We loved staying with Ken. He was easy to get a hold of when we got a bit lost heading towards his home and arrived very late but he was very accommodating and stayed up waiting for us. He offered us tickets to his show, Finian's Rainbow and gave us absolute privacy within the bedroom/bathroom space of the apartment. We didn't get a chance to go out to the garden because we were so busy walking around and his place is right on the green 4/5/6 line (express too which was a bonus as there was construction impeding stops to some of the more local stops on certain trains). If I come back to NYC I'd very likely ask to stay here again.