We had an excellent stay in Brookly at Debbie's place.

Debbie was away while we were in town, so she organised for her mum to be at the apartment on the evening when we arrived to welcome us and show us around - and then we had the entire apartment to ourselves for the next two weeks. The bed room is very spacious with a desk, TV and wardrobe. The Kitchen has everything you could ask for. It was excellent having our own bathroom too. While there is no laundry, there are a 3 laundromates within a 5 min walk which worked a treat. the backyard looked sweet - but was covered in snow so we didnt get to enjoy it ourselves!

the area is a lovely brownstone street. there are lots of grocery stores, restaurants and shops close by, and a LOT of little churches. on sundays we would walk passed and hear songs of praise coming from the door. The area is very multicultural with many people originally from Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti etc running local shops / eateries particularly near Nostrand station. towards Franklin Ave there are more latino shops (mexican, panama etc) and a number of organic shops, community centres, and a few recently opened fancy pizza bars, diners etc. I imagine the area will become more gentrified quite quickly.

the two train station options means Manhattan is very accessible via either of the lines and we were really pleased with the location.

thanks for a great holiday Debbie!