5 Two-Bedrooms in Historic Buildings for Under $1 Million

Looking for a home that envelops you with a sense of history every time you step through door? These five two-bedroom apartments are located in buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan that all share a richness of detail. From a condo in a Gothic-style former Brooklyn prep school to a co-op in an early 20th century Beaux-Arts apartment house in Manhattan, they all have intriguing pasts.

All well priced for two-bedrooms, and many have charming historic details or unusual extra spaces. One is a condo; the rest are co-ops.

They are located in Sunset Park, Park Slope and Clinton Hill in Brooklyn and Midtown east and Washington Heights in Manhattan.

Prices start at $500,000 for an estate-condition co-op in Sunset Park and top out at $950,000 for a co-op in Park Slope.

Which one would you choose?

This lofted duplex in Clinton Hill’s Cathedral Condos has soaring ceilings and huge windows. Located in the neo-Gothic former Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, it was designed by architect Gustave Steinback and converted to condos in 1988. The building retains its wonderful gargoyles.

555 Washington Avenue #3C
Price: $850,000
Area: Clinton Hill
Broker: Brown Harris Stevens (Natalie Rabaa)
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This 19th-century dumbbell apartment wanders on seemingly forever, and offers a home office in addition to two sizable bedrooms and a good-size dining space off the living room. There are elegant moldings, a claw foot tub, a built-in mirrored buffet with shelves, and an in-unit washer and dryer. It’s located in a Park Slope co-op building.

392 8th Street #3L
Price: $950,000
Area: Park Slope
Broker: Corcoran (Heather McMaster and Mary Klein)
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This co-op has been completely renovated and given a loft-like open floor plan. It’s located in a Beaux-Arts building with an unusually shaped facade, which gives the living space a distinctive shape.

Situated on Riverside Drive in Washington Heights, the building is income restricted. Qualifying incomes top out at $119,625 for a household of two.

870 Riverside Drive #4B
Price: $695,000
Area: Washington Heights
Broker: Douglas Elliman (Nancy Cabrera)
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This unit in one of Sunset Park’s original Finnish co-ops is filled with original details, including molding, inlaid floors, a claw foot tub, and some closet doors with wood-grain finish. Located across the street from the park, it’s in estate condition, so will need some work.

574 44th Street #2B
Price: $500,000
Area: Sunset Park
Broker: Corcoran (Peter Bracichowicz)
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This Midtown east co-op has two fireplaces, two baths and high ceilings. Apparently created out of two former tenement units combined, it’s located in an attractive 1885 building with terra-cotta tile details.

313 East 56th Street #4AB
Price: $850,000
Area: Midtown Manhattan
Broker: Douglas Elliman (Jennifer Vandekieft, Joseph Polivy and Jessica Cohen)
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