It’s extremely rare to find any listing under $500,000 in Lenox Hill, let alone an engaging studio apartment like this from Compass’ Mattie Weiser. The first-floor level may help keep the price down on this unit, but look at that charming step-down entry, the 9-foot ceilings and separate kitchen. This is truly a smart play for anyone looking to get into the NYC real estate game.

This is how you remodel an Upper East Side apartment in a boutique co-op: Load it with cabinetry and built-ins to deliver clean lines and tons of storage. This apartment is tailor-made for anyone who treasures Central Park, Museum Mile (the Guggenheim can be seen from the building!) and access to 4, 5 and 6 subway lines. Celia Mastbaum at Corcoran is the listing agent.

Combine Gramercy Park and a remodeled 1-bedroom corner unit and, presto, you’ve got a very hot listing. The new kitchen with breakfast bar is very smart, sexy and efficient. The bathroom makeover is, too. As a comparison, the median for this neighborhood is $995,000 for a 1-bedroom, so a buyer already has tremendous upside. Listing shared by agents Christine Toes Muldoon and Gulnara Yunussova at Compass.

This sunny, warm 2-bedroom in bustling Prospect Heights is on the radar of more than 90 StreetEasy shoppers. It’s one flight up in a 1910 co-op building that boasts just 24 total units — many of which have attracted intense buyer interest when they’ve come up for sale. Suzanne Koxvold and Bobby O. Larrea at Compass are the sellers agents.

At $1,216 per square foot, this is not exactly bargain-pricing for Carroll Gardens. But this 1,200-square foot 2-bed/2-bath condo in 7-unit boutique building is special, thanks to clean lines, open layout, recessed lighting and a lovely balcony. This building combined an existing townhouse and a new addition completed in 2007 to deliver coveted apartments like this one from listing agents Heather McMaster and Ariane Dembs at Corcoran. Tax abatements expire in 2023.