We spent lovely two nights and three days based in this Brooklyn home while on a NYC weekend trip for my daughter's 16th birthday. I found it easy to deal with Michelle and Josh. They were very welcoming and accommodating, and they made themselves readily available if needed. We found this place relatively last minute and at first were surprised by the apparently high price for a non-Manhattan property. But we were very pleasantly surprised. The home, a lovely two-story ground floor apartment, is quite spacious; simple, clean, and very comfortable. The large downstairs living room / kitchen combo, with its wonderful old-fashioned tin ceiling, is a great hanging out space. The girls loved it. Perhaps the biggest surprise was how quiet it was. The girls slept in the upstairs back (master) bedroom (they said it was super comfy) while I slept on the perfectly comfortable couch downstairs in front (the children's bedroom did not have an adult sized bed). I was worried about street noise but I slept through both nights, so either it is well insulated or a very quiet street, or both. The apartment is in the last of a series of charming intact 19th century brick row houses. The building has mature trees both in front and back. The building is on a pleasant tree-lined street on the lower end of Park Slope, just above the Gowanus neighborhood. This end of Park Slope is vibrant and diverse with several good restaurants very nearby and many more within walking distance. We felt perfectly safe. The subway was a few short blocks away, with several lines stopping there, and was a short ride into Manhattan. My first afternoon at the apartment I took a fabulous walk up through beautiful Park Slope to Prospect Park - Brooklyn's Central Park and in many ways nicer - then across the Park to the Botanical Gardens (this last a bit of a hike, but lovely). At the Gardens there was - only in Brooklyn - a hot chili pepper festival with foods and music from all over the world. Amazing. I'd actually recommend new visitors to New York to make sure you devote a good amount of time to discovering Brooklyn which, although lacking some of the celebrated apex institutions and sights of Manhattan, has its own amazing museum, music centers (BAM, Barclays), endlessly fascinating inhabitants, and, of course, Coney Island, where we spent our last (and best) day. All in all, this is a great place to stay and we'd highly recommend it for its comfort and quiet and for its excellent location.