303 E 57th St Unit 15K, Unit 15K

The living room runs twenty-two feet, and the windows look out to the Queensboro Bridge and the skyline behind it. At about 750 square feet, 15K has the proportions of a one-bedroom without the walls. A dining foyer of 9'7" by 13'9" opens off the living room room for a full table, or for a bed set behind a screen. The kitchen is its own room rather than a line of appliances along a wall. Closets flank the entry hall, the kind of storage you notice a month in rather than on the walkthrough. The Excelsior is a doorman co-op on East 57th Street, built in 1967. Maintenance is $2,180.67 a month; with electricity and cable it runs about $2,285. The building is a land-lease cooperative.