Murray Hill Park Avenue Penthouse Level Duplex

Oh, Murray Hill. Why do I like you so much? You're as vanilla as a neighborhood can get, and yet you offer everything I need: grocery stores, nice restaurants, and a huge park for the boy to run around in.

Also: you have apartments like this for $5800 a month. A two bedroom penthouse duplex with two terraces. A formal dining room. Two and a half baths. White glove doorman. Hardly the den for the post-college, Daddy's-Paying-My-Rent set.

Full specs and floor plans here. Who says Murray Hill doesn't have flava?

Available Again! Full Floor Of Murray Hill Brownstone!

Look what washed up on shore yesterday -- this little number from last year. It seems the woman I rented it to is moving out early.

To refresh your memories: It's the full floor, parlor level, of a brownstone on 37th Street and Park in Historic Murray Hill. Just over 1300 square feet. Soaring ceilings, two working fireplaces and a home office. Laundry in the building. Full specs here.

It's been a very busy week here in Planet Pauline. But, in all the kerfuffle, I found two great deals.

First, the big guy: A real three bedroom in a lovely, pre-war doorman building on Madison and 36th Street in Historic Murray Hill. Huge living area, enormous bedrooms and a kitchen that would make any chef happy. Working fireplace as well.



If $6,000 a month isn't in the budget, (it happens) then this little guy on East 88th Street is the deal of the day. It's a real one bedroom with a new kitchen and an enormous backyard. It even comes with patio furniture and a grill. $1795 for outdoor space in Manhattan. Full specs here.

Full Floor Of A Murray Hill Brownstone, One Bed With Yard Off Park -- $3200

It's June 1 and look what just fell into my lap -- a new exclusive! Behold this full floor of a Murray Hill brownstone with a backyard. It's on 35th Street and Park Avenue, smack in the middle of the Historic District and gut renovated. $3200. Full specs here.