Alison's place is in a great location right next to the G in Greenpoint. It's a more quiet area at night, but trendy and bustling (but not too busy) during the day. Alison's apartment is very clean and well furnished, with a ton of plants that are very cheery. The apartment does get hot pretty quickly, but she has a/c and a fan if you need to turn them on.
Unfortunately we had a lot of issues with check in due to a flight delay we were unable to meet up Alison's friend to pass the key to us. The key was then put at her place of employment, but none of the employees knew where it was. Once the key was finally located, we had issues getting into the apartment. Thankfully it was the right key for the apartment, but the door of the apartment would not open. I asked Alison to call the super, and we finally were able to jam the door open. The super arrived to change out the doorknob but the whole process took nearly 2 hours to figure out. Once the door was fixed we had no other issues getting in + out of the apartment!
I suggest Alison get a lockbox in the area or have the keys left with a note if she leaves them at her place of employment for the next guest. Otherwise the stay was great and very comfortable! Her apartment is lovely and I would stay there again!