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.
We’ve found you a bunch of two-bedrooms this week, including one with a bar closet across from the Park Avenue Armory and one in Hudson Heights with a second bathroom and a mammoth foyer.
A two-bedroom in Lenox Hill for $875,000
Brokers have long remarked on what a bargain Manhattan co-ops are, particularly ones in need of renovation, but it’s always a bit of a jolt when a really very nice place in prime Manhattan comes up for less than a condo in a transit-challenged corner of Bushwick. This two-bedroom is a little dated, sure, but it’s nearly 1,000 square feet, with spacious bedrooms overlooking the Park Avenue Armory, beamed ceilings, and some charmingly old-fashioned details, like the little built-in bar opposite the kitchen. There’s wall-to-wall carpet (with hardwood underneath), the living and dining room are on the dark side with only one window for a large space, and the kitchen is a bit cramped, with older, basic appliances, but there’s not much else to quibble with. Plus, it’s right by Central Park Zoo.
A Jackson Heights two-bedroom for $749,000
Located in a Georgian revival co-op in the Jackson Heights historic district, this two-bedroom apartment is spacious — 1,150 square feet — and tastefully renovated. There’s a sunken living room, a big foyer, oak floors, and new west-facing windows (the whole building got an overhaul). The windowed, recently redone kitchen has a Fisher & Paykel refrigerator, a Bosch dishwasher, and quartz countertops. The layout is elegant, with a dining area off the kitchen, a large main bedroom, and seven closets. It’s on the pricier side for Jackson Heights, but apartments in the three-building Berkeley complex tend to go for a premium: A larger two-bedroom with an extra bath is currently listed for $850,000, and another, asking $699,000, is in contract. The building has a volunteer-maintained garden, storage (there’s a wait list), a bike room, and reasonable monthly maintenance: $1,189 for this apartment.
A two-bedroom in Prospect Heights for $899,000
A bright and straightforward two-bedroom apartment whose standout feature is a large living room with three south-facing windows. The rest of the apartment is comfortable and, as the listing puts it, “efficient.” There’s a nookish kitchen with a dishwasher and a washer and dryer, and two big-enough if not particularly spacious bedrooms, each with a closet. The apartment has hardwood floors and nine-and-a-half-foot ceilings. It’s located in a walk-up building with a common garden, bike storage in the basement, and stroller storage in the lobby. A half-mile from Prospect Park in an increasingly expensive neighborhood with few affordable, family-size apartments.
A Hudson Heights two-bedroom for $629,000
For those willing to go (way) uptown, Hudson Heights has a number of big, well-priced co-ops with all the prewar trappings: spacious kitchens, dining areas, foyers, ample closets. This two-bedroom also has, unusually for the price point, two bathrooms. And the foyer is so large — nearly 150 square feet — it’s really a room of its own. While the apartment is on a lower floor, it’s also a corner unit, so there’s plenty of light. The elevator building has an amazing Art Deco lobby with original murals and bike storage in the basement. And while it’s a long way to see friends in Brooklyn, for those whose friends have all moved upstate, it’s just a half-mile to the George Washington Bridge.