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March 23, 2023

Surrounded by terraces and open city views, this $3M Village co-op feels like a beach house in the sky

This Gold Coast penthouse at 21 East 10th Street is blessed with open city views in three directions, and a landscaped terrace that wraps the home on three sides means you can enjoy the views–from the Freedom Tower to the Empire State Building–indoors or out. Asking $2,995,000, the two-bedroom pre-war co-op has plenty of interior charm, with large rooms, coffered ceilings, and wood floors awash in natural light.
Step out on the terrace and enjoy the view

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March 20, 2023

Live large indoors or out at this $1.8M Boerum Hill condo with a two-level deck and bedroom balcony

By Michelle Cohen

If you crave outdoor space with your city living, this two-bedroom Boerum Hill condo at 52 Third Avenue is a triple threat. Asking $1,795,000, this top-floor apartment has three separate decked terraces ready to become a multi-level garden paradise–or party space–complete with skyline views. You don't have to sacrifice indoor living, either, with 1,000 square feet of interior space.
Take the indoor/outdoor tour

If you love pattern and color, this $1.5M Williamsburg condo is for you

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March 2, 2023

If you love pattern and color, this $1.5M Williamsburg condo is for you

By Michelle Cohen

If you love closet space–you may want to look elsewhere. This two-bedroom, two-bath unit at 221 Devoe Street in Williamsburg has plenty of appeal. Asking $1,495,000, the modern north Brooklyn condo was featured in House Beautiful; the 1,108-square-foot penthouse has an impressive landscaped 300-square-foot terrace, a wealth of art-inspired interior design–and a notable dearth of closets.
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December 7, 2022

For $1M, this tidy West Village railroad pad is cute as pie and has a private back patio

By Michelle Cohen

This clean, bright, and utterly charming prewar one-bedroom home is located in the landmarked 1893 Amos Street Condominium at 225 West 10th Street in the heart of Greenwich Village. Located at the back of the building's main floor, above street level, the apartment, asking $1,085,000, features high ceilings, crown moldings, and hardwood floors throughout–and a lovely private patio garden, perfect for informal gatherings any day of the week.
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For $3M, a two-bedroom Cobble Hill condo with a private roof deck and room to expand

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October 20, 2022

For $3M, a two-bedroom Cobble Hill condo with a private roof deck and room to expand

By Michelle Cohen

This move-in-ready Cobble Hill condominium at 173 Amity Street, asking $2,995,000, offers the rare perks of private outdoor space, skyline views, and flexibility (if you're willing to do a bit of work). On the top floor of a historic limestone townhouse on a picturesque Brooklyn block, this 1,510-square-foot light-filled home offers three exposures, a 500-square-foot roof terrace, and central AC. Currently configured with two bedrooms and two bathrooms plus a home office and dining room, the unit could easily gain a third bedroom if needed.
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This lofty $7.5M Village co-op would be perfect for an art lover or an avid gardener

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September 23, 2022

This lofty $7.5M Village co-op would be perfect for an art lover or an avid gardener

By Michelle Cohen

Located within a classic 1844 Greenwich Village building, this jewel box of a co-op boasts a custom renovation by noted interior designer Carlos Otero. The result, currently asking $7,500,000, is a thoroughly modern and luxurious home that has retained the warmth and creativity befitting its address. The three-level co-op at 200 Mercer Street includes 3,000 square feet of creatively-designed interior space and an expansive landscaped private roof terrace.
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Bask, bathe, and BBQ in the backyard of this $5.5M Carroll Gardens duplex condo, parking included

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September 22, 2022

Bask, bathe, and BBQ in the backyard of this $5.5M Carroll Gardens duplex condo, parking included

By Michelle Cohen

Who needs the suburbs when you can park two cars in the garage and invite the whole gang over for a backyard bash with an outdoor kitchen, hot tub, and shower, plus dining and napping space? When the weather cools, there are two levels of indoor space with three bedrooms and a family-friendly layout. Though it feels like two floors of a townhouse, this Carroll Gardens home at 291 Union Street, asking $5,495,000, has condo amenities, too.
Outdoor living in the city, this way

From neglected mud patch to outdoor oasis, a Brooklyn backyard gets a garden makeover

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August 25, 2022

From neglected mud patch to outdoor oasis, a Brooklyn backyard gets a garden makeover

By Michelle Cohen

After a top-to-toe renovation of their 1870s Clinton Hill two-family townhouse that spanned two years (read all about it here), 6sqft writer Michelle Cohen and her husband, Stanley Peck, decided to relegate sprucing up their brownstone backyard to “phase 2.” They’d already added a rear terrace with steps to the yard and created a small roof deck above their lower extension. The couple certainly planned to address the neglected outdoor space–even though the existing weed-jungle-meets-mud-patch had a certain overgrown charm. Below, hear from Michelle about the results, along with professional advice for creating a verdant outdoor space in the city.
How to create an urban garden retreat

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A Brooklyn Heights penthouse with French flair and panoramic harbor views asks $8.5M

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August 24, 2022

A Brooklyn Heights penthouse with French flair and panoramic harbor views asks $8.5M

By Michelle Cohen

The penthouse at One Brooklyn Bridge Park at 360 Furman Street owned by Elizabeth Stribling, founder of real estate firm Stribling & Associates, which was sold to Compass in 2019, is for sale for $8,500,000. The Brooklyn Heights condo–a combination of two units adding up to 3,440 square feet–is wrapped on all sides by a terrace and blessed with 360-degree views of New York Harbor, the Manhattan skyline, and the Statue of Liberty. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the home's current owner is a devoted Francophile; French inspirations and old-world European style can be found throughout the home, including salvaged antique French oak herringbone floors, heavy wooden pocket doors, fossilized marble fireplace mantles, a Lacanche range, custom millwork, and a powder room sink inspired by the milk basin in the Palace of Versailles.
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This $22M UES penthouse in an Emery Roth building has mid-century good looks and a huge roof terrace

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August 17, 2022

This $22M UES penthouse in an Emery Roth building has mid-century good looks and a huge roof terrace

By Michelle Cohen

Atop an Emery Roth-designed Art Deco-style building at 880 Fifth Avenue, this two-floor co-op has the kind of elegant Manhattan cachet you won't find on Billionaires' Row. Along with its classic mid-20th-century interior style (lots of sleek wood and architectural built-ins), the luxurious 2,800-square-foot trophy pad boasts 3,350 square feet of private outdoor space, including a manicured rooftop terrace that's akin to having your own private park. And it's across the street from Central Park itself, with the iconic park and city views you'd expect from an Upper East Side penthouse with a $22,000,000 price tag.
Penthouse tour, this way

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For $3.5M, this Chelsea condo comes with a two-car garage and a huge private terrace

By Michelle Cohen

This two-bedroom condominium in the Chelsea Club at 44 West 19th Street has all the trimmings of a shiny new-construction Manhattan condo, plus a few perks you don't find too often. Asking $3,500,000, the apartment gets dibs on a private two-car garage, and a 530-square-foot private outdoor space lies just outside the door.
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$4.5M Chelsea penthouse co-op has a private roof garden with a dining pavilion and skyline views

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July 26, 2022

$4.5M Chelsea penthouse co-op has a private roof garden with a dining pavilion and skyline views

By Michelle Cohen

Atop a 1909 former button factory building at 139 West 19th Street in Chelsea, this penthouse co-op, asking $4,498,000, features traditional loft architecture with the rare luxury of a 1,600 square foot private landscaped urban garden. The rooftop space is as perfect for outdoor entertaining on a grand scale as it is for enjoying a quiet sunset.
More rooftop oasis, this way

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July 20, 2022

This $7.5M Kips Bay townhouse has a private saltwater lap pool in the backyard

By Michelle Cohen

The three-unit Kips Bay townhouse at 308 East 30th Street is 21 feet wide and beautifully renovated, from its garden apartment to landscaped rooftop deck with Empire State Building views. But the most unique thing about this home, asking $7,500,000, is definitely the heated outdoor in-ground lap pool on the back patio.
Take the pool-to-rooftop tour

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From outdoor kitchen to rooftop garden, this $3.7M Bed-Stuy townhouse could be your summer retreat

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June 13, 2022

From outdoor kitchen to rooftop garden, this $3.7M Bed-Stuy townhouse could be your summer retreat

By Michelle Cohen

This two-family Bed-Stuy townhouse at 333 Gates Avenue is comprised of nearly 5,000 square feet of interior living space in the form of a 2,800-square-foot triplex above a garden-level apartment with a fully finished basement. But "Backyard Envy" might be the key attribute of this covetable brownstone. The team from the hit Bravo series by the same name designed the home's back patio with a full kitchen and gas fireplace–part of 1,400 square feet of fabulously finished outdoor space including a roof garden and a 175-square-foot deck off the kitchen. All of it can be yours for $3,700,000.
Outdoor living in Brooklyn, this way

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June 8, 2022

A private waterfront terrace and river views define this sprawling $2.5M Upper East Side co-op

By Michelle Cohen

This 2,600-square-foot co-op at 45 East End Avenue has seemingly endless interior space, but 500 square feet of outdoor terrace with waterfront views steals the show along with three exposures and unobstructed East River views. Asking $2,500,000, this three-bedroom Yorkville residence is in an elegant Emery Roth-designed 1951 building.
Tour this private UES escape

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Amy Schumer lists her Upper West Side ‘secret garden’ penthouse for $15M

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May 20, 2022

Amy Schumer lists her Upper West Side ‘secret garden’ penthouse for $15M

By Michelle Cohen

Actress and comedian Amy Schumer is selling her Upper West Side penthouse at 190 Riverside Drive, the Wall Street Journal reports. Asking $15,000,000, Schumer purchased what she calls her "Manhattan dream apartment" for $12,150,000 in 2016. Surrounded on every side and on the roof above by 3,000 square feet of verdant planted terraces, and centered around a glass-wrapped solarium living room, the five-bedroom, 4,500-square-foot condominium is indeed a New York City dream home–even if it's no longer a secret. Schumer told the Journal she and her husband, chef Chris Fischer, are moving–likely to Brooklyn–to be closer to their son's school.
Step inside Amy Schumer's dreamy sky garden

You can rock on the front porch of this $2.5M Windsor Terrace townhouse all summer long

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April 27, 2022

You can rock on the front porch of this $2.5M Windsor Terrace townhouse all summer long

By Michelle Cohen

Situated between South Slope and Windsor Terrace, with Prospect Park just two blocks away, this lovely little brick townhouse at 23 Fuller Place is one of a picturesque row of homes with Doric-columned front porches that have remained virtually unchanged since the 1910s. The 2,430-square-foot home, on the market for $2,500,000, spans three floors and boasts a finished basement, a charming back terrace, and a rare front porch.
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April 20, 2022

In the middle of Midtown, this $3.2M co-op feels like a house with a yard

By Michelle Cohen

Tucked into the garden floor of a classic Midtown East co-op at 240 East 55th Street, this four-bedroom home has more space than you'd usually find in a Manhattan apartment, with a lower level rec room, a den, and that covetable urban dream: a beautiful, landscaped private back yard. Asking $3,195,000, the spacious residence is freshly renovated with luxury details and high-tech amenities like wire-brushed wide plank oak floors, a Lutron lighting system, and a zoned A/C system.
More East Midtown co-op, this way

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This $6.8M Upper East Side duplex has 3,000 square feet of living space and a huge terrace

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April 8, 2022

This $6.8M Upper East Side duplex has 3,000 square feet of living space and a huge terrace

By Michelle Cohen

Asking $6,750,000, this duplex penthouse co-op atop 53 East 66th Street has been renovated where it counts, but it's as classic an uptown Manhattan residence as it gets, a block from Central Park. Nearly 3,000 square feet of interior space on two floors is wrapped by 1,000 square feet of private terrace on the top floor.
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March 31, 2022

On a historic block in Hamilton Heights, this $6.25M townhouse adds color to traditional elegance

By Michelle Cohen

This 25-foot-wide townhouse at 330 Convent Avenue in the landmarked Hamilton Heights historic district has lost none of its original mansion grandeur. Though its layout is very much in the style of the traditional Victorian-era mansion, the 6,400-square-foot, five-story property has modern convenience–from the elevator to the custom security system–on its side. Well maintained and updated, the home, now asking $6,250,000, features a landscaped private backyard, a gated private garden entrance to a separate studio apartment, 11-foot ceilings, and original details.
The elevator stops at every floor

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March 18, 2022

Prospect Heights brownstone with an Elizabeth Roberts renovation and terraced garden asks $4.5M

By Michelle Cohen

Located in the heart of historic Prospect Heights, 275 Park Place is the kind of four-story, two-family brownstone designers' dreams are made of. Consisting of an upper triplex and a garden-level one-bedroom apartment, the pristine late-19th-century home is beyond turn-key. With a renovation–it was featured in New York magazine–helmed by noted architect Elizabeth Roberts, every bit of infrastructure was replaced, while retaining its stunning original details. Asking $4,500,000, the property also boasts the unique extra-long lot only found in a few Brooklyn neighborhoods, giving it a 90-foot back garden with two terraces above.
Enviable interiors and gorgeous gardens, this way

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For $3.4M, three East Hampton cottages add up to a waterfront paradise

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February 3, 2022

For $3.4M, three East Hampton cottages add up to a waterfront paradise

By Michelle Cohen

This charming collection of three cottages on well-tended grounds is situated on the open waters of Gardiners Bay. Asking $3,350,000, the chic little homes at 115 Gerard Drive in East Hampton offer stylish interiors with every modern comfort and unforgettable water views.
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This $9.5M pre-Civil War Chelsea townhouse holds five floors of renovated modern home

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January 31, 2022

This $9.5M pre-Civil War Chelsea townhouse holds five floors of renovated modern home

By Michelle Cohen

From its historic red-brick facade, we'd have no reason to doubt that this trim Chelsea townhouse at 258 West 24th Street, asking $9.5 million, dates from before the Civil War. Built in 1848, the 17-foot-wide single-family home spans 4,500 square feet over five floors, from cellar bonus room to private roof deck. Inside, however, the townhouse is totally turnkey, with newly-renovated interiors–and a two-tier backyard garden–that offer every 21st-century comfort and convenience.
More of this turnkey Chelsea home

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This $4.25M Tribeca duplex loft comes with possibilities and planted terraces

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January 25, 2022

This $4.25M Tribeca duplex loft comes with possibilities and planted terraces

By Michelle Cohen

Asking $4,250,000, this duplex condo at 55 Vestry Street is a classic Tribeca loft with outdoor space on two floors and a flexible floor plan–if you're willing to do a bit of work. Although it's currently configured as a one-bedroom, the 2,029-square-foot loft was originally a spacious three-bedroom apartment; it can be easily returned to that layout using the already-existing floor plans.
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January 20, 2022

It doesn’t get much grander than this $20M townhouse on the Upper East Side

By Michelle Cohen

Situated at 17 East 93rd Street surrounded by the stately townhouses of the Upper East Side, this 20-foot-wide, 7,500-square-foot home was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by William Graul in the late 1800s. It has since had a complete renovation that spanned over three years, resulting in a home that offers beauty, comfort, and luxury behind a restored classic brownstone facade. Asking $20,000,000, the single-family townhouse even has an elevator, putting each of its five floors within easy reach.
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