We are a Danish family of four and have just come home after 10 days in New York (22 June-2 July 2013), in which we had the big pleasure of staying in Emma's basement flat with private access to her big backyard.

The place has worked out really well. we came late in the evening and Emma had bought us the basics for the refrigerator, a really nice touch. The kitchen is well equipped, there are laundry facilities, the master bed mattress was perfect, neither too soft nor too hard, and the kids enjoyed the 700 channels on the tv after a long day of sights in NY. Their sofa bed was on the soft side, which they liked and I would have hated.

Emma is very straight forward, very helpful and easy to get along with. She lives in the building also so any minor issue would be solved quickly.

You are a bit away from the centre up in Harlem some 20 min. on Subway # 1 = the red line in a nice street close to the Hudson River. My husbands was running every morning and enjoyed all the brownstone houses, the Riverside Park, etc.

We can strongly recommend this place, to buy a Subway card, and a New York Tour Pass (http://www.newyorktouristpass.com/) in advance of your trip. We would never had spent all that money on sights had we had had to pay up front everytime -and often, we could even skip queues when showing the card! Really good value if you are into sights all of kinds.

Nearby Convent Church had a good Sunday sermon with a Gospel choir worth a visit.

Another place that we heard of not mentioned often is The Public Library, an astonishing building near Times Square that amazed us all.

Thanks to Emma, all the kind people we met along the way, fantastic weather and breathtaking sights, we are ready to go back anytime.

Jette and family