1171 Ocean Parkway #6L, Brooklyn, NY 11230

On a quiet, tree-lined stretch of Ocean Parkway near Avenue L, apartment 6L is an unusually large studio — 642 square feet on the sixth floor of a well-kept 1940 elevator co-op — freshly renovated and ready to move in. As a top-floor corner unit it has no neighbors on either side — one wall is the building's exterior, the other the elevator — and no one overhead, six floors up among the treetops of Ocean Parkway. The hardwood floors have been refinished, the walls freshly painted throughout, and the bath re-glazed. The work is done — what's left is to move in. The main living room runs nearly 21 feet with light from three windows, leaving room for a full living area and a separate sleeping area without either feeling crowded. A large foyer works as a dining room, home office, or room for a wall-to-wall closet of your own — a second space most studios don't offer — and the kitchen's breakfast nook has two windows for bright morning meals. The windowed full bath sits down a short hall,...