A West Village Penthouse Studio With a Giant Skylight for $995,000

The oversize skylight in this West Village penthouse studio, as seen in this listing photo, would’ve been good enough to sell us on this apartment. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Compass

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. 

This week: a special edition of super-special studios.

A Brooklyn Heights Studio for $695,000

40 Remsen St., Apt. 3

This Brooklyn Heights studio, as seen in this listing photo, is heavy on the prewar charm and dark wood. Photo: Corcoran

A parlor-level studio in an 1880 townhouse on Remsen Street that’s all prewar charm and dark wood. Enter through an original pocket door to find original parquet floors with walnut inlay, bay windows with stained-glass transoms and leafy views, and a wood-burning fireplace with a mahogany mantel that matches the custom built-ins that line the rest of the wall. A custom Murphy bed was built to blend in with the rest of the woodwork and allows for more space to breathe. The renovated kitchen comes with a Bertazzoni gas range and an under-the-counter SubZero refrigerator and freezer drawers. The bathroom has sage and seafoam ceramic tile and a heated towel warmer. Monthlies here are $1,464, and the spread is minimal — just basement storage. Still, the location is hard to beat: The Promenade is at the end of the block, L’Appartement 4F’s perfect croissants are just around the corner, and the Clark Street 2/3 is a six-minute walk.

A West Village Studio for $995,000

104 Bedford St., Apt. PHE

The series of arched windows in this West Village penthouse studio, as seen in this listing photo, are perfect for catching the western golden-hour glow. Photo: Compass

Brooklyn Heights was dark, almost masculine townhouse grandeur, and this Bedford Street penthouse is a study in air and light. The skylight over the main living space would be enough on its own, but there’s also a quartet of arched windows to catch the golden-hour western glow. There’s also a wood-burning fireplace in this one. The kitchen is small but windowed and thankfully offset from the living room. (Your sheets won’t smell like last night’s dinner.) The bathroom’s had a recent update, too, but it reads more ’90s hotel than anything. A part-time super and bike storage will cost you $1,082 in monthlies, and there’s a $275.39 assessment through the end of February 2027 along with a 3 percent flip tax. This studio is another location stunner: L’Industrie Pizza around the corner, Hudson River Park a seven-minute walk, and the splendor of the West Village in every direction.

An East Village Studio for $600,000

237 E. 12th St., Apt. 2A

This East Village studio, as seen in this listing photo, is small but has room to work with. Photo: Compass

Painted brick and another wood-burning fireplace on East 12th Street. We’ve got more great windows here — all south-facing. It’s a studio, but it’s not overly tiny — you can manage a dining nook or, as staged, that and a little working table. The bedroom alcove can fit a queen, and the kitchen has a surprisingly solid amount of storage space. (It’s also separate from the main space, has been updated, and comes with granite counters and stainless-steel appliances.) The bathroom, meanwhile, has a new TOTO toilet. Monthlies maintenance, at a humane $891, comes with a part-time super and on-site laundry. (There’s also an ongoing assessment of $270.32 until the building’s commercial-basement space is rented out.) The location is pretty central, too: a few minutes to the L at Third Avenue, and even less than that to Veselka for 24-hour pierogi and blintzes, just as God intended.

An Upper West Side Studio for $500,000

325 Central Park West, Apt. 1S

This Central Park West Studio, as seen in this listing photo, has great prewar proportions. Photo: Compass

An address on Central Park West at West 93rd Street with generous prewar proportions. This studio has “tremendous potential,” per the listing, but the simplicity of the space makes this a far less intimidating renovation project than basically any other “bring your contractor” sale we’ve seen in recent months. The gist: A pair of oversize windows with wooden shutters look out onto Central Park. There’s exposed brick and yet another fireplace. The sleeping alcove offers more privacy than the typical studio due to floor-to-ceiling built-ins. The biggest undertaking here might be the kitchen, but the space is small enough that the updates likely won’t hurt too bad. The monthly maintenance is $1,814, and here that supports in-building laundry and a super. The location is, again, pretty divine: a five-minute walk to the 96th Street B/C station and Jacob’s Pickles for its well-regarded fried chicken.