Pros: Charming 1893 Victorian home with period detail still intact, including a fireplace in the bedroom. Lovely setting in a safe, quiet and friendly Queens neighborhood.
Cons: Unfriendly, at times almost hostile host.
During my stay, the host wrote a mass e-mail to all guests screaming in all caps because one of the bathrooms had been left in less-than-pristine condition. She threatened to cancel the reservations of *every guest in the house* if she couldn't figure out who the culprit was! Yikes. Not exactly the kind of e-mail you want to wake up to as a guest!
I quote directly from the e-mail, "I am not here to police guests to be clean. In fact, I can not believe that I have to write this message to tell my adult guests to clean up after yourselves. I am NOT YOUR MOTHER or your MAID!!! ... If I find the common areas are left dirty, I will review the camera recordings which are motion activated and the recordings are stored in the cloud. If I verify on the camera recordings that you are the uncleanly person, I will CANCEL your reservation immediately and you will be asked to leave my house immediately. This is the first and last warning I am providing to all my guests."
It's unfortunate because the house itself really is pretty as a picture and I would love to be able to write a recommendation for this place. Unfortunately, the host ruined it.
You should probably stay somewhere else.