Great place to stay with our teenage boys. Short walk to subway and approx half hour on train to Manhattan. Two sets of steps to flat and steps to elevated subway station may not be easy for very young children. Good links to JFK airport. FIsh fry opposite was good for first night take-out and Josandra's pizzeria recommendation was excellent. Used Key Food supermarket near subway station for grocery shopping. Josandra was helpful with advice via email. We bought a week's Metrocard each for just over $30 which took us everywhere we wanted to go, including Coney Island; had the weather been cooler we'd have bought funfair wristbands for the boys as the queues there were so short!