WOW! What a beautiful apartment with every amenity we could hope for so thoughtfully provided. Mary was there to greet us and made us feel right at home. She put us at ease immediately about use of the subway and we were off! It is a 6 block walk to the j train and then you are off to the big city. She recommended the unlimited Metro pass which we got for 7 days and used extensively. We traversed Manhattan from 110 Street down to the Staten Island ferry and everywhere in between. Mary thoughtfully provided some breakfast treats for our first morning and a nice bottle of wine. The neighborhood is a few stops from Williamsburg and fun shops and great eateries. There are flight of stairs outside and then two more inside but that was fine for us; got us ready for the million stairs of the NYC subway system! LOL! Thanks so much Mary for a beautiful place to call home away from home.