NYC Apartments Under a Million: Park Slope, Chelsea

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’s picks include a nicely priced Park Slope one-bedroom, plus a loftlike duplex in Williamsburg.

198 Eighth Ave., Apt. 4F

There’s a lot of charm in this one-bedroom co-op, which sits on the fourth floor of a classic Park Slope walk-up. The living room has bay windows overlooking the treescape of Eighth Avenue and a decorative fireplace with a grand wooden mantle — a keeper. The apartment also has the original (and well maintained) parquet floors. There’s enough space in the living room for a desk area and a two-seater dining table while the kitchen and bathroom have been refreshed with modern touches. The bedroom has its own leafy view, too. Then there’s the price: $495,000, a refreshing number. The reasonable monthlies, at $822, get you a bike room, in-building laundry, and a storage unit. Also, you’re just a block away from Prospect Park, and a ten-minute walk from a handful of subway lines. Like, c’mon.

365 W. 19th St., Apt. 2R

Mid-century-modern bait, but it’s tasteful rather than caricature. This one-bedroom Chelsea co-op has a lovely little living room with a wood-burning fireplace and diffuse northern light, but it’s really the apartment’s backend that steals the show: The wood finishes feel light and earthy while the kitchen (which the listing calls an “homage” to the apartment’s history) has solid wood cabinetry along with butcher-block countertops and a tile floor. While the seven-unit co-op is self-managed, the maintenance fees come out to $1,104 and don’t get you much besides an in-unit washer/dryer hook-up (BYOW/D). One dog or two cats are allowed, and subletting is okay with board approval. As for the location, you’re sort of in the middle of it: A seven-minute walk from the High Line, and five minutes from Fonda for really good mole poblano or midnight pancakes at Chelsea Square.

30 Devoe St., Apt. 2B

A lot of apartment listings tout “soaring” ceilings, but they’re shrimps compared to this Williamsburg one-bedroom. The “loft-inspired” duplex has 17-foot-high ceilings and oversize south-facing windows that give you a sky view from the living-dining area, which perhaps will help you with feeling something during nightly contemplations. That all flows from the open-concept kitchen, complete with oak cabinets and granite countertops. Upstairs is a sleeping area and a nook that’s currently staged for a home office along with access to your own private terrace, because why not. The monthly taxes and common charges are basically a song — just $353 — and you’re right around the corner from the Metropolitan Avenue G and less than eight minutes from the Commodore for some of the best piña coladas in New York. It’s easy for a building like this to feel dated to a certain kind of white-box, mid-aughts-developer aesthetic, but 30 Devoe seems to pull it off gracefully.

651 Vanderbilt St., Apt. 6W

A Windsor Terrace two-bedroom co-op on a high floor in an elevator building and less than a block from Prospect Park — pretty hard to beat. The Bosch appliances and quartz countertops in the kitchen are nice, and there’s plenty of room to breathe between the dining and living areas. The corner-unit primary bedroom, with its double exposures, is well sized, too, and comes with a walk-in closet. The second bedroom is a bit of a squeeze, though — probably best suited for a child. (As for that weird adjacent hallway, which seems like an obvious candidate for a walk-in closet, you could also do a home gym or office). The monthlies are $982 and cover a live-in super, a bike room, and in-building laundry. Along with the park nearby, you’re a roughly 15-minute walk to the retail drag along Prospect Park West and just four minutes from the Fort Hamilton station for the F and G.

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