Homes for sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Manhattan | 530 East 76th Street, #14C
Upper East Side Apartment
$1.25 million
A 900-square-foot apartment with one bedroom, one and a half bathrooms, a galley kitchen with windows, an open living and dining room, a master bedroom with a marble bathroom, a study or home office and spacious closets, on the 14th floor of a doorman building of 39 floors built in 1987 with a live-in manager, a live-in super, a concierge, a gym, a swimming pool, a children's playroom, a residents' lounge, a meeting room, shared laundry, a public parking garage, lockers, a bicycle shed and a roof terrace. Karen Gorstayn and Margo Mohr, Fox Residential, 212-639-9739; foxresidential.com
Cost
Common charges: $1,909 per month
Taxes: $1,314 per month
Continuous assessment: $353.46 per month for capital improvements
Positives
This beautiful apartment offers extensive views of the river. Use of the building's swimming pool and fitness room is included in the common costs.
Cons
The peach color in the bedrooms may not suit all tastes. There are waiting lists for the bicycle shed and basement storage areas.
Manhattan | 25 Minetta Lane, No. 3J
Greenwich Village Cooperative
$850,000
A studio apartment of approximately 50 square meters with a kitchen with breakfast bar, a folding breakfast nook, a decorative fireplace and a bathroom with windows and walk-in shower, on the third floor of a six-storey pre-war building. Co-op building with a live-in super, a virtual intercom, a waiting list for basement storage cages, a bicycle shed, shared laundry room and a roof terrace. Karin Dauch, Sotheby's International Realty-East Side Manhattan Brokerage, 917-309-5684; sothebysrealty.com
Cost
Maintenance: $1,240 per month
Positives
Vintage designer furniture may be included in the sale. Subletting is allowed.
Cons
In-unit washer/dryers are only permitted when two or more units are combined. Without an available cage in the basement, storage is lacking
Brooklyn | 9 Dekalb Avenue, No. 70F
Apartment in downtown Brooklyn
$1.655 million
An 800-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bath apartment with an open floor plan, a marble and granite en suite bathroom with walk-in shower, 10-foot windows, a washer/dryer and zoned air conditioning. on the 70th floor of the Brooklyn Tower, a new 93-story doorman building with a resident manager, bicycle room, basement storage areas and more than 120,000 square feet of amenities including a gym, swimming pool, rooftop terrace, resident lounge, basketball court, dog run and playground. Skyler Rhoten, Douglas Elliman, 347-474-1916; thebrooklyntower.com
Cost
Common charges: $529 per month
Taxes: $1,201 per month
Positives
The views from the large windows in this high floor apartment are spectacular.
Cons
The kitchen lacks counter space. The windows are not equipped with electric sun blinds. The fees for facilities and storage cages in this new tower have not yet been finalized.
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