My wife and I stayed at Nia's place during a weekend trip to Brooklyn. We had the whole apartment to ourselves during our stay as noted in the listing. This place is a great value if you are not looking to be near the main attractions in Manhattan. We felt that this was definitely more of a local neighborhood without tourists, but we also felt relatively safe. Nia's bedroom faces the street and some of the windows were slightly open because of the heat being on, but we weren't really bothered by noise outside while sleeping. There are a number of local stores nearby and the subway is less than a ten minute walk. The apartment had everything we needed. We also were able to communicate with Nia and get a reply back relatively quickly. Overall, we were very happy to find an entire apartment for rent at such a great value.