Nice place with a lot of facilities, but far away from everything apart from the Liberty State Park and the Liberty Science Center (good option for families with children!). It took me three hours to get there from the JFK airport, on a normal day it is about 35-40min to get to lower Manhattan or the Midtown taking the light train and the Path train (they do not work with the unlimited metro card!). Bad neighbourhoods, don't walk alone at night.