Had a nice stay for three weeks at Ridgewood, Queens with Marina and other room mate. The Airbnb is located within a five minute walk to two subway stations that are in different directions. One station - Myrtle-Wyckoff has the L and M train. Seneca AVE station just has the M train. 40 to 45 mins on train to 42nd street Bryant Park Station on the M TRAIN...that's where the majority of the Broadway shows are. Cafe on corner called MILK AND PULL cafe ... Corner of Madison and Seneca Avenue 30 metres from your front door. Washing machine and dryer in the basement level... One dollar for dryer, you need quarters. One dollar fifty cents for washing machine. On Seneca Avenue lots of dairies or convenience stores do nice eggs and bacon on a roll or Philly Cheese steaks on a hero roll. Ridgewood is not MANHATTAN...but it is safe. A very working class neighborhood. Good value for money Airbnb. Nearby Chinese restaurant and nearby Taco place off Madison that is cheap. I never felt unsafe there, it's very Working Class Suburbia and lots of Latino people who were very nice.
Thanks
John Mathieson
New Zealand