An Enormous One-Bedroom in Gramercy With Many Oversize Windows for $995,000

An Enormous One-Bedroom in Gramercy With Many Oversize Windows for $995,000 As seen in this listing photo, the oversize north-facing window floods this Gramercy one-bedroom with light. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Compass 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, our picks include a brownstone floor-through with original Italianate flourishes in Prospect Heights and a garden apartment in the far West Village with a private patio. 201 E. 17th St., Apt. 23H As seen in this listing photo, the former second bedroom makes for a spacious dining alcove in this converted one-bedroom in Gramercy. Photo: Compass The seller (or maybe another previous owner) is a real mensch for knocking down walls and transforming what was once a fairly conventional two-bedroom into a wide-open one-bed at Park Towers. Honey-blond parquet floors cover the nearly 300-square-foot common area, which has north-facing skyline views plus a bit of light from the west-facing dining alcove where the second bedroom once was. The L-shaped kitchen has a nice flow with dual entrances, and the brick-red mid-century countertops kind of work. There’s another west-facing oversize window and a pair of pretty deep closets in the large bedroom with enough leftover space for a reading nook. As for the one-and-a-half baths, they’re white and cream and perfectly unobjectionable. The amenities aren’t nothing — $2,376 — but they at least cover the 24-hour doorman and live-in super, in-building shared laundry, an exercise room, cold storage, a bike room, and garage parking. The location is pretty great, too: You’re a few blocks away from Union Square, and it’s right down the street from the beloved diner Joe Jr. 169 Park Pl., Apt. 3 As seen in this listing photo, this two-bedroom in Prospect Heights has delightful original Italianate details throughout. Photo: Corcoran This floor-through apartment is one flight up from the parlor level and is impressive for both its original Italianate details and the solid layout. Well-maintained moldings line the nine-foot-plus ceilings, and the southwest-facing living area centers on an arched fireplace that’s quite a stunner with a nursery-size bedroom just off the side. The kitchen and bath desperately need an update (and there are washer and vented-dryer hookups for when that day comes). On the north side is the garden-facing primary bedroom, which can easily fit a king-size bed and a desk, although you might turn the nook that’s currently being used as a dressing room into a proper office. The maintenance fees are a low $1,095 — perhaps because the four-unit co-op is self-managed and has no amenities to speak of — but you are steps away from the Seventh Avenue subway stop and a new class of restaurants along Vanderbilt Avenue vying for institutional status. 304 W. 88th St., Apt. 2D As seen in this listing photo, the exposed brick wall gives this Upper West Side one-bedroom plenty of warmth. Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Here we’ve got another prewar charmer, this time less than a block from Riverside Park and much more of a turnkey situation. The shoebox kitchen’s green-and-brass cabinetry is bold but elegant, the new appliances stainless steel, and the quartz countertops spacious enough for you to prepare a pot roast. Crown molding and a decorative fireplace tucked into the exposed-brick wall round out the living room, and there’s more exposed brick in the bedroom, which looks like it can manage a pair of nightstands and a king-size bed but not much more. This is another case where the $1,791 monthlies cover little besides your taxes, which, honestly, is not so bad a deal. 107 Morton St., Apt. GB As seen in this listing photo, you’ll probably want to stock up on lamps if you move into this garden-level one-bedroom in the far West Village. Photo: Douglas Elliman As in many garden apartments, natural lighting isn’t this home’s strong suit. (The current owner went hard on their lamp collection; perhaps you will do the same.) But the nine-foot ceilings help keep the space from feeling too tomblike, and the layout’s pretty good. You enter through the spacious-enough living area, which looks out on the private patio and its storybook vines, and the hallway leads past a renovated kitchen lined with gray cabinetry and some loud quartz countertops. (Things are slightly tamer in the bathroom: green tilework, gold hardware.) The bedroom is in the back and quite spacious with a proper walk-in closet. 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