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 listing that have that special "je ne sais quoi" that separates them from the rest. Happy gawking!

Corcoran.

↑This spacious and light-filled corner apartment features two bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms, while overlooking the building’s front garden. Most of the living spaces are located on the upper level while the lower level is currently set up as a recreation room. Read more...

Stribling.

↑A Rosario Candela-designed penthouse at 40 West 55th Street is on the market for $2.5 million. The penthouse is small but charming. A wood-burning fireplace at the far end overlooks an open living area. The kitchen could use some updating, as could the interiors, but the apartment has its perks. Read more...

Douglas Elliman.

↑In the same building that former Brooklyn Nets player Deron Williams is trying to sell a penthouse, a smaller condo has come on the market for $6.5 million. Spanning 3,157 square feet, the apartment is a three-bedroom, three-bathroom unit on the fourth floor of Tribeca’s Merchant House building. Read more...

↑In Staten Island’s neighborhood of West Brighton, a quirky home that you wouldn’t necessarily find in, say, Manhattan, recently hit the market with an $899,000 price tag. It’s a rad little split-level rancher, built in 1952, that’s been kitted out in midcentury style, from the doorway—which is outfitted in mahogany, with a globe light fixture—to the furniture inside. Read more...

Stribling.

↑This sprawling co-op, overlooking Central Park on Fifth Avenue, is now on the market for $19 million. The apartment takes up the entire seventh floor of the 14-story co-op building at 1125 Fifth Avenue, and features four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a private elevator entrance that lets out on to a gallery, and more. Read more...