An excellent place to stay at while visiting New York City. For those unfamiliar, in NYC you take metro *everywhere* – all parts are within reach, and Carmela's place is super close to the Prospect Ave station, which accesses the R, N, D, and W trains. It literally only took us 3-5 minutes to walk to the station (it's just around the corner). Such close access to the R line was very convenient as this one runs at ALL times (even late into the night) and takes you all over Manhattan where everything is (even all the way to Central Park), and spans Brooklyn from SW to NW.
The neighborhood was super safe. We spent a week returning late into the nights and not once did we feel uncomfortable walking through – even my girlfriend, who's a bit skittish with that stuff.
There is a cute dog, who wasn't bothersome at all. Didn't bark, and was always kept well separated from everyone (totally different part of the house).
Carmela was super nice, friendly, and helpful! The rooms were very clean.