Prettiest NYC homes that hit the market this week

Every week, Curbed covers dozens of market listings that vary in price, location, size, grandeur, quirkiness, and other distinct characteristics. If they managed to capture our attention, that means there’s definitely something special going on. But some of these homes are so lovely that they warrant a special kind of notoriety as some of the prettiest homes currently up for sale in New York City. And so, here it is: five listings that have that special "je ne sais quoi" that separates them from the rest. Happy gawking!

Corcoran.

↑Jewelry designer David Yurman wants to sell his West Village townhouse, just two years after he shelled out $17 million on the four-story home. The townhouse has served as a movie set for several films over the years including Working Girl and Autumn in New York, and features soaring ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows on the parlor level, and plenty of natural light. Read more...

Douglas Elliman.

↑An “award-winning” 3,700-square-foot Upper West Side townhouse, designed by 19th-century Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino, has hit the market for $8.5 million. The home is owned by actor Brian Kerwin and gives way to six bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, and a host of lovely details that include stained glass windows, elaborate decorative fireplaces, French doors, and plenty of wood trimmings. Read more...

Corcoran.

↑This light-filled one-bedroom on Henry Street is going for $589,000. The kitchen in this apartment recently underwent a renovation, and has been fitted with stainless steel appliances and additional storage space. Some of the other standout features include the high ceilings, the built-in bookshelves in the living room, and the large bedroom, which comes with two closets. Read more...

Corcoran.

Corcoran

↑Depending on your idea of beauty, there is this gloriously overwrought 67th floor condo in One57 that just hit the market for $27 million. The apartment spans half of the 67th floor and has, under its current owner, undergone a renovation by DHD that brought the pad walls covered in white gold leaf and endowed it with other swanky materials like custom marble slab flooring and onyx. Read more...

Private Client Realty.

↑Actor Gerard Butler’s 3,150-square-foot Chelsea apartment, which he describes as a mix of “bohemian old-world rustic chateau with a taste of baroque” has hit the market for $5.995 million. Its myriad of details include soaring ceilings, 11-foot-tall mahogany doors, dramatic columns that support limestone lions, plaster walls “chipped and mottled with age,” and a ceiling fresco. Read more...