119 Prospect Park West Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: SERHANT |
I’m back to taking a chaotic approach of roaming the city without an agenda. Neighborhood agnostic and alive to the world. Also, a stranger approached me at a wedding this weekend to say that he cared more about citywide deals than he did about deals in one neighborhood. With this strangers’ advice in mind, I took to the streets with deals as my mantra — though obviously struggled to stay on that path when I hit Brooklyn Heights (where this stranger lives) and the East Village (where deals go to die). Good luck!
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$3,500, 1-bedroom: Simple, no frills (and no dishwasher), but honestly a great deal for the neighborhood $7,400, 2-bedroom: You’re the one who said you wanted to live in Brooklyn Heights …
$8,000, 1-bedroom: Casement windows, parquet floors, and panoramic views of the East River. And yes, that price point is just the reality of the situation. |
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160 Columbia Heights Photo: Nest Seekers International |
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$3,100, 1-bedroom: Garden-level apartment that feels newly renovated. Nothing says 2020s gut job quite like those matte-black brass door levers. I wonder what anthropologists will say about this in 50 years.
$4,093, 3-bedroom: I’m liking the open concept living and dining room in this extremely renovated townhome, but things sort of plateau from there. |
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| 139 Albany Avenue Photo: NOVO Living LLC |
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$6,800, 3-bedroom: Wood-burning fireplace, claw-foot tub, and garden access. The devil’s three. |
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688 St. Marks Avenue Photo: Compass |
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$9,995, 3-bedroom: We’ve listed this one before, but it’s worth revisiting. Whatever the opposite of a gut job might be — that’s this three-story townhouse. The stained glass and lattice work is very special here. As the listing puts it: “Wrapped in the embrace of the 1800s.” |
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$2,350, studio: Renovated studio in a prewar apartment — very rare! But whoever renovated had the good sense to keep the butter-yellow bathroom tiling. |
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255 Carbrini Boulevard Photo: The Agency |
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$2,450, 1-bedroom: A shame that all the windows are interior facing, because this apartment basically faces the Hudson River.
$2,636, 1-bedroom: Sunken living room, built-ins, and curved passageways. I’m sorry that the best prewar deals are on 185th Street …
$2,950, 1-bedroom: Another day, another butter-yellow ceramic-tiled bathroom. What did I do to deserve this?
$3,000, 1-bedroom: Another one (prewar with the moldings and the natural light and the parquet) for the cheap seats. |
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620 West 171st Street Photo: Bond New York |
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$5,026, 1-bedroom: Broadening my horizons here and feeding you some luxury condos. There’s a pool, worry not. Also just clearly looking for an excuse to use the term “consensus clunkism” — if you lived here, you could use it all the time.
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