$1350 — 2br rr: Wow. This place is choked with charm — moldings, old floors, clawfoot tub, original violet bathroom tile, French doors. Convenient to transportation, basic shopping and food. Considering the price, too, this place is awesome all around.
CATS OK | Gates and St. Nicholas | street view | Myrtle-Wyckoff LM

$1450 — 2br: Lots of funky details in this apartment in the pretty Irving-Putnam-Halsey area south of Myrtle — look at that archway! Parquet floors, bay-front windows, large kitchen, and cheap. Could use some fresh paint but is otherwise adorable.
Jefferson and Irving | street view | Halsey L

$1250 — 2br: Nothing special but decent enough and cheap, in a solid-looking building. It’s at the end of Bushwick but only one block up an attractive street from the Wilson L. Hint: the locals call it mow-fat, not moffit.
Central and Moffat | street view | Wilson L/Chauncey JZ

$2300 — 3br: It’s interesting how owners are putting in far more work to apartments far from the “hot” area of Bushwick — this place has a kitchen with Viking appliances and a built-in water filtration system. They’re really trying to lure you guys farther south.
Bushwick and Schaefer | street view | Halsey J

$1500 — 2br: Where the hell is this that you “enter through a courtyard of cherry, Japanese maples, and young grape trees framing a pretty fountain”? The back lots of Bushwick buildings hold many unknown wonders.
Troutman and Wilson | street view | Morgan L/Myrtle JMZ/Central M

Bushwick wannabe: Hell, hell, hell no. Vernon and Tompkins is 100%, without a doubt, impossible to deny, Bedford-Stuyvesant. By a good 2/3 mile.

Helpful hint: There were too many to bother listing this week, but if something is listed “Bed-Stuy/Bushwick/E. Williamsburg” or some combination including “Bed-Stuy,” you can be confident it is just in Bed-Stuy, or at least on the Bed-Stuy side of Broadway. I have stopped saying it’s a Bushwick wannabe if it’s half a block from the Myrtle JMZ — whatever we have to say about it, at this point it seems to be — culturally at least — considered Bushwick.