This apartment was perfect accommodation for us. There were three of us on a short break in New York doing some touristy things and visiting relations.
It was very convenient from JFK airport. We got the AirTrain to Jamaica and it was about a 10min walk from there.
The apartment was a lovely quiet apartment overlooking a park. Even the light sleeper got a really good night sleep!
The beds were comfortable and having two bathrooms was brilliant.
We had breakfast in the apartment and eat out for lunch & dinner, so we didn’t do any cooking in the kitchen. But it did have equipment for cooking.
The wifi was good which is important to us!
It had an excellent seating area with a big TV. I think it would be good if there was a coffee table. The only other things it could benefit from is a few more lamps and maybe some stools at the lovely breakfast island.
There was a supermarket about 3 minutes’ walk from the apartment where we picked up some essentials for breakfast. And some cloths shops just another few minutes' walk. I also spotted a cinema, but we didn't have time to go.
We were only a few minutes’ walk from the subway stations that took us straight into Manhattan and one day we went to Jamaica station and got the subway into Brooklyn to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge. Or there is a really fast train straight into Penn Station in only 20mins. We had a 7-day multi-use metro pass so tended to use the subway.
We hired a car for a day to visit some relatives in Long Island. There was some metered parking on the park side of the road and also free parking on the apartment building side of the road (except for 30mins in the morning for road sweeping I think). As it was quite busy when we got back, we used a handy valet Parking Garage on Pearsons Blvd that cost us £20 from 10pm to 5:30pm the following day.
Communication was also excellent. I got responses very quickly to my queries. Mara was very helpful with information and my requests.
This is a great apartment; we loved it and I would definitely book it again when I’m in New York.