Avoid that flat. It is cheap, the room has a lot of light and the localisation is ok.
Nevertheless, bear in mind this is not the best side of Williamsburg.
The flat was disgusting, so disgusting I wouldn’t walk without socks. Floor was not vacuumed. Kitchen was disgusting. Sink was full of dishes that had been there for way too long. Food was laying in the sink as well. Fridge was full of takeaway food in aluminium containers that were here for a long time considering the smell and color. After a few days, bathroom started smelling like urine and neither the sink nor the shower had been cleaned. Bath mats were humid/ soaked at any time of the day. The room was dirty, floor was as dirty as in the rest of the flat and things were packed under the bed, as if it had been tided up at the last minute.
Communication was poor and the host was pretty rude by text. Flat mates only came out of their rooms when we were out of common areas.
Two events have occurred that made our stay very poor:
1. We came back one night and gas was on for a long time. It smelt like gas on the whole floor as if there was a leak. We stoped it and we heard the flat mates turn it back on later (the right way this time) and complaining about the fact we cut the gas.
2. One flat mate locked himself out during the day and had the lock changed. We came back around 12am and figured out the key wasn’t working anymore. We tried to knock at the door but the flat was empty and we had no clue what was going on as nobody informed us about it. We managed to open by chance and got a text one hour later to tell us what happened. At 4am the other flat mate knocked at the door very loud and we woke up to open the door. He was smelling like alcohol and very agressive, reappearing the HE lives here and not listening to what we were saying about the lock being changed.
Overall a very bad experience. Do not go there if you expect more than a bed to sleep in.