Good design starts with light. This one bedroom on East 26th Street follows that instinct. Light enters and finds open space, not clutter. The kitchen serves the cook, not the other way around. A washer and dryer wait quietly inside the unit. Exposed brick holds the wall's old memory. Wood floors carry every footstep gently. High ceilings let the air breathe.
Step outside and the city softens. This is a rare quiet block in Gramercy. Madison Square Park sits a short walk away. Restaurants and shops line nearby streets. Nightlife waits close, but never intrudes. The N, R, and 6 trains are minutes from your door. And above it all, a private roof deck opens to the sky - a small, personal piece of New York, just for you.
Application fee: $20 or less per applicantSnuggled next to the East River between 23rd and 34 street, Kips Bay is very popular with families due to the great schools, hospital access, and general safety of the area. However, there has also been an increase in young professionals seeking to rent in the neighborhood as businesses continue to expand in Murray Hill and North Manhattan.
Kips Bay receives its name from the Kips family farm off the bay of the East River. The area in the 1600's and 1700's, was mostly farmland. As the decades went by, more and more of the land was bought off to make room for city developments. For example in 1794, Bellevue Farm was purchased in order to construct a medical facility, and in subsequent years, parcels of Kips Bay Farm were purchased to expand the facilities.
Kips Bay in the 1800's saw more of the same, land and markets were bought and moved uptown to make room for small business and row houses. By the 1900's Kips Bay looked pretty much the same for…
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