UPPER WEST SIDE
130 W. 67th St.
One-bedroom, one-bath cooperative
Asking price: $489,000
Selling price: $499,000
Monthly cost: $855
Time on the market: Two weeks

GARDEN VIEW This 650-square-foot coop’s seller lived in it for just four months before he was transferred to an office out of the neighborhood and decided to buy a house in New Jersey, said Jon Rustin of Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy, who represented both the buyer and the seller in the transaction with his partner, Brian Chiusano. The seller, a single man in the technology sector, had planned to update the kitchen and tile the bathroom, but had to put the apartment on the market before he could start renovations, Mr. Rustin said.

The buyers, a young couple purchasing their first apartment together, are close to getting engaged, said Mr. Rustin, and had been renting in the city. They plan to remodel the apartment. “When it’s done it’ll have an open kitchen – it now has a pass-through,” the broker said. A previous owner refinished the hardwood floors.

The co-op is well located on a quiet section of 67th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue near Lincoln Center, Central Park, and plenty of shopping and public transportation. One of its finest features is its view of the building’s private garden. The full-service doorman building, completed in 1975, has 24 stories, a brick facade, a roof deck, a laundry room, and storage for residents. In addition to the communal garden, some ground-floor apartments have their own private gardens.

PARK SLOPE
427B Seventh Ave.
Storefront condominium
Asking price: $320,000
Selling price: $280,000
Monthly cost: $200
Time on the market: Three months

SLOPE DEVELOPMENT This 488-square-foot, first-floor storefront condo on the southern edge of Park Slope between 14th and 15th streets isn’t necessarily in the prime part of the neighborhood, but it’s up and coming, said Kenneth Freeman of Massey Knakal, who represented the seller. “There have been a lot of development projects in the area, and it’s hard to find good space for new projects. You’re going to see a lot more people there and a lot more retail traffic there as a result.”

The storefront is “in beautiful shape,” Mr. Freeman said, and also has a basement storage space. It previously housed Chez Isabelle, a bakery/restaurant. Mr. Freeman said the owner, a Frenchwoman, closed up shop because of “a variety of things – she was getting a divorce and moving back to France.”

No information was available about the buyer’s plans for the property, Mr. Freeman said, though the ground floor is configured for a cafe and has a liquor license.

MIDTOWN
150 E. 56th St.
One-bedroom, one-bath condominium
Asking price: $679,000
Selling price: $699,000
Monthly cost: $790
Time on the market: Two weeks

GREAT EXPECTATIONS The couple who bought this Midtown property were expecting a baby in a month and a half, while the sellers had their own bundle of joy due within a month, said Kelly Zisook of Citi Habitats, who represented the buyers. They chose the apartment because it was a junior four, with a dining room that could be converted into a second bedroom, Ms. Zisook said. Their baby was born within six days of the closing. The owners put the property up for sale themselves, and are moving to Connecticut. The 900-square-foot apartment, in a 15-story 1960s doorman building with storage and laundry facilities, was in “triple mint condition,” said Ms. Zisook, and features a renovated kitchen and bathroom, central air-conditioning, and hardwood floors.

The buyers are first-time property owners who had been renting in Gramercy and won a three-way bidding war for the property, Ms. Zisook said. They won’t have to do any work on the apartment aside from the second-bedroom conversion, she said. “The owners even left cans of paint in the closets to match the colors on the walls.”