Brian was an absolutely wonderful host! My roommate and I stayed here for 2.5 months at the end of our senior year. The apartment is extremely spacious-the bedroom is huge, and the common room can double as a second bedroom. The 2 bathrooms made it feel like there were two different units. The porch is lovely and we enjoyed hanging out out there in the evenings. The description is right on that this place feels like the best of both worlds-you’re in the center of Harlem one block away from 125 st station and so many stores, restaurants and bars, while Brian’s apartment is an oasis where you look out on a community garden and hear birds chirping in the morning.
Brian was extremely communicative and flexible throughout our stay, always willing to do whatever to make things work for us. My single disappointment was that the apartment doesn’t get much sunlight-but you can always walk to St Nicholas Park to sun bathe!