Hey kids!: work really hard and go to business school join a startup and sell it in two years, and the dream of owning a cool rooftop home could be yours! In Manhattan!? Yes. Right here in NYC. Crazy.  See some examples of what to set your sights on below...-

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Via Apartment Therapy, the first photo is from an apartment on the Upper West Side. More below:

Cape Cod Style Bungalow, East 1st Street and 1st Avenue:

On the corner of East 13th and 3rd Ave:

Prefab home in Williamsburg:

Icosa Village Pad in Williamsburg: