14. 420 East 64th Street: The Royal York.
As one of Manhattan’s twenty-odd condops—buildings with cooperative ownership and open subletting—the Royal York is investor-friendly and tends to have high turnover.

Apt. W6H: $795,000.
One-bedroom, one-bath; 800 square feet. Maintenance: $1,226. (Albert Ma, Goodstein.)
Apt. W3K: $455,000.
Studio; 550 square feet. Maintenance: $614. (Debra Forest, AIB Management.)
Apt. E5A: $549,000.
One-bedroom, one-bath; 704 square feet. Maintenance: $922. (Michael Meier, Foxtons.)
Apt. E2J: $640,000.
One-bedroom, one-bath; 750 square feet. Maintenance: $1,023. (Owner: Geri Weiss.)
Apt. W12J: $625,000.
One-bedroom, one-bath; 775 square feet. Maintenance: $1,095. (Ellen Kahn, Bellmarc.)
Apt. W3J: $575,000.
One-bedroom, one-bath; 800 square feet. Maintenance: $1,080. (Owner: Jason Gerbsman.)
Apt. E4F: $575,000.
One-bedroom, one-bath; 730 square feet. Maintenance: $976. (Albert Ma, Goodstein.)
Apt. E4J: $585,000.
One-bedroom, one-bath; 800 square feet. Maintenance: $1,036. (Sonya Orley, Halstead.)

15. 1175 York Avenue: York River House.
The FDR is your front yard in this condop building, a drawback offset by a phenomenal roof deck twenty floors above the din.

Apt. 8F: $999,000.
Two-bedroom, two-bath; 1,200 square feet. Maintenance: $1,361. (June Gottlieb, Warburg Realty.)
Apt. 17K: $1.2 million.
Two-bedroom, two-bath; 1,500 square feet. Maintenance: $1,907. (Fern Hammond, MLBKaye International Realty.)
Apt. 2L: $570,000.
One-bedroom, one-bath; 800 square feet. Maintenance: $979. (Ceejay Rosen, Brown Harris Stevens.)
Apt. 14FG: $2.1 million.
Three-bedroom, three-bath; 2,100 square feet. Maintenance: $2,350. (Fern Hammond, MLBKaye International Realty.)

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