Pretty great experience, it must be said at the outset because that is what it was. If I had to take a pin and pick out the perfect location to stay in New York City, this exact apartment might be the place the pin ends up. The actual neighborhood itself is one of the most interesting places you could possibly stay for sure. It has the best cafe in all of NYC in Brooklyn Kolache Co. Don't worry I checked every other cafe in the city and the backyard of this coffee shop is the best place to drink a latte. And the small lattes are only 3.25! Which is obscenely cheap, which you quickly learn after trying to find a cup of coffee in the village. The apartment is literally (I mean literally) right next to the subway (so for those worrying about late night walks home down dark secluded alley ways in a big dangerous city, worry not), and the subway will take to pretty much any other neighborhood in NYC you would want to go within 30 minutes. Williamsburg is 10 minutes towards Queens on the G. Long Island City is 5 minutes more. The family neighborhoods of Brooklyn like Cobble Hill and Park Slope are 10 minutes the other way on the G. Bushwick is a transfer away, the Lower East Side is a transfer away, Washington Square and Greenwich Village/Soho/Tribeca/Chelsea are all a transfer away. The museums in the Upper East Side and Central Park are a bit farther but riding the subway is so easy! You just sit there and people watch! Admittedly later at night the subways run less frequently so the travel times get longer, but the people waiting with you are good to commiserate with. As I said it very well may be the best location to stay in NYC, if only for the ease with which all the other places are reached, and because I know people who live in the lower east/west sides of Manhattan and the have the habit of never leaving Manhattan. Don't never leave Manhattan! The rest of NYC is great too. I'll just say that if you stay in Manhattan you probably won't make it out to Bed-Stuy, but if you stay here in Bed-Stuy you'll definitely make it into Manhattan. As the for the apartment and the room: it does the job. The kitchen is small, the room is small, the apartment is a little on the dirtier side (less from neglect and more from the dirtier side being the apartment's natural state). If hyper-cleanliness is a massive thing for you, maybe this isn't your place, but I consider cleanliness to be kind of a thing for me and it was fine. Also you'll save money since the surrounding environs are generally cheaper than other places. As I said, 3.25 for a small latte, which in the uber-hip enclaves of the LES might run 4.50. It's a great place to stay, is what I'm...