If you are looking for a charming non-hotel environment in which to stay near NYC, consider Leo's apartment. Convenient to the subway (four blocks away), shopping (Key Foods is one block away), with numerous restaurants and shops everywhere in the neighborhood, but yet very quiet inside, it was the perfect place for our NYC stay. To cut down on our expenses, we were able to cook our dinners using Leo's kitchen equipment. In fact we kind of became like true New Yorkers taking the subway home from the city in the evening, hitting Key Foods for groceries and not sitting down to eat until 8-9pm! Anyway, Leo keeps a lovely and immaculate apartment, one I would most definitely rent again.