Lucy Cohen Blatter

This no-fee $3,895 two-bedroom at 4720 Center Boulevard in Hunter's Point/Long Island City, Queens, is in one of several modern buildings that have sprouted up in the neighborhood in the past few years.

The building is part of a 22-acre development called EastCoast, which was built on the site of the former Pepsi-Cola bottling plant.

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This nearly 500-square-foot studio at 45 Wall Street offers all the building amenities for which the Financial District has become known, plus a monthly rent of $2,325.

Pros: The apartment has extra high ceilings and oversized windows. Building amenities include a wrap terrace (pictured), a health club called Club 45, a private putting green, and complimentary fitness center.

This week, we go behind the negotiations of a studio co-op at 345 West 4th Street that sold in December for $377,000, just $2,000 below asking price.

The seller’s agent was Brian Morgan of Citi Habitats. The buyer’s agents was Gabriel Bedoya of Corcoran.

THE DETAILS

If our mild winter is any indication, things are going to heat up quickly this spring, so now's a good time to make sure those a/c units are heatwave ready.  

But is it worth it to have your a/c hauled out of your apartment and professionally cleaned every year or two at an average cost of $300-350 per unit, as one StreetEasy.com user is thinking of doing?