This is going to be a little long so hang tight. First, this place is crazy nice. Clean and modern with enough room to easily fit 10 people! Even with turning off the air during the day while we were gone it cooled quickly and felt so nice after a hot day in NYC. HOWEVER, if you are visiting NYC like we were, there are a few things we learned that could hopefully help someone else!
- the closest subway stop is a 10 minute walk away and while its true it will take 30 to 40 minutes into the city. That time is for people who understand the subway and it's so confusing. It took us an hour every day because of the learning curve so keep that in mind. (New Yorkers aren't known for being super helpful in the subway). If it's important to you to have as much time possible in the city, I would splurge and pay more to be closer because public transit can be so unreliable and annoying.
- this is the PERFECT place if you are going to be gone most of the day exploring the city. wake up early and come back late etc. This is Brooklyn and the houses are all connected and there are people living above you and the walls are thiinnnn. You will definitely hear the other humans! But not at night so if it's just for sleep it shouldn't bother you at all! We slept really good with no issue.
- our host Alina was lovely and gave us tons of recommendations on places to eat and things to explore!
Overall, this was so great! We loved all the space and how nice the place was. The only thing was how long it took to get in the city when you don't know what you're doing and it just takes practice which we didn't have for being there 3 days.