Giorgia's apartment was great! It had everything you would need and it was clean. It's about a ~45 minute train ride into Manhattan (take the J train), which didn't bother me. It was a 5-10 minute walk to the J train, and Rite Aid is conveniently across the street from the train station should you need something.
The only drawback was that I didn't feel 100% safe. I was told by locals that this neighborhood has a bad reputation (arson, shootings, robberies, etc). While it is undergoing gentrification and Giorgia's home is on the "nicer" side, if you walk deeper into the neighborhood or are walking through the neighborhood from the opposite side (don't take the L train) you may encounter some unsavory people. When walking home one evening, my boyfriend and I almost got into a confrontation with a group of men who thought we were looking at them funny but we were squinting our eyes because it was raining and dark (we didn't have an umbrella)! There was also one morning where someone banged on the window hollering our host's name, but they eventually left after a few minutes.
TL;DR. Great place, pretty good location, gracious host, iffy neighborhood (safety-wise).