1171 Ocean Pkwy APT 6L, Brooklyn, NY 11230

There's a particular calm to the tree-lined stretch of Ocean Parkway around Avenue L — a wide, landscaped boulevard that has stayed quietly residential while much of Brooklyn changed around it. Apartment 6L sits on the sixth floor of 1171 Ocean Parkway, a well-kept 1940 elevator co-op, and it has just been brought back to move-in condition: hardwood floors refinished, walls freshly painted throughout, and the bath newly re-glazed. The work is done — what's left is to move in. At 642 square feet, 6L is larger than most studios in Midwood, and it's laid out to use every foot of it. It's also a top-floor corner unit with no neighbors on either side — one wall is the building's exterior, the other backs the elevator — and no one overhead. Six floors up on Ocean Parkway, it sits up among the treetops: bright, quiet, and private on every side. The main living room runs nearly 21 feet and draws light from three windows — enough room for a full living area and a separate sleeping area without either feeling crowded. Just off it, a large foyer makes a genuine dining room, a quiet home office, or the space to build a wall-to-wall closet of your own — the kind of dedicated second space a studio almost never includes. The kitchen has its own breakfast nook, with two windows for bright morning meals, and a windowed full bath sits down a short private hall. Storage is a quiet advantage here — two closets in the foyer and two more along the hall to the bath, more than most studios offer, plus the flexibility of that oversized foyer. Ceilings are high, the rooms hold light through the day, and the apartment has the solid, settled feel of prewar Ocean Parkway construction. Monthly maintenance is $571 and includes heat and hot water — a low carrying cost, and a notably low one for this building. Residents share a card-operated laundry room, a bike room, and private storage, with a voice intercom, an elevator, a handicap-accessible lobby, and a live-in superintendent on site. Subletting is permitted with board approval after two years of ownership. Outside the door, Ocean Parkway's landscaped walking and cycling paths run the length of the neighborhood. The Q train at Avenue M, local and express buses, and the shops and restaurants of Avenue M, Avenue J and Kings Highway are all close at hand, while the block itself stays quiet. Walk Score 82. Showings are by private, pre-qualified appointments at the owner's signed request.