Nina's little apartment near the beach is lovely. She lives nearby and came over personally to familiarize me with how everything works. My husband and I found the apartment very comfortable and really enjoyed being so close to Brighton Beach and to the neighborhood's amazing grocery stores (best one, a destination place! Tashkent, near Coney Island Avenue). Because Covid is currently raging in NYC, and especially because the Brighton Beach area is low-vaccination rate, we opted to totally avoid restaurants. This at first was a big disappointment, but Nina's well equipped kitchen enabled us to buy our own food -- an adventure in itself -- and eat in, safely, rather than out. I noticed that another reviewer mentioned roaches in the kitchen. Yes, we saw some, too. But we are former residents of New York City, and can attest that this is a very common and intractable problem. If this is something that will bother you, be forewarned. But it didn't bother us. I noticed some indication that one reviewer seemed bothered by inter-language difficulties (Nina's English is very basic; she speaks Russian). I speak a little Russian and was thrilled to be able to do so with Nina, but even if I didn't speak a word, we would have communicated fine. Nina is also able to receive texts in English and Google translate them, and write back in English, which would take care of any need to ask her for help in case of a problem. (We didn't have to do this because no problems, but it was clear from preliminary communications that she is very responsive.) This is an AirBnB that my husband and I would rent again. It's Brighton Beach at its best, and Brighton Beach is a magical place for fans of real NYC.