Brooklyn | 7101 Shore Road, No. 2B
Bay Ridge Cooperative
$399,000
An 800-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bathroom pre-war apartment with a combined living and dining room with a non-working fireplace, a galley kitchen with white appliances, a bathroom with windows and parquet floors, on the second floor of a six-story building. Tudor style elevator building part of a complex of two buildings with washrooms and a gym. Dianne Henning, Corcoran Group, 917-974-0005; corcoran. com
Maintenance
$803 per month
Advantages
Although the kitchen is not currently furnished with a table and chairs, it does have ample space for ‘eating in’. The 72nd Street bus stop, with express buses to Manhattan, is steps away.
cons
The two windows in the living room overlook a courtyard, making the space feel dim.
MANHATTAN | 60 Sutton Place South, No 5HS
Sutton Place co-operative
$810,000
An 80 square foot post-war apartment with one bedroom, one bathroom, a combined living and dining room with a door to a covered balcony, a galley kitchen with stainless steel appliances, and a bathroom with a shower stall and subway. tile walls, on the fifth floor of a porter elevator building on East 53rd Street that is part of a two-tower complex with a garden, gym, heated driveway, and garage. Eileen Angelo, Sotheby’s International Realty, 415-568-8010; sothebysrealty.com
Maintenance
$1,811 per month
Advantages
The balcony has a partial view of the East River. The home office is a desk in an extended part of the bedroom with windows and above the garden.
cons
The kitchen is sleek and the back wall is occupied by a service door, making it off limits for storage or shelving.
Manhattan | 125 East 74th Street, No. 2D
Upper East Side co-op
$1.6 million
A 1,200-square-foot pre-war apartment with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a combined living and dining room with a fireplace, beamed ceilings, arches, and a window seat; a windowed kitchen with appliances in the cabinet; a primary suite; and a secondary suite currently serving as a TV room, on the second floor of an eight-story porter elevator building with a laundry room and gym. Francine Crocker, Corcoran Group, 917-545-7208; corcoran. com
Maintenance
$3,448 per month
Advantages
Six cabinets and an efficiently designed kitchen provide ample storage space. There is a smooth flow from room to room. A basement storage room is included.
cons
One of the two doors in the TV room opens into the kitchen, although it can be closed off if that space is converted into the second bedroom. The cooperative allows mortgages to cover only 50 percent of the purchase price.
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