so this is the narrowest apartment in all of new york city measuring just eight feet and
seven inches wide currently on the market for five million dollars that is right five million dollars
gets you the thinnest three-story townhouse in new york city with three bedrooms two bathrooms
just under 1 000 square feet of living space and a very large slice of new york city history let me
explain i mean this house is so famous it has its own wikipedia page even while we filmed this video
there were new york city walking tours of people checking out the spectacle according to the new
york city landmarks preservation commission the three-story dutch gabled home was constructed in
1873 on what was the former carriage entryway for the adjacent property hence its fractional address
since the home was wedged into the driveway that stood between number 75 and 77 in order
to maximize housing in the booming neighborhood at the time jumping to 1923 the house was leased
by artists who used it for actors working at the nearby historic cherry lane theater famous
past residents include poulter prize-winning poet edna st vincent malaya william steig the man who
illustrated shrek and actors cary grant and john barrymore and it is this slice of new york city
history that drives up that asking price of just under 5 million dollars welcome to 75 and one half
bedford avenue come on in i'm gonna keep this door shut because there's actually a lot of people that
come by here and want to look inside so walking in this is your living room just for some perspective
i'm gonna lay across the floor i am six foot four inches so if i put my arms over my head that's how
tiny this is this is just about eight foot seven inches so a fully extended eric can barely fit
in the narrowest department in the entire city if you look above us these are all the original
beams in this structure the current owner did a whole gut renovation but kept the things that make
this place historic so you have the beams you have all the modern lighting storage if you come on in
this is where it gets kind of narrow here we have a mirror to just add a bit of depth to the space
off to the left this is the spiral staircase leading up to the other two floors and now this
is your kitchen and it has all new appliances so here you have the built-in sub-zero fridge your
melee suite here cappuccino maker in the nearest apartment in the city tons of storage built in
leading back into the actual formal kitchen everything has been modernized
except the faucets they kept those as the original faucets which is pretty cool four
burner melee cooktop you even have this bench here with storage down below and then if you pull back
this is the wall which divides the staircase so you don't fall down stairs this is all additional
storage space right into this wall that leads downstairs off of the kitchen you have your
wall which totally opens up to the backyard and the property line ends right here at this wall
but there's actually an easement that allows this home and the three next door to use this backyard
space which is essentially like a secret garden in the city just get a look at this how serene it is
with all the ivy nice benches i want to point this out as well this is your entrance off of commerce
street right here so this is the second entrance like kind of like a escape or secret entrance
if you want coming back on in through the double doors let's go downstairs i want to show you this
this is not a staircase you want to go down at night they actually just finished this basement
this is the lower level little tight on the ceiling height but again this is your additional
fourth bedroom if you want all original beams all brand new lights and there's actually check this
out there's actually a bathroom down here so this is technically a fourth bedroom a little bit of
a vertical challenge there but it works maybe uh maybe a kid's room it could yes this is the kid's
room the kids would love this so keep this [ __ ] we'll head back upstairs to that first floor
just to show how steep this is this could easily be a ladder where you actually need to use your
arms but we're back up to the kitchen then off of the kitchen we're gonna keep making our way back
this could be your dining room you could put a little table here if you wanted but we're gonna
head up the spiral staircase to that second floor so in a place like this this is the most practical
use of a staircase the spiral and this would be the bedroom floor and i like how also there's
no doors in here it's all pockets doors popping into the wall i like how there's a lot of modern
features in here but towards the back of the hallway welcome to your master bathroom front
and center you have your claw foot soaking tub with this antique faucet that comes right out of
the floor you have a fireplace in your bathroom this is a wood burning original fireplace here
right off of the fireplace you actually have a steam shower i'm gonna walk in here just so you
can get the perspective of the size and for being the narrowest apartment this is a pretty large
shower all those original beams overhead and check this out these actually open up we're not gonna do
it now because they are a bit finicky and they kind of stick but this whole wall pockets open
and leads out to your own private tariffs overlooking your garden down below in the
summertime just look at all the greenery we are facing southwest so you have sunlight
the entire day so just imagine you have all these doors opened up you're lying butt naked
in your claw foot soaking tub in the narrowest apartment in the entire city that's a flex right
there so i want to point this out this entire house has been modernized so you have built-in
hvac all central air and heat and then if we leave the actual bathroom here's the water closet
so this is nice it's separate from the actual bathroom the soaking tube back into the main
sterile area this is the first guest bedroom check this out this is actually a built-in murphy bed
because you're probably thinking to yourself where would you actually put a bed in here
murphy beds i've actually lived in apartments that have murphy beds they're the best thing in
the city for utilizing space so you've got your murphy bed again this is fireplace number two
in this apartment street view down below in the beautiful greenwich village and actually this
is your closet where else you're off the window could you even call this a closet geez that's more
closet space than i have i don't have a closet in my bedroom you know making use of space vertical
storage space comment down below if you would live here if you did have five million dollars because
i'm sold i love small spaces right now i live in a pretty large apartment but this is bringing me
back to like new york this is new york living and there's still one more floor so it's on up there
to the third and final floor this is technically the owner's floor and above us this is a skylight
which was put into this building in 1923 which has been fully automated so with the push of a button
you actually have blinds which come down to block out the sun if you wanted it but why would you
ever want to block out the sun so much natural light you have doors which pocket to close off
because you can't really have opening and closing doors near just because there's not enough space
but on this side this would be all the owner's sweet and gabe and i were talking where would you
even put the bed i'm gonna lay back down again so this would be your king size bed so it would
fill up the whole space so the only real solution for this would be to have a murphy bed right here
which would be a twin or if we switch sides you put the bed right here and it would just kind of
engulf the whole room and block the fireplace yeah and be super close to this and then in here you
have all this built-in shelving this could be a home office there's actually a little space here
for a desk chair it's a tiny little cubby for home office i mean just imagine sitting here and
working away on your computer and then across the hallway basically it's mirrored on the other side
again you have the pocket door so we'll keep this shut just to show you what it looks like
so this shuts all the way and there's actually more hidden shelving behind this pocket door as
far as closet space goes this is the largest closet in the whole apartment right here
just two hanging racks with two shelves above and a storage space below that is it for your owner's
wing closet again you have another fireplace the thing i love about this space it is sun
drenched which leads out to your terrace on that top level floor overlooking all the greenery
the sunset off there into the west just a slice of new york city history so comment down below do
you think you could live in this narrow apartment let me know and i will see you in the next episode