We reached in the afternoon and found the keys exactly where Sharon had kindly mentioned they were at. Sharon had shared the address and other details with us via text the day before, which was very kind and proactive of her. The apartment is one of three in the same house - each apartment has a different door to enter and separate amenities. This one's in the basement - with four 23kg suitcases each, it would have been nice to have been mentally prepared for the staircases. Impeccable apartment undoubtedly. Only one ~2x3 foot window looking out ground level. There was milk, bread, eggs in the refrigerator that Sharon had kindly provided! Pleasant surprise that. Neighbourhood is quiet, friendly neighbours, takes about a 17min walk to the train station ( ~60min to get to Central Park ), lots of buses around, closest 7/11 is a 10min walk. The toilet backed up a couple of times, and resolved itself automatically. Really appreciated the access to a washer & dryer since I'd been in NYC for three weeks already and had laundry to do. It rained the last day I was there at Canarsie and some weird looking insects crawled out into the apt on my clothes. Luckily the insects were more scared of us than we were of them so we didn't have to call for help! We met Sharon once during our stay and she's a lovely, inspiring person. We watched a lot of TV when we weren't travelling to Manhattan. We cooked breakfast in the kitchenette most days. The apartment looks like a hotel room - it's quite fabulously well done. I couldn't sleep on the mattress though - it really moved each time my sister turned over - I slept on the couch for three nights. Sister slept on the mattress. Had I been staying alone, I'd have slept like a baby on that mattress.