A lovely Airbnb in the quiet neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens. This is essentially a daylight basement (called "garden level" in NYC). It looks like the host usually lives here as there are lots of toiletries and kitchen condiments, but closets are empty and there's plenty of space for guests.
This is pretty far from Manhattan, so don't expect to hail taxi cabs-- there usually aren't any. Uber and Lyft are the way to go. Takes 45 minutes to get to midtown Manhattan.