My family loved our stay at Parkslope, Brooklyn. It is truly a convenient place with lots of eating outlets, groceries, pharmacy etc, and is a short walking distance away from the subway station which allows you to commute easily to any part of Manhattan. Traveling time from Parkslope to Manhattan downtown is about half and hour by train. It is a family friendly neighborhood to stay in and away from the blaring honking of traffic and police and fire engines sirens of Manhattan.
It was intriguing to stay in a brownstone apartment, amidst the rows of brownstone buildings lined with trees. The rooms we used are situated on the second and third floor of the apartment, but my family usually congregated on the third floor where the dining area, kitchen, living cum second bedroom and a toilet were. The second floor was where the full bathroom and master bedroom were.
David is a wonderful host, friendly, sincere and helpful. His apartment was more than adequately stocked with essentials like towels, toiletries, kitchen wares, supplies like coffee and sugar etc. the apartment was clean and comfortable for five of us. We loved the bathroom which was newly renovated with heating and a heated towel rack which was a plus. David stayed on the first floor as NYC law only permits such short term leasing if owner also stays in the same apartment. But throughout our stay we had full privacy as we had second and third floor to ourselves.
Would recommend anybody visiting NYC to stay in this apartment to have a feel of living in a New York neighborhood.