 1905 details: basket-weave hardwood floors, picture rails, moldings, and, in the bathroom, a cast-iron soaking tub and built-in laundry hamper. The rooms are big and face west with six-over-six windows that are arched in the living room and bathroom. The only real drawback is that the apartment doesn’t have a foyer and entry is through the otherwise very lovely kitchen. Located in one of the century-old apartment buildings on Washington Avenue that have large built-as-such apartments with classic layouts. The building is pet-friendly and has bike storage, a laundry room, and deeded storage in the basement. The $1,133 monthly maintenance fee and $740,000 asking price are both fairly reasonable, although potential buyers may be pained to learn that it sold for $400,000 less in 2010. But such is the real-estate market — one-bedrooms in the building now trade for anywhere in the $600,000s to the $700,000s. The co-op does allow 80 percent financing, and guarantors, parental purchases, and subletting are also allowed, which may help some buyers close the gap.
293 Riverside Drive, Apt. 2A
Located in a mansion on Riverside Drive, this studio has soaring ceilings and a stunning bay window with window seats that offers a leafy park view.
Photo: Compass
Located on the parlor floor of a Riverside Drive mansion, this studio apartment has a stunning bay window overlooking Riverside Park and high ceilings that make it feel much bigger. While some studios are so tight it’s hard to imagine living there full time, this one also has a separate galley kitchen, a foyer, and closets. The space seems like a perfect spot for a bookworm with built-in bookshelves, ornate moldings, and what appear to be window seats (or at least radiator covers that could work as such) under the big bay window. There’s also additional storage space for purchase in the building as well as laundry and bike storage. In a C.P.H. Gilbert mansion between 101st and 102nd, about a five-minute walk from the 2/3 express trains at 96th Street and even closer to the 1 train at 103rd. (Technically, it’s more Morningside Heights than classic Upper West Side.) Across the street from Riverside Park, close to Columbia, and 15 minutes from Central Park. Monthlies, at $1,196 a month, are a little high for a studio in a no-frills co-op, but the price is quite reasonable for a turnkey studio that also has a good deal of charm.
207 Park Place, Apt. 1FW
The living room of this Prospect Heights one-bedroom is open to the kitchen and has a non-working fireplace with an eye-catching mantelpiece that features a huge mirror.
Photo: Douglas Elliman
This one-bedroom is on the first floor of a limestone apartment building, overlooking a leafy street that’s close to Prospect Park and Grand Army Plaza, and it’s filled with prewar details: high ceilings, hardwood floors, gigantic wood doors, and a fireplace mantel with a gigantic mirror (sadly, the fireplace is only decorative, but the green-tiled feature and mirror still make for a nice focal point). The kitchen is open to the living room and has granite countertops, stainless-steel appliances, and a washer and dryer. The bedroom and bathroom are in the back of the building, a nice placement (ideal for a couple with different bedtimes, for instance), and both rooms have windows, although the bedroom window is kind of wedged into a corner. The maintenance is a very reasonable $740 a month, there’s a communal garden in the back, and the B and Q trains are on the block.
340 Dean Street, Apt. 2B
This Boerum Hill apartment is, yes, a studio, but it has a sleeping loft accessed by a proper staircase and condo amenities like central air, Bosch appliances, and heated bathroom floors.
Photo: SERHANT
Yes, it’s technically a studio (there’s a sleeping loft for a bedroom), but this double-height condo in Boerum Hill is both dramatic — there’s a huge south-facing window — and luxurious. The kitchen has Carrara marble countertops, Bosch appliances, and a stylish island, while the bathroom is outfitted with heated floors and a Toto toilet. The apartment has custom closets, including a coat closet, as well as wide-plank white-oak floors, central heat and air, electronic shades, and a washer and dryer in the hall outside that’s shared with another apartment, which, while not a common setup, seems like a nice alternative to doing laundry in a shared basement. The monthly maintenance is just $324 a month (although the listing doesn’t mention it, this likely means the building has a tax abatement that will someday expire). While the price seems high for a studio, recently built condos go for a premium, and another lofted studio in the building, last asking $899,000, is currently in contract. Boerum Hill is a highly sought-after neighborhood with limited inventory — a brownstone neighborhood that’s a quick walk to the Atlantic Terminal transit hub and many other subway lines.
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