Prior to my actual stay I️ read all the reviews and was slightly concerned. For the most part the good and the bad are true. Except that the bad is not that bad specially for the location and price of the room.
First the questionable. Yes the neighborhood is a minority neighborhood, there are pets and the smells and sounds to go w them, the house is older.
However, it is New York and it is Brooklyn and the neighborhood though dark and seemingly sketch at night is walkable, there are families and young teenager walking around. My brother and I️ walked from the various train stations to the AirBnB location at various times of the day and night and didn’t have anything negative to say. Obviously always practice precaution.
The house is older and there are multiple guest and animals living there. The stairs creaked, I️ assume there are rodents though I️ didn’t see any. I️ never saw any of the dogs, sadly. I️ love pets. You can smell the dogs when you first come into the patio, but pets smell, it’s a fact. Overall, inside the house you can’t really notice much of the pets.

Overall my stay here was all around positive. The room was clean. You do share a bathroom. The bathroom is pretty new, with 2 showers and 2 sinks, 1 toilet. There is a kitchen for you to share as well, and there are plates, cups, utensils, and pots that you can use to heat up food on the stove. No microwave. Heather provided us with milk, 4 kinds of cereal and orange juice. This was super helpful! Oh and yes you can use the fridge to store your food. Though you can NOT have food in your room, you can have water. In the kitchen there is a table and during our stay we shared many great conversations while eating with the other guests. The train is very close and will take you all around NY. There are neighborhood stores and places to get food such as pizza, burgers, gyros etc. In summary I️ got what I️ paid for. Heather was polite. The other guest were interesting. The acomedations were adequate for what I️ needed, a place to sleep and rest while exploring NY.