This apartment is close to the metro which is great. However it did mean road and train noise at night. The area is rather more 'gritty' than expected. I would not have felt safe as a single traveller coming and going at night. The apartment was sizeable and had good heating since the temperature was at an all time low for April. All in all the apartment adequately met our needs but did not quite live up to our (possibly high) Brooklyn cool, loft style apartment vision. We did not meet the host but she was good at communication and checked in with us via sms to make sure everything was ok.