Tara's apartment was comfortable, clean and easily accessible to many restaurants and neat little coffee shops. It is a short walk (about 15 min.) to Bedford street where there are more wonderful coffee shops, restaurants and clothing stores. We felt very safe walking around the area and it is very close to the subway train that will take you to Manhattan. It was wonderful that Tara contacted us after the first day to make sure that we had settled in and everything was fine.