My husband and I were there to attend the US Open. Travel to and from was not terribly convenient in terms of time. We ended up having to take a cab (convenient and fast, but $15 expense) to and then alternated between walking 45 minutes back or taking a car ($40 expense). I'm sure the bus to subway routine is simple if you're familiar with how the buses and subways work and where the stops are and which buses do what and when, but we were not familiar and ended up frustrated trying to figure it out.
Neighborhood was nice, very family oriented and quiet. Unfortunately also very full of mosquitoes! In the time it took to go from our car and unlock the front door, we were bit 6 times lol. Someone had apparently inadvertently left a window in the kitchen open and it took us two days to notice it. Explained why we kept finding mosquitoes in the apartment!
Apartment itself was very roomy and quite adequate. Has a certain charm to it. Furnishings were very pleasant. I'm certain that I read on the listing that cleaning supplies were provided, however it did not include dish soap or enough toilet paper as a previous review had mentioned. A prior review also mentioned issues with the television... it took us a day or two to realize that a light switch controlled the power to the television and cable box, so make sure this is on if you stay here. Wifi was very spotty, pretty much nonexistent at all anywhere but the living room and even then, it was very slow and would lock up on our ipad and phones.
Not being familiar with the area, we were not aware that this is a very Jewish area and found ourselves walking all over to try to find a place to get food on the Friday evening we were there. I suggest making sure you are aware of operating hours of local businesses ahead of time. We HIGHLY recommend visiting Bedford restaurant on Main St. Food is out of this world and the people were SO kind!! Only 4-5 blocks away.
At the end of the day, I would summarize it like this... The people were kind, neighborhood nice, parking aplenty as long as you don't wait until evening to park, and I would absolutely stay here again, but would have a better plan for commuting ahead of time, we'd bring Off!, dish soap, and toilet paper. I wouldn't call it "gorgeous", but I'd call it comfortable, roomy, reasonably priced, and plenty adequate. Thank you for having us! :)