Excellent value. Petrona is super nice and accommodating. The house was very clean, private and had everything you could need. There was milk and OJ and cold cuts and all kinds of odds and ends made available to us. We were there during a very hot and humid time and the bedrooms did not cool as well as one would hope. There is AC and it works great...in the living room. Regardless - we were very pleased with the value and would have no problem recommending this property to anyone.
If you are using public transportation and going to Manhattan you will have to take a bus and subway combo and the best you're going to do is about an hour. The bus stop is less than 5 mins from the house so it's pretty close to that.