Julie Inzanti

This nicely sized $3,800 two-bed, two-bath loft-like apartment is located in a fully renovated 1907 Gothic-style former school in Central Harlem.  

The apartment features wide-plank oak floors laid in a bold herringbone pattern--a design element we love. Bespoke interiors, such as a patterned floor, add an element of charm to an apartment that plain parquet or everyday oak floors (or prefinished ones!) simply can’t.  

This furnished $4,300 one-bedroom in a Greenwich Village brownstone has high ceilings, hardwood floors and is located on a tree-lined street close to Washington Square Park.

High ceilings and lots of light are not the only stand-outs in this lovely East 9^th Street rental. We were charmed by one of the most inviting rooms in the space: the bedroom.

Tired of your uptown Manhattan apartment with modern fixtures and flat screen television? Maybe you want to slow things down a bit and experience a whirlwind romance in a new neighborhood or be transported to an old-fashioned New York lifestyle...just for a little while.

Well, you can travel back through time for a month or a year in this stunning Brooklyn Heights $5,500 short-term rental at 15 Pierrepont Street.

Cathryn Swan used to do public relations in the music industry, representing artists like Patti Smith, Sarah McLachlan and Aretha Franklin for over a decade, before she founded the Washington Square Park blog in February 2008.

The blog was originally intended to chronicle the controversial redesign of Washington Square Park, but realizing there was so much more to the neighborhood, Swan expanded her coverage to include the goings-on of the surrounding Greenwich Village area, public spaces and local events. 

If you're claustrophobic, the typical NYC bathroom is not the place for you.  But what about one that you could open up to an entirely different room (the bedroom, in this case) with the flick of a switch?