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 gilded apartment in an 1800s Romanesque Revival mansion.
A two-bedroom in Park Slope for $995,000
A condo with an ideal location: one block from the entrance to Prospect Park and the F train right outside your door. It’s on the corner, which might be a little louder, but you get windows on all three sides. The space has 11-foot ceilings and has been completely renovated with custom cabinets in the kitchen and a washer-dryer. You technically get “roof rights,” but it’s unfinished. Either way, it all seems worth it with monthlies at a low $656.
An Upper West Side one-bedroom for $839,000
This one is a stunner. An 1800s Romanesque Revival mansion that was once home to Ulysses S. Grant can now be home to … you. There’s a huge, like hulkingly huge, southwest-facing living room with lovely bay windows that form part of a turret. There’s a lot of character throughout the space — herringbone floors, intricate moldings, built-in shelves. Mansion monthlies are high at $1,459, but you get to climb a curved staircase to get to your apartment, and there is laundry in the building.
A one-bedroom in Hudson Heights for $599,000
This apartment is south- and west-facing, so the lighting is ideal. There are also views of the Hudson River from both the living room and the bedroom. There’s a washer-dryer in the sizable kitchen that also comes with granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances. Ample shelving throughout the space and somewhat manageable $945 monthlies, although there’s an additional $210 assessment through 2025. Just stop going out for dinner for the year or something.
A Crown Heights two-bedroom for $895,000
This condo has a long and skinny layout but still manages to have windows in every room. The living room opens up into a nicely sized backyard that has a lot of potential. The apartment still has parquet floors and a fireplace (we assume nonworking, but perhaps it will surprise you). There’s laundry in the building, and monthlies are just $685. A similarly priced listing nearby just saw a price reduction, so it may be worth waiting and seeing.