Rental of the Day: 166 22nd Street, #1

This garden apartment in Greenwood Heights has been completely opened up and gutted, with new floors and exposed brick. It won’t be to everyone’s taste, but the renovation included some charming vintage-style details such as a subway tile in the kitchen, wainscot in the living room, hefty trim and tin ceilings.

The floor plan has been flipped so the combined kitchen-dining-living (a great room) is in the windowless middle, with windowed bedrooms (there are two) at either end. The apartment is being marketed as a duplex of 2,000 square feet, but we’re dubious since the second level appears to be in a below-grade cellar. The floor plan shows two “rec rooms” on that level, so the apartment “can be used as three to four bedrooms with two full baths,” according to the listing copy.

There is also a very attractive private garden and a washer/dryer. Do you think it’s worth $5,000 a month?

166 22nd Street, #1 [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP