Two Balconies and a Grand Courtyard on East 78th Street for $500,000

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 is all about location — we’ve got listings in prime West Village, Park Slope, and Brooklyn Heights, plus a one-bedroom with two balconies on East 78th Street.

A West Village studio for $535,000

354 West 12th Street #2A

This studio is small but an obvious gem, plus the natural light and high ceilings help open it up. (Also: A one-bed upstairs went for nearly twice as much.) The kitchen manages to fit a six-burner stove and a dishwasher, and the solid cherry cabinets are a nice touch. The location is obviously the big sell — you’re on a classic cobblestone street just one block to Hudson River Park. Monthlies are manageable at $1,062, and the building has a lush-looking shared garden.

A one-bedroom in Park Slope for $800,000

130 Eighth Avenue #6B

Another prime location, this time a one-bedroom a block from Prospect Park and close to the main branch of the Brooklyn Library. The windows are all east-facing so you’ll get a lot of morning light streaming in on the original parquet floors. The kitchen has been redone and if you can stand the tiling choices and black cabinetry, then this might be your place.

A Lenox Hill one-bedroom for $500,000

508 East 78th Street #5D

This apartment is in a classic old New York building that comes with requisite quirks — the kitchen is long and narrow, and the bedroom has an exposed-brick wall. There are not one but two balconies that you can lean out on and see the East River. The living room comes with hardwood floors, built in bookshelves, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Monthlies are $1,271 in the four-building co-op that surrounds a serene courtyard and cobblestone streets.

A two-bedroom in Brooklyn Heights for $999,000

55 Hicks Street #42

This co-op sponsor unit just squeaks in under a million, but it’s a newly renovated two-bedroom in the middle of Brooklyn Heights. The electrical and plumbing is all upgraded, and the kitchen has been nicely redone with an electric stove and dishwasher. You’re located on a quiet street just one block away from the Moonstruck house. The monthlies are a very livable $983 and you won’t need board approval.