This is a very quiet for a city neighborhood, convenient and congenial place to stay. J was so generous, offering us her kitchen, coffee and sitting area as we liked. While we ended up having opposite schedules and not seeing much of her, we felt totally at home. We are from a rural location, and had expected a very noisy street, but were pleasantly surprised by how quiet the street was for the most part. We stayed on the third floor due to the last minute nature of our trip, but hope to try the Garden Apartment in the future when we are visiting our family again. She has a lovely home with a quiet, green back yard. We had coffee one morning on the little balcony off the kitchen which overlooks it. Lots of places are walkable, and a block away is one of the better coffee shops we've tried.