Oh my goodness, where do I start?! This place is truly a find, clean, comfortable and affordable. The bedroom is spacious with plenty of storage with the two closets, dresser and nightstand. The queen bed and linens are super comfortable and we had great sleep every night. We had an A/C unit in our room that also kept us quite comfortable. The private bathroom is located in the hallway/landing, so you do have to come out of the bedroom and it's two doors down, so we had to adapt slightly. It is one of two bedrooms in the second floor and the stairs are a little steep. The common area seems to be a master bedroom turned into a full kitchen, dining and sitting area. The kitchen has a full stove, refrigerator, microwave, toaster, French press (no coffee maker) and is stocked with all the basics for cooking/ baking. I really enjoyed this area, making breakfast and last night snacks every day, lots of conversations with all the other guests and catching up on reading/writing. Theres is a bathroom off the kitchen, which is the common bathroom to all the other guests. We got our grocery shopping done at Trader Joe's accessible by bus 1 1/2 miles away, but there are several other mini markets, including an organic market a couple of blocks away.
This place is really accessibly by public transportation. I flew in to JFK and took the Q10 bus and it left me a block away from this place. You could also take the Air tran and the LIRR, but it will be more money. To reach Manhattan, we also took the Q10 bus to the Kew Gardens/Turnpike station (2 stops away) and then the subway into Manhattan. We had late nights every day, but there always plenty of people getting off the subway and taking the bus, so safety was never an issue. I don't know when I will return to New York, but I plan to stay here again. The hosts were quite gracious and incredibly fast in their responses. Truly a great place.