Chiara and family just leave you to it but if required, the are upstairs but never seen. They just get on with their own life. If it's your first time in New York and you are older, I would not suggest it but for us in our 50s, we wanted to stay away from the tourist traps this time and stay in Brooklyn. We loved it so much and the area was cool. Williamsburg is so cool and fashionable and full of history too. I don't know what the area would be like late at night but we got chatting to the lady next door and she said it was up and coming. So to stay at Chiaras apartment is lovely but would recommend it for younger people or very fit older as New York is huge. Pizza around here is yummy too. Miss our lovely place on Greene Avenue Brooklyn so will recommend it to my daughter.