Lucy Cohen Blatter

It's not often we come across a listing at this price point with multiple bedrooms and outdoor space, so this listing piqued our interest. The writeup describes it as a three-bedroom, one-bath with a home office, but it looks more like a two-bedroom with a home office to us (that third bedroom appears rather small). And the small bedroom has built-in floor-to-ceiling wood shelving, giving it a true office vibe.

Located in a landmark building on Grove Street between Bleecker and Bedford, this $2,850 studio is just a block from the Christopher Street 1 train stop and near all the great restaurants and shops that make the West Village seriously desirable—and pricey.

Jennifer Wright, the author of It  Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History, is also a columnist for the New York Observer and the New York Post covering sex and dating.

Want to know whether your landlord is among the city's worst? The NYC Landlord Watchlist has been recently updated and includes photos of the worst offenders' buildings, a big help if you're in the market for a new apartment and need to know which to avoid.

Our theory that decently priced duplexes almost always have less-than-ideal layouts is proven in this two-bedroom, two-bath in Yorkville, with an asking price of $4,150 a month.

Working from home (which more and more people are doing these days) can be tricky in most studios, but not in this $630,000 studio in Long Island City, Queens. The apartment has a separate room with a (small) window that could serve either as an office or a bedroom.