NYC Apartments Under a Million: Boerum Hill, Park Slope

This two-bedroom in Boerum Hill has big windows and exposed brick in the living area, as shown in this listing photo.
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: R New York

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 Boerum Hill two-bedroom with big windows and exposed brick (if that’s your thing) and a studio in an Emery Roth building right on Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village.

467 Pacific St., Apt. 18

This Boerum Hill two-bedroom apartment has custom-built storage in the primary bedroom, as shown in this listing photo.
Photo: R New York

Exposed brick — divisive. But if you love it, this Boerum Hill co-op has it, warming up the living room and the smaller of the two queen-size bedrooms, and nicely complimented by the wooden trim on those giant windows. The new azulejos-style tile work and brass details in the bathroom … again for you to decide. Completely without fault? The spacious living area and open kitchen along with an in-unit washer/dryer. Also, the location is prime Boerum Hill: a nine-minute walk to the Atlantic-Barclays transit hub, and even less to Rucola and French Louie for steak. Another two-bedroom on the building’s second floor is currently on the market for just under $1.1 million, although that unit underwent some (admittedly questionable) renovations like an all-black kitchen. Monthlies are $1,157 and come with the basics: storage and a bike room.

55 Park Terrace East, Apt. B54

This Inwood two-bedroom, as shown in this listing photo, has a charming sunken living room, herringbone oak flooring, and private gardens outside.
Photo: New Heights Realty

Embrace the tip of Manhattan and be rewarded with space. The 1,125-square-foot co-op in a 1939 Inwood building comes with eight closets, plus a kitchen with enough room for a breakfast nook on top of the large foyer-dining area. The main bedroom includes an en-suite bathroom with a shower and overlooks a leafy, private garden. Monthlies are nearly $1,900, and get you a live-in super, building storage, laundry, and, oddly, free internet. There’s gorgeous herringbone hardwood oak flooring through the apartment, and the place also has a sunken living room — charming.

443 12th St., Apt. 2F

This Park Slope studio loft, shown in a listing photo, is in former warehouse building that was previously used as storage for the now-defunct Ansonia Clock Company.
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens

Loft life in Park Slope. Located on the second-floor of the now-defunct Ansonia Clock Company’s onetime storage facility, this expansive, 1,000-square-foot studio has 11-foot-beamed ceilings and hardwood floors, along with a sizable modern kitchen appointed with granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances. There’s plenty of storage space, including underneath the lofted bedroom plus a pair of walk-in closets, which could help justify erecting a flex wall to carve out a bedroom or office. Monthlies are $1,265 and the location couldn’t be better: less than two blocks from Prospect Park, a four-minute walk from the Seventh Avenue subway station, and a quick jaunt to Pasta Louise for soft serve in the warm months to come.

24 5th Ave., Apt. 607

The sixth-floor studio, seen in this listing photo, is in an Emery Roth building on Fifth Avenue and has high-beamed ceilings, gorgeous hardwood floors, and plenty of southern exposure light.
Photo: Douglas Elliman

On the one hand, this is your chance to own in a prewar Emery Roth building on Fifth Avenue. Enticing! On the other: The building has a land lease, so your future fees, or the fate of your apartment, are a little uncertain. (Then again, the future is always uncertain!) With all that in mind, this sixth-floor studio has high-beamed ceilings, gorgeous hardwood floors, and plenty of southern exposure light. And, of course, the palatial lobby, dressed with marble mosaic panels. The monthlies are just under $1,300 and cover a 24-hour doorman, fitness center, concierge service, and laundry in the building. You also get to live in what is basically the center of the universe.