11 West 18th St. #2E

1,500 square foot one-bedroom, air-conditioned loft-apartment on second floor of owner-occupied, 8-unit building. 24 × 18-foot, lattice-fenced terrace with plants, recliners and table. Wireless internet throughout the apartment. Light-filled greenhouse/study. Spacious, open living room with 9-foot-long sofa, Wassily chairs, and baby grand piano (needs tuning). Large, separate dining area. Kitchen is equipped with Viking gas range, GE Profile refrigerator, Miele dishwasher, microwave oven, toaster oven, food processor, juicer, blender, All-Clad pots and pans, etc. Tiled bathroom with tub and shower, also has washer and dryer in closet. Quiet master bedroom has queen-size bed. Cable television is included in the rent. Cable TV, including HBO, is provided in both the living room and the master bedroom, with DVR in the living room. Convenient to all public transportation Located a few blocks south of the Flatiron Building and north of Greenwich Village, the area has become a downtown shopping destination with such stores as Armani A/X, Eileen Fisher, Kenneth Cole, Paul Smith, as well as The Gap, Banana Republic, J. Crew, Old Navy, Marshalls, Daffy’s, TJ Maxx, Madewell, Anthropologie, Joe Fresh, and Bed, Bath and Beyond. Nearby are several of New Yorks best restaurants, including the Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Eleven Madison Park, Tocqueville, Alison 18, and Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill. And there are lots of other less expensive dining possibilities, including the original Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. Whole Foods is on 14th Street just 4 short blocks away; a large Trader Joes is also 4 blocks away on Sixth Avenue. Garden of Eden, a very well-stocked gourmet food-store, is on 14th Street at Fifth Avenue. A 24-hour convenience store is across the street. A huge Food Emporium supermarket is located across from Union Square Park at 15th Street. Four days a week (M, W, F, Saturday), this park is also the site of the city’s best outdoor farmer’s market, an excellent source of fresh, locally grown, seasonal produce, fish, poultry, meat, wine, cheese, honey, and baked goods. The area is well-served by buses down Fifth Avenue and up Sixth Avenue. Subway lines are nearby on Sixth Avenue, Seventh Avenue, and Eighth Avenue, as well as those intersecting at nearby Union Square Park (Lexington Avenue line and the N, R, Q lines).