If you are going to NY, stay with Giovanni! He gave great local tips and his place is both beautiful and reasonably priced. It is about a 5 minute walk to the C train entrances, uptown C train will take you up through Times Square and Downtown can take you right over to Brooklyn Park. We only spent about $15 total on the metro pass for 3 days, no need to Uber! Giovanni recommended Ragazzis to eat which is literally next door and amazing, along with Brooklyn Park which ended up being the highlight of the trip. Would absolutely stay with him again.