We had a wonderful stay at Nicks! He and his wife were very responsive to any needs and offered advice for public transportation and local restaurants. As a note for future guests, this house is located 30 minutes drive to the Staten Island Ferry. Since their were 6 of us, we chose to drive instead of take the train, since it was cheaper and ended up being the same time to get to ferry. If you drive, there is convenient $8 parking lot with shuttle or free on-street parking (weekend was easier to find this). Even though our travel time to Manhattan was up to 1.5 hours each way, our children thoroughly enjoyed the ferry ride and considered it part of the NYC experience! The value of the house was unbelievable allowing us an affordable weekend trip to the city.