Consistent with the other reviews, this was a great place to stay. The house is occupied by Alicia, her son, and two rooms for guests. In short, for a short-term stay, this place is excellent, provided you account for the travelling time out of Queens. For a long-term stay, this place is great but even if you have a lot of computer work to do (like I did), try mixing it up and working outside too because it can feel claustrophobic otherwise.
[Hosts]
Both Alicia and her son were pleasant and gentle people, and I was always given my privacy. Both of them, as well as Elizabeth, were always responsive to any problems I was facing.
[Room]
Just enough space to sleep and work at a small table. If you're staying for a long period however (for me, I stayed for 4 weeks), it can feel claustrophobic staying in for multiple days, so I would advise going outside to work or sightsee.
Air-conditioning was a problem; I stayed during New York's great heat wave and the air-con in the room is a floor unit (i.e. closer to the ground, not mounted high on a wall), so it wasn't effective in cooling the entire room (unless kept on for multiple hours, and even then it wasn't cool enough). When I slept, since it was right next to the air-conditioning vent, it would conversely get too cold too fast. However, I got used to this over time by chilling by the air-conditioning on the bed when I was feeling hot, and then turning it off. To be fair to the hosts, this is only a problem if you're doing a long stay like me; for short stays, I think you should be able to manage.
[Common areas]
Alicia kindly allowed me to use the microwave and her coffee supplies whenever I wanted. The bathroom was also well-maintained and stocked; it was cleaned regularly too (I think on a weekly basis).
Alicia's place is located on the second floor and it's a walk-up unit, so if you have a lot of luggage, try to give advance notice and see if someone can help you up. I was very lucky that Alicia was returning from work when I arrived and she was very sweet in offering me assistance.
[Neighbourhood]
Very safe -- I only got accosted once (by a professed psychic) but she left me alone after a while. I never felt uncomfortable walking around at 10pm or 11pm, as the streets were still sufficiently lively with friendly people just hanging around.
However, it is quite far from Manhattan (and correspondingly, very far from Brooklyn). To get to Manhattan, you have to take a 15-20 min bus ride to one of a few subway stations, and the journey to Manhattan takes another 40-50 min, with multiple train transfers often required. If you're planning to travel to the city centre or Brooklyn every day, my advice is leave early and come back late; travel eats up a big chunk of your time, and you definitely cannot afford the time to go back and forth multiple times in a day. Also, at the risk of stating the obvious, if you try to Uber back from town, it's going to be very expensive.
On most nights, Corona's quiet, but there were some troubling nights. In the first few nights, there was very loud music coming from the streets and a lot of celebratory noise which made it difficult to sleep (though I wasn't too upset about it because people being joyous is always a good thing). On another night, the door bell kept on ringing from about 2am to 7am and I was worried as to who was trying to enter at such a timing . I later learnt in the morning that apparently it's a common buzzer for the entire block even though it caused our door buzzer to vibrate -- but I was still rattled by this as I didn't know if it was a stranger or just a housemate who had forgotten the keys.
This place is right next to the Flushing Meadows park which is an absolute joy to walk through on a weekend! Fantastic crowds playing football, lots of picnics and even sprinkler fountains to play in. It's also next to the Ice Lemon King of Corona, which sells addictive (though pricey) Italian ice, which I bought copious amounts of, given the heat wave. If you want to get a good exposure to Queens (which you should, because it's a very eclectic borough), make sure you venture out to neighbourhoods like Astoria, Forest Hills, Jackson Heights, Flushing and Long Island City. Bear in mind that these are not very close to Corona so you still need to make time to travel.
[Price]
Excellent, especially given the high rental rates elsewhere.