Frank was an amazing host-- responsive, quiet, and friendly. I stayed here during my internship in the city. The apartment is extremely close to a subway stop (Q train) and it consistently took me about 40 min to get to Rockefeller Center which is pretty much Downtown/Times Square. Soho/Chinatown is 20 min.

The neighborhood feels very authentically Brooklyn. I never felt unsafe, but it definitely had the ~trendy~ grunge and multicutural-ness that one would expect when thinking about stereotypical Brooklyn. It will be a shock if you're coming from a quiet suburb (like me), but I adjusted quickly.

The room was big and comfortable. The bathroom is a bit utilitarian, but a lot of it can be accredited to the "historic/authentically NYC charm" that the building has.

Overall, this felt like a very NYC apartment. Not Gossip Girl NYC, but closer to what it would actually be like to live in the city.