We really enjoyed our stay at Carmen’s place. We were able to drop off our bags and get the key early, then enter after six. Nice to have it to ourselves. (FYI: Since it operates as a day care there is no dining room table or adult chairs in the open area. Not an issue for us since we were there to explore the city. It’s also very clean and the bedroom is fine with a comfortable bed.) You could park in the street, but it’s not that easy to find a spot. We used the SpotHero app to reserve in advance at the garage right next door for just over half the posted rate. (Play around with the times…The price went down if we entered at 5pm instead of 4:30.). The neighborhood is also fine with a police station and supermarket very close by and a very vibrant Hispanic community with all its eateries, shops and street vendors. It’s super easy to take the 1 train downtown (nice just tapping the phone to pay now), just count on up to half hour or more to get to Times Square or farther south. Also nice to check out late on Sunday!