Two New York Listings, Two Kinds of Charm: Park Views in Brooklyn, Old New York Uptown

A two-bedroom near Prospect Park has listed at $850,000, putting it within reach of buyers drawn to the park's tree-lined border rather than Manhattan price tags. Across the river, a one-bedroom in Lenox Hill carries gilded-age detailing, the sort of ornament associated with the neighborhood's nineteenth-century built environment. Taken together, the two listings track the range of what New York offers in a single week: a Brooklyn foothold priced for accessibility, and an Upper East Side interior built for period character.

With reporting from Curbed.