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Michelle is a New York-based writer and content strategist who has worked extensively with lifestyle brands like Seventeen, Country Living, Harper’s Bazaar and iVillage. In addition to being a copywriter for a digital media agency she writes about culture, New York City neighborhoods, real estate, style, design and technology among other topics. She has lived in a number of major US cities on both coasts and in between and loves all things relating to urbanism and culture.

For $995K, this two-bedroom Park Slope condo is a breath of fresh air

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December 20, 2024

For $995K, this two-bedroom Park Slope condo is a breath of fresh air

By Michelle Cohen

The Olde Trolley Stop building at 514 9th Street is classic Park Slope, occupying a corner spot amid the neighborhood's brownstones and leafy sidewalks. Within, this surprisingly chic renovated condo, asking $995,000, has an unexpected two bedrooms, sexy finishes, and a season's worth of sunlight.
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New year, new $10M Greenwich Village loft

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December 18, 2024

New year, new $10M Greenwich Village loft

By Michelle Cohen

With a $5 million renovation dialed in, this sprawling Greenwich Village home looks ready for a new life and a new year. The three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath co-op at 43 West 13th Street has a dedicated space for every part of your life, including a meditation room and a TV room. Asking $10,000,000, the full-floor loft is a study in the latest and most luxurious fixtures, finishes, and high-tech comforts.
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This $3.3M Village co-op will brighten even the darkest winter days

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December 13, 2024

This $3.3M Village co-op will brighten even the darkest winter days

By Michelle Cohen

In addition to being in one of New York City's most coveted neighborhoods, the "gold coast" of Greenwich Village, this two-bedroom co-op at 30 Fifth Avenue has the additional blessings of ample size and a wealth of natural light. As the fortunate result of combining two of the building's classic pre-war units, the apartment, asking $3,295,000, gets morning sun via an eastern exposure, which also provides a view of lower Fifth Avenue from the 11th floor. Crisp white walls, high beamed ceilings, and clean, classic updates create a bright home with no dark corners.
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Cookbooks from NYC’s top restaurants and chefs make great gifts for foodie friends and family

December 13, 2024

Cookbooks from NYC’s top restaurants and chefs make great gifts for foodie friends and family

By Michelle Cohen

Top chefs from–or inspired by–some of the city's best eateries have published books filled with recipes and inspiring tips and tales from the world of New York City dining. Cookbooks are a great last-minute gift and often become a treasured part of the recipient's kitchen repertoire. This treasure trove of edible inspiration includes an international sampling of cuisines, sweet treats, and stellar vegan and vegetarian options, as well as tales from the culinary front lines.
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Bob Dylan’s former Turtle Bay home asks $7.25M

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December 11, 2024

Bob Dylan’s former Turtle Bay home asks $7.25M

By Michelle Cohen

The Manhattan property at 242 East 49th Street has an elevator–and a backyard gate that leads to Turtle Bay Gardens, a private neighborhood park shared by just 20 homes. The renovated 19-foot-wide townhouse, asking $7,250,000, was Bob Dylan's New York City home for more than two decades, with neighbors like Katharine Hepburn, Stephen Sondheim, and E. B. White.
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$4M gets you the whole renovated Boerum Hill townhouse package, with a bi-level backyard

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December 10, 2024

$4M gets you the whole renovated Boerum Hill townhouse package, with a bi-level backyard

By Michelle Cohen

Brooklyn townhouse living is long past being a well-kept secret, so when you find a ready-to-move-in home in a neighborhood like Boerum Hill, you can expect it won't be a bargain. But having a charming, renovated single-family home like the one at 363 Warren Street, ready from day one, might just be worth the $3,995,000 ask. With a classic brownstone facade and a large, landscaped multi-level rear deck and yard, the four-story home is both historic and timeless.
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Paul Newman’s Fifth Avenue co-op is on the market for $10M

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December 9, 2024

Paul Newman’s Fifth Avenue co-op is on the market for $10M

By Michelle Cohen

The longtime New York City home of Hollywood icons Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward is available for the first time in nearly a half-century. The late actor/director and Woodward purchased the sprawling co-op at 1120 Fifth Avenue in Carnegie Hill in the 1980s and made it their Manhattan pied-a-terre for decades to follow. With iconic Central Park views, multiple terraces, and covetable pre-war details, the elegant residence, asking $9,950,000, is a rare slice of Hollywood history as well as a gracious and iconic New York City home.
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This $6M Arts & Crafts estate is like having your own private summer camp in the Hamptons

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December 6, 2024

This $6M Arts & Crafts estate is like having your own private summer camp in the Hamptons

By Michelle Cohen

If you dream of a rustic escape in the form of a luxury hunting lodge in the Adirondacks, but you really don't want to be far from the ocean, this Arts & Crafts-style estate on five-and-a-half acres in East Hampton is just what you're looking for. Asking $5,995,000, Pine Eden at 9 Two Holes of Water Road is a 7,200-square-foot retreat–with guest quarters, patios, a pool and a spa–with the East End's beaches nearby.
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Designer gift picks: 15 NYC creatives share their favorite finds for this holiday season

December 4, 2024

Designer gift picks: 15 NYC creatives share their favorite finds for this holiday season

By Michelle Cohen

6sqft asked New York City designers, architects, and artists for their favorite gift ideas this year–cool stuff they’d love to give (or get). Read on for a curated mix of unexpected items selected by a few of the city’s most talented creatives. We hope you’ll find some inspiration in your quest for the perfect gift.
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For $3.3M, this historic Brooklyn Heights home comes with condo convenience

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December 2, 2024

For $3.3M, this historic Brooklyn Heights home comes with condo convenience

By Michelle Cohen

Instead of having to choose between a historic, pre-war home in Brooklyn Heights and the convenience of condominium living, this three-bedroom apartment at 170 Hicks Street allows you to enjoy a combination of the two lifestyles, with an elevator and space to spare. Asking $3,300,000, this 1,940-square-foot condo occupies a full floor in a historic townhouse in the heart of the Heights. Elegant interiors–think antique chandeliers and crown moldings–recall the building's history and a private terrace provides enviable views of the surrounding neighborhood.
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For $17M, this eco-friendly Brooklyn Heights Passive House went from beige to bold

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November 27, 2024

For $17M, this eco-friendly Brooklyn Heights Passive House went from beige to bold

By Michelle Cohen

This 1846 Greek Revival townhouse at 37 Sidney Place in historic Brooklyn Heights was listed back in 2021, after a stem-to-stern renovation following Passive House standards. Since then, the six-story, 7,040-square-foot townhouse received a dramatic interior redesign courtesy of Sasha Bikoff, bringing jewel tones and luxe finishes to the work of Passive House pros Ingui Architecture. Asking $17,000,000, the stately brick home brought convenience on board in the form of an elevator that serves all floors, from the basement gym to the skylit top-floor "treehouse room." The inside-and-out renovation even upped the drama quotient in the home's multiple outdoor spaces, including two terraces and a landscaped back garden on an extra-long lot.
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Keke Palmer lists her Williamsburg penthouse for $3M

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November 21, 2024

Keke Palmer lists her Williamsburg penthouse for $3M

By Michelle Cohen

Multi-hyphenate actress Keke Palmer is selling her twin-terraced, top-floor Williamsburg apartment at 308 North 7th Street in the heart of Williamsburg. Asking $2,999,999, the North Brooklyn condo has three bedrooms and almost as many terraces, making it a perfect launch pad for an up-and-coming star.
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This $839K co-op in an Upper West Side mansion has a presidential connection

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November 20, 2024

This $839K co-op in an Upper West Side mansion has a presidential connection

By Michelle Cohen

If you'd like to live in a grand Upper West Side mansion for less than $1 million, this four-room co-op at 280 West End Avenue rises to the occasion. Built in 1887, the stately Romanesque Revival mansion–once the home of the son and widow of President Ulysses S. Grant, according to the listing–holds the $839,000 key to Manhattan mansion living in the form of a one-bedroom home with an elegantly rounded bay window.
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$2.35M Gramercy co-op wraps classic pre-war style with vintage opulence–plus a key to the park

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November 19, 2024

$2.35M Gramercy co-op wraps classic pre-war style with vintage opulence–plus a key to the park

By Michelle Cohen

This unique apartment within the city's first co-op at 34 Gramercy Park East was formerly two separate units, the combination of which resulted in a large–if unconventional–space with lots of options. The co-op's covetable location across from Gramercy Park affords it a rare New York City perk: a key to the private park. The renovated apartment, asking $2,350,000, is a winding, detail-rich journey through time, enhanced by color, pattern, and architectural detail.
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This $3.75M Lefferts Manor townhouse has well-preserved historic details and every modern luxury

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November 18, 2024

This $3.75M Lefferts Manor townhouse has well-preserved historic details and every modern luxury

By Michelle Cohen

Sometimes a listing has so much going for it, we wonder how anyone could leave it behind. This four-story Brooklyn townhouse at 49 Rutland Road embodies that "has it all" status. Asking $3,750,000, the neo-Renaissance townhouse–one in a row of five built in 1897 in the Lefferts Manor Historic District section of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens–offers turn-key living within a beautifully restored historic home.
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This $8.75M Village townhouse is a downtown dream home with an elevator, three terraces, and a rooftop office suite

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November 15, 2024

This $8.75M Village townhouse is a downtown dream home with an elevator, three terraces, and a rooftop office suite

By Michelle Cohen

If your idea of the perfect home is a historic townhouse in the West Village, you're definitely not alone. This two-family home at 12 Leroy Street embodies the dream with 4,300 square feet of tranquil interior space in the endlessly charming vicinity of Bleecker and Bedford Streets. Asking $8,750,000, the 20-foot-wide property consists of a garden apartment and four renovated upper floors accessible via private elevator, several terraces, and a suitably enchanting landscaped garden in the rear.
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For $5.8M, this Fifth Avenue co-op has ‘Mad Men’-era vibes and Central Park views

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November 14, 2024

For $5.8M, this Fifth Avenue co-op has ‘Mad Men’-era vibes and Central Park views

By Michelle Cohen

With its mid-20th-century sophistication and sleek design, this one-bedroom co-op at 825 Fifth Avenue, currently owned by an art collector, offers the classic Manhattan elegance of a bygone age, but the Central Park views from this covetable Upper East Side address are timeless. The apartment, asking $5,795,000, is set up as a showcase of art and design for a busy city lifestyle.
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The world’s first streetcar began operation in Lower Manhattan in 1832

Horse-drawn streetcar no. 148 of a New York City system. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress

November 14, 2024

The world’s first streetcar began operation in Lower Manhattan in 1832

By Michelle Cohen

On November 14, 1832, the John Mason, a horse-drawn streetcar, began its route between Prince and 14th Streets. Named for the railroad magnate who commissioned it, the new transportation addition was the first of its kind and a vast improvement over the horse-drawn omnibus that was currently in use. Built in 1827, the omnibus was little more than a boxy stagecoach, with riders packed into it like "sardines in a box with perspiration for oil. Passengers hang from the straps like smoked hams in a corner grocery." Fares were only 15 cents, and though cars were only supposed to hold 15 people, riders even clambered onto the roof, holding on for dear life.
Not perfect, but an improvement

For $25M, a Flatiron penthouse in a golden cupola, with Manhattan at your feet

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November 13, 2024

For $25M, a Flatiron penthouse in a golden cupola, with Manhattan at your feet

By Michelle Cohen

If you're asking $25 million for a Manhattan condo, even if it's a mansion-sized penthouse with Empire State Building views and a Fifth Avenue address, it had better occupy a gilded sky dome atop a neighborhood landmark. With that qualification met, this extravagant duplex atop the Sohmer Piano Building at 170 Fifth Avenue–the listing calls it a "Renaissance rocket ship"–has more grand gestures to offer: The seller, entrepreneur Greg Carr, has pledged the home's sale proceeds toward his highly-regarded philanthropic project, the rebuilding of a decimated national wildlife park in Mozambique.
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A Victoria’s Secret model’s angelic East Village flat with a solarium and terrace asks $2.9M

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November 12, 2024

A Victoria’s Secret model’s angelic East Village flat with a solarium and terrace asks $2.9M

By Michelle Cohen

This three-bedroom "condop" in the East Village at 50 Avenue A would be a heavenly home even without the added cachet of being home to former Victoria's Secret model Shannan Click. Asking $2,900,000, the light-filled flat is an all-weather oasis, with an 880-square-foot terrace and a glass-clad solarium for basking in the sunlight.
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For $3M, this two-family Crown Heights townhouse fills every available inch of space with great style

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November 8, 2024

For $3M, this two-family Crown Heights townhouse fills every available inch of space with great style

By Michelle Cohen

This two-family Crown Heights townhouse at 742 Lincoln Place is a great opportunity for rental income in the form of a garden apartment, with a spacious duplex above–or for creating a three-floor home. Beyond living space and perks like a full basement and a backyard, the 20-foot-wide property, developed and designed by Bolt Equities and asking $2,995,000, is a showcase of dazzling interior design, with modern fixtures and comforts galore.
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Color, texture, and pre-war details define this decorator’s dream of a $4.85M Village co-op

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November 7, 2024

Color, texture, and pre-war details define this decorator’s dream of a $4.85M Village co-op

By Michelle Cohen

This freshly renovated Greenwich Village co-op has interior designer Katie Ridder to thank for the just-right mix of sophisticated patterns, textures, and powdery pastel hues that grace every room. Updates to the two-bedroom duplex at 45 East 9th Street, asking $4,850,000, go beyond aesthetics with central air conditioning, new windows, pantry, bathrooms, laundry facilities, and a newly-minted kitchen. The building is known for its design showcase homes and notable residents like Vogue editor Hamish Bowles and "Sex and the City" writer Candace Bushnell.
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This $3.6M Spuyten Duyvil home is a tranquil refuge indoors and out, within New York City limits

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November 6, 2024

This $3.6M Spuyten Duyvil home is a tranquil refuge indoors and out, within New York City limits

By Michelle Cohen

In the leafy Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood in the Bronx, this charming 20th-century residence at 800 West 231st Street was built in 1935 with updated interiors for 21st-century living on four levels. Stone walls and a slate roof give the single-family home, asking $3,600,000, a rustic-yet-modern charm that's subtly unique. Just south of Riverdale, the five-bedroom property is surrounded by a landscaped garden, and a stone patio frames a large outdoor pool.
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For $20.5M, West Village townhouse meets suburban mansion behind a historic facade

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November 5, 2024

For $20.5M, West Village townhouse meets suburban mansion behind a historic facade

By Michelle Cohen

If you're looking for a massive mansion with a West Village address, this five-story townhouse at 763 Greenwich Street, asking $20,500,000, has you covered. Behind a charming brick facade on a historic block, the home's interiors reflect pitch-perfect contemporary style courtesy of AD100 designer Stephen Gambrel, framed by coveted period details. A backyard and a rooftop terrace bring outdoor living to the table, and it's all accessible by a convenient elevator.
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A grown-up townhouse with a Bushwick address–and a koi pond–asks $2M

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November 4, 2024

A grown-up townhouse with a Bushwick address–and a koi pond–asks $2M

By Michelle Cohen

While Bushwick may be where the cool kids are, this three-story townhouse at 1163 Putnam Avenue is an adult-friendly two-family property with all the trimmings. With a picture-perfect renovation designed by the current owner, a former creative director at Elle Decor magazine, the turn-key home, asking $1,995,000, includes a separate garden apartment and a landscaped backyard, complete with a koi pond.
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