Wing bedrooms?

i think it means that there is a bedroom on each 'wing' of the apartment, i.e. one on each side of the common area. this was how our rental a couple of years ago was described.

depends on context. could also be meant as bedroom wing i.e. bedrooms together.

i think the more common description of a bedroom on each side of common area would be split bedrooms.

I think columbiacountry is right. it is far more common to have what i described called 'split bedrooms'.

Yep--split bedrooms have something intervening (like a bathroom). Some people prefer them as they're deemed more private than bedrooms that share a common wall.

A bedroom wing would be a separate section of the apartment that houses the bedrooms, whether or not they happen to also be split. Sounds like someone made a typo on whatever listing you're looking at--no such thing, as far as I know, as 'wing bedrooms'.

Actually, I misspoke--a true split bedroom situation means there is a common area between the bedrooms, or at least separating the MBR from the other BRs, as CC points out.

I would never use such a phrase, but if I did, I would not use it to mean "split bedrooms" -- I would use it instead to indicate that the two or three or more bedrooms were all congregated together, off a hallway set apart from the public areas.

ali r.
DG Neary Realty

I have never ever heard the phrase "wing bedroom" (unlike the mysterious "box rooms", which I used to hear in Williamsburgh, but have never understood) ... but this site, which gets other things a little wrong, seems to think it describes a railroad flat in which the windowed rooms at the end are each bedrooms.
http://www.metropolisapts.com/Types-of-Apartments.aspx

I think in the original RR flat configuration, one end was the kitchen/dining/some living/probably some people slept there at night room.

Alan, I think "box rooms" is terminology used in railroad-type neighborhoods to indicate that it's not a railroad-type apt. So if there are two bedrooms, you don't have to walk through bedroom #1 to get to bedroom #2. That's how I understood it from my time in Ridgewood, anyway.

We saw a unit described as having wing bedrooms. It was a combination of two apartments that each had a mezzanine level, but the mezzanines were not connected when the apartment was (and from what we understand couldn't structurally be connected). Each "bedroom" had to be accessed through a separate staircase.

according to Manhattanapt.com :

2-Bedrooms:
A full 2-Bedroom or "real 2-Bedroom" has two bedrooms plus a living room, and may or may not have a separate kitchen. Bedroom sizes can vary widely, from a baby's room or small office to a sprawling master suite. There can be one, one and one half or 2 bathrooms.

A Convertible 2-Bedroom or "flex 2" is a large 1-bedroom with a dining room or enough space to create a wall for a second bedroom.

A wing 2-bedroom has two rooms that are separated by a common area such as an eat-in kitchen, but no real living room. These apartments are commonly found in Greenwich Village and are good for students or roommates who don't require much in the way of common living space.

thanks for the input.

My best friend has a layout like this in a co-op building in the Bronx.

It's a huge prewar apartment with a giant living room in the front ... a huge dining room in the middle ... big eat-in-kitchen right off the dining room ... and on either side of the kitchen are two separate bedroom "wings": each with an archway from the dining room opening into a hallway leading back to a huge walk-in closet, a full bath, and a big bedroom (both bedrooms are similarly-sized at about 17x17) ... with each bedroom having its own walk-in closet.

My friend lives with his mom, so an apartment layout like this was an almost unbelievable find.

also, if they say that an apartments is a "perfect share" this means that there is no living room correct? thanks

"also, if they say that an apartments is a "perfect share" this means that there is no living room correct? thanks"

"Perfect share" is one of those meaningless, throwaway terms that's totally subjective, like "lovely view" or "spacious".

When a landlord says it's a "perfect share", it's code for "I don't want families here because I want to be able to charge a 50% premium on three strangers rather than a single family."

THERE IS NO SUCH THING as a “wing two bedroom” if it’s separated only by the bathroom! It is not a legal definition by NYC laws of occupancy and tenants laws. Some brokers like “The Agency” use this term to mislead customers into thinking a one bedroom apt is 2 bedrooms. I saw them list one bedroom apt in my friends building this way. ONLY if two bedrooms are separated by a LIVING ROOM, you can use this term. If two rooms are separated by a kitchen, it’s just ONE bedroom apartment. You can only use term 2 bedrooms, if you have an extra room IN ADDITION to one bedroom and one living room. Kitchen is not a bedroom or a living room. Don’t be fooled and report brokers who lie on their listings. And report those listings as well.