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 sun-flooded two-bedroom, two-bath in Lenox Hill with a wood-burning fireplace and a Harlem three-bedroom with plenty of exposed brick walls and two (decorative) fireplaces.
A two-bedroom in Lenox Hill for $950,000
South-facing windows and a high floor mean that this two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment has beautiful natural light and open city views. The bright, well-laid-out space features a large living room with a wood-burning fireplace, a small dining room, a renovated kitchen, and two large bedrooms with en suite bathrooms. The bedrooms have ample closet space, and there are hardwood floors and beamed ceilings throughout. The only thing it seems to lack is a foyer (and an in-unit washer and dryer, though the listing notes those may be installed with board approval). Located by the corner of Lexington and 79th Street, a quick walk to multiple subway lines, museums, and Central Park, as well as tons of restaurants and shops. The full-service building has a 24-hour doorman, private basement storage, and bike storage, and the maintenance costs, at $5,270 a month, reflect that. It allows pets and 50 percent financing — meaning that buyers will need to put down half the purchase price.
A Windsor Terrace two-bedroom for $825,000
147 Prospect Park Southwest, Apt. 6
This apartment on the southwestern edge of Prospect Park is full of pretty prewar details: coffered ceilings, parquet floors, and a pass-through kitchen. But it also has a number of updated features, including a kitchen with new stainless-steel appliances, blue Shaker cabinets, and Cambria quartz countertops and a bathroom with a waterfall shower and Toto toilet. The layout features bedrooms on opposite ends of the apartment, a hallwaylike foyer, and a large living and dining room. It doesn’t seem to have much of a view — with the exception of one of the bedrooms, which faces a different direction than the rest of the apartment, all the windows overlook a neighboring building — but it’s located right across the street from Prospect Park. The maintenance is reasonable at just under $1,000 a month, but the listing notes a J-51 tax abatement expiring next year, meaning a looming tax increase (the listing doesn’t say how much). The building has bike storage and two laundry rooms. In a quaint neighborhood with a lot of restaurants and shops, and the F and G trains about a nine-minute walk away.
A Three-Bedroom in Harlem for $440,000
A first-floor apartment with a stripped-down aesthetic of exposed brick walls and natural wood, this three-bedroom co-op has just under 1,100 square feet of space and windows in every room. Three small bedrooms sit in a line off a long hall that leads from the front door, followed by the bathroom, kitchen, and, at the front of the apartment, a large living room or dining room and, beyond a set of French doors, what could be a den, an office, or another bedroom. It’s a handsome apartment, with 12-foot ceilings, bamboo floors, fireplace mantles, and some nice new conveniences like an in-unit washer and dryer, a bidet, and a six-burner stove. It is, as the reasonable price suggests, in an income-restricted building, meaning that a family of two can earn no more than $149,000 at the time of purchase. There’s also a tenant in place through August, ruling out an immediate move-in. The building has a finished basement with bike storage, a party room, and a library, and is about a six-minute walk from the 3 train.
An Upper West Side two-bedroom for $985,000
The décor may be fussy, but this prewar co-op has a living/dining room that’s nearly 27 feet long, with an open kitchen at one end. Having such an expansive main living space helps the apartment, which has modestly sized bedrooms, feel a lot more spacious. The apartment has a number of good features: wood floors and a kitchen that has been recently renovated with high-end Thermador appliances and granite countertops. The windows, however, look out at a neighboring building, so the light and views are not ideal. Located a block from Riverside Park, between 94th and 95th Streets, in a co-op with a rooftop terrace and a relatively reasonable maintenance of $1,595.