What you’ll get across NYC for $650,000

By Sara Alessi | April 4, 2016 - 2:59PM

Got a budget of $650,000? You’ll find mostly one-bedroom apartments in Manhattan and Brooklyn. If you want or need more space, broaden your search to the outer boroughs, where there are three-bedrooms or larger.

CENTRAL HARLEM, MANHATTAN: A one-bedroom condo with white lacquer custom cabinets and bamboo hardwood floors on the top floor of an elevator building with two units per floor, a common garden, and central laundry at 303 West 146th Street (between Bradhurst and Frederick Douglass Boulevard). $650,000 plus $665/month common charges, 25-year tax abatement

EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: A prewar one-bedroom co-op currently set up with two sleeping areas and exposed brick in a building with a common roof deck and garden at 88 East Third Street (between First and Second). $650,000 plus $1,059/month maintenance, cats only

UPPER WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN: A one-bedroom co-op in triple-mint condition with hardwood floors and eastern exposures on a high floor of a pet-friendly elevator building with a roof deck located near Central Park at 2025 Broadway (between West 69th and West 70th). $650,000 plus $1,610/month maintenance, pied-a-terres, gifting, and guarantors allowed case-by-case

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN: A one-bedroom condo with exposed brick, stone countertops, a washer and dryer, central HVAC, and private storage in a building with a virtual doorman and two common roof decks at 794 Hart Street (between Knickerbocker and Wilson). $650,000 plus $398/month common charges, $259/month taxes

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: A renovated one-bedroom condo convertible to a two-bedroom with a windowed kitchen and in-unit washer and dryer in a 16-unit building with bike storage in the basement at 118 Sterling Place (between Sixth and Seventh). $650,000 plus $324/month common charges, $38/month taxes, tenant in place but can be delivered vacant

JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS: A two-bedroom, two-bath condo with white quartz kitchen countertops and white marble baths in an elevator building with a garden, underground parking, a fitness center, a roof deck, and a playroom at 112-02 Northern Boulevard (at 112th). $650,000 plus $500/month common charges, $66/month taxes, 25-year 421a tax abatement

ROCKAWAY BEACH, QUEENS: A corner three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath duplex penthouse condo with a gas fireplace, three skylights, a washer and dryer, and a balcony in a building with private storage and parking at 160 Beach 101st Street (between Shore Front Parkway and Rockaway Beach Boulevard). $649,000 plus $514/month common charges, $67/month taxes

RIVERDALE, BRONX: A three-bedroom, two-bath brick house recently used as a two-family with a sunroom, an unheated enclosed porch, a second-floor terrace, and an unfinished walk-out basement at 436 West 261st Street (between Lieutenant Thomas O'Hagan Way and Liebig). $649,000

PARK HILL, STATEN ISLAND: A renovated nine-bedroom, three-bath townhouse with custom cabinets, a pool, a basement, central air-conditioning and heat, a washer and dryer, and new windows, doors, and floors at 159 Rhine Avenue (between Pierce and Dekalb). $650,000

The Market The top hurdles to getting a mortgage—and how to overcome them

The Market 7 questions to ask about the building before you buy an apartment there

The Market What 8 first-time buyers wish they had known

Brick Underground articles occasionally include the expertise of, or information about, advertising partners when relevant to the story. We will never promote an advertiser's product without making the relationship clear to our readers.