{"id":315461,"date":"2025-10-19T07:42:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/315461\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T07:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:42:36","slug":"nyc-apartments-under-a-million-kensington-upper-east-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/315461\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Apartments Under a Million: Kensington, Upper East Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n As seen in this listing photo, triple exposures give this railroad-y three-bedroom condo in Prospect\u2013Lefferts Gardens an airy feel.
\n Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: SERHANT\n <\/p>\n

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\u2019re combing the market for particularly spacious, nicely renovated, or otherwise worth-a-look apartments at various six-digit price points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This week, we\u2019ve got three-beds in Prospect\u2013Lefferts Gardens and Kensington, plus a convertible two-bed in Lenox Hill that\u2019s a quick walk to Central Park.<\/p>\n

337 Lincoln Rd., Apt. 2L<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n As seen in this listing photo, this Prospect\u2013Lefferts three-bed\u2019s primary bedroom is generously sized, and the brick accent wall isn\u2019t a bad touch.
\n Photo: SERHANT\n <\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot to love here: For one, it\u2019s a three-bedroom, two-bathroom condo in an eight-unit prewar. The two larger bedrooms can easily fit king-size beds (the primary bedroom can also handle a desk area for the work-from-home days). There are hardwood floors throughout, and you\u2019ve even got a vented stove in the kitchen, which also comes with new Bosch stainless-steel appliances. And even with a railroadish layout, the triple exposures help give the place a nice, airy feel. Should three beds in less than 1,000 square feet feel a little tight, we might suggest taking a sledgehammer to the middle bedroom to help open up the living-dining area or just turning the front bedroom into a brighter living room. The monthlies are $800 and get you\u00a0basement storage\u00a0plus a shared courtyard that seems \u2026 fine. You\u2019re right around the corner from the 2\/5 station at Sterling Street and less than a 15-minute walk from Prospect Park and the B\/Q\/S trains there.<\/p>\n

800 Cortelyou Rd., Apt. 4E<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n As seen in this listing photo, the living room in this Kensington apartment is embarrassingly huge, so you can follow your bliss on what to do there.
\n Photo: Douglas Elliman\n <\/p>\n

Somehow, we found another three-bed, two-bath, this time in a Kensington postwar co-op. The living-dining area in this one is embarrassingly huge at over 330 square feet, so you can follow your bliss on what to do there. The two larger bedrooms come with a pair of closets, while the smallest bedroom, which may have been carved out of the ginormous living area, has double exposures and can easily work as a nursery or office setup. The bathrooms are fine, and the only real gripe is that the renovated kitchen somehow feels a little dated with the oversize floor tiling. The maintenance isn\u2019t bad at $1,094 a month, although that could very well change with the building\u2019s J-51 tax abatement expiring this year, per the listing. Still, that gets you heat, water, and gas, a shared laundry room, and the quite nice location: a nine-minute walk to the Cortelyou Q, with plenty of bars and restaurants along the way.<\/p>\n

549 41st St., Apt. 4B<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n As seen in this listing photo, it\u2019s hardwood floors and gorgeous park and harbor views at this top-floor co-op in Sunset Park.
\n Photo: Corcoran\n <\/p>\n

A top-floor two-bedroom in one of Sunset Park\u2019s Finnish co-ops. This prewar has ten-foot ceilings and original parquet floors, plus the layout puts the two, well-sized bedrooms with French doors on opposite ends of the apartment \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s the little things. We\u2019re fans of the butcher-block countertops in the newly renovated kitchen, which comes with plenty of cabinet and storage space, plus a dramatic window. The monthlies are a relatively low $790, although the building is self-managed. Still, that gets you a live-in super, shared laundry, bike storage, and solar panels on the roof (which helps with the electricity bill). You\u2019re also directly across the street from Sunset Park and, come summer, one of the best Olympic-size public pools in the five boroughs (sorry, Astoria). Only downside is it\u2019s a 13-minute hike\u00a0to the 36th Street station for the N\/R\/D trains, but maybe you\u2019re the biking type anyway.<\/p>\n

169 E. 69th St., Apt. 2B<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n As seen in this listing photo, this Lenox Hill one-bedroom\u2019s living area gets great light and seems like a natural extension of the adjacent corner room.
\n Photo: Brown Harris Stevens\n <\/p>\n

Okay, yes, it\u2019s technically a one-bedroom, but even the listing thinks this is crazy. It\u2019s huge \u2014\u00a01,000 square feet \u2014\u00a0and the primary bedroom looking out on Third Avenue is similarly big and comes with an en suite bath. Elsewhere, there\u2019s a corner library, which the current owners have wisely decided to make an extension of their well-lit living room. There\u2019s also a separate dining room, which seems like a decent place to stick an extra bedroom. (We\u2019ve seen stranger.) The place is fine as is if you\u2019re living the one-bedroom life \u2014 even the dated kitchen is sort of charming.\u00a0(Can we say the same for the en suite bath\u2019s brown marble? Unclear.) Maintenance fees are what you\u2019d expect for Lenox Hill \u2014 $2,203 \u2014 and there\u2019s a nearly $382 monthly assessment running through January 2026, but that gets you a full-time doorman and live-in super; a spread of amenities including shared laundry, a renovated fitness center, a children\u2019s playroom, a bike room, and cold storage; and even all your utilities and basic cable. You\u2019re less than two blocks from the 68th Street 6 train and Whole Foods, and a little less than a ten-minute walk to Central Park.<\/p>\n

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