This two-bedroom, one-bath residence offers a well-proportioned layout, classic prewar character, and excellent potential to create a distinctive downtown home. Double windows in the living room and both bedrooms bring in abundant natural light, while additional windows in the kitchen and bathroom make the apartment feel bright and airy throughout.
Facing the building's landscaped rear garden, the apartment enjoys a quiet outlook, privacy, and separation from the activity of the street. Generously sized rooms, a practical floor plan, and solid bones provide an appealing foundation for a buyer looking to personalize a home to suit their own style.
Built in 1937, 20 Clinton Street is a six-story, 37-unit elevator condominium situated between Houston and Stanton Streets. Building amenities include a live-in superintendent, virtual doorman, package room, bike storage, and a landscaped common garden.
The location places you in the heart of the Lower East Side, surrounded by celebrated restaurants, cafés, galleries, boutiques, nightlife, and neighborhood destinations including Clinton Street Baking Company and Essex Market. Soho, Nolita, the East Village, and Williamsburg are also within easy reach.
Convenient access to the F, J, Z, and M subway lines, along with the Houston Street crosstown bus, provides easy transportation throughout the city.
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Bursting with energy at every turn, the Lower East Side is one of the most historic neighborhoods in all of Manhattan. Rooted in immigrant history, the bulk of European and Eastern European migration that occurred in the late nineteenth through the early twentieth century took place here, where the Tenement Museum remains one of the best ways to become acquainted with how early residents of the neighborhood lived.
The unique and eclectic mix of building styles--ranging from low- and high-rises to luxury and historic buildings--begins immediately upon entering the area via the Manhattan or Brooklyn Bridge, known as Two Bridges, itself a neighborhood that has also long been known for its immigrant population. With its historic district placed in the National Register of Historic Places, many of its oldest churches, such as Mariners Temple and St. James Church remain a preserved part of the district’s storied past.
While the LES has long been a hub for aspiring musicians and artists, the area has increasingly transformed its demographic as it welcomes a more affluent sect of residents with the advent of condos and luxury spaces.