555 W 23rd St Unit S3N, Unit S3N

A one-bedroom with a 230-square-foot private terrace, in one of West Chelsea's most coveted condominiums - 781 square feet in all, and the terrace is the part almost nothing else in the building has. The exposure is northern, which in this neighbourhood is the point rather than the compromise: steady, even light all day, the light the galleries two streets away are built around, and never the glare that makes a south-facing room unusable at four o'clock. It falls well on the hardwood floors. The kitchen has been renovated - granite counters, dark maple cabinetry, stainless appliances - and passes through to the living room, so the cook is never shut away from it. The bedroom sits at the bac