NYC Apartments Under a Million: Park Slope, Bed-Stuy

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 have original details in Park Slope and a working fireplace in Murray Hill (have you ever heard of “firewood storage?”).

333 East 41st Street #5D

The wood-burning fireplace featured in this listing photo has its own “firewood storage” in the building.
Photo: Douglas Elliman

This one-bedroom in Tudor City still has some prewar charm — stained-glass windows, a wood-burning fireplace — but also looks to be nicely renovated. If you can live with the backsplash (or have the will to replace it), the kitchen is completely new with updated appliances and a nice open counter-space situation. Monthlies are steep ($2,151), but the co-op comes with a laundry room, a live-in super, and firewood storage for all that firewood you’re going to need. On good-weather days, the elevated Tudor Grove park right outside is a quiet oasis.

421 Avenue C #2C

The living room featured in this Kensington co-op’s listing photo looks spacious and light-filled.
Photo: Garfield Realty

This co-op in Kensington has two nice-size bedrooms and the living room looks to be open and light-filled. There are Juliet balconies off the primary and cute little built-in shelves in the bathroom. Plus bike storage, an elevator, and laundry in the basement! The unit is part of a four-building cooperative that takes up the entire block. The price of this apartment is comparable to other two-bedrooms in the neighborhood, but not many have the high ceilings this one does.

404 3rd Street #C2

The original moldings featured in this listing photo are a draw for this one-bedroom co-op.
Photo: Compass

If you are looking for a roomy living room, this is the listing for you. You just have to walk down a long hallway to get there. The best parts of this one-bedroom co-op are the original moldings and doors and the built-in bookshelves. The kitchen is especially cozy with its tiled floors. There’s also a shared roof deck to drink your morning coffee on and a playground just down the block. It’s in a classic prewar limestone building with bright-red double doors and a lush front garden.

120 Pulaski Street #2A

Tall ceilings are the main draw of this listing photo for a Bed-Stuy condo just a few blocks from Herbert Von King Park.
Photo: Brick & Mortar

If you can deal with the all-gray façade of a new condo, this duplex is quite nice and airy inside with 20-foot-high ceilings. The kitchen has a huge island that can double as seating and counter space, and there’s a small balcony off the living room. Herbert Von King Park is just four blocks away. Monthly common charges are just $367, so hopefully you’ll have enough left over to change out the chandelier.