We stayed with Alison for one week while visiting New York on vacation. We were very underwhelmed by the state of the building which was dilapidated and not very clean. Though we now realise this is fairly typical for this part of Williamsburg, we weren’t expecting it. We didn’t personally have any issues but the area didn’t feel too safe for walking late at night. We spent most of our time in Manhattan but found the streets around Bedford Ave station to be a nicer area and more what we had in mind. In future we would look to stay there or in Manhattan.
Alison was out when we arrived so we let ourselves in using the lockbox which was good, but meant the room was not cleaned since the previous guests’ check out. The apartment itself was much smaller and more tired than it looked online from the pictures and although generally clean we did find a mouse lodging with us in the room..! Very small bathroom which was shared, but was clean. Air conditioning in the bedroom worked well but was very noisy, however even without this the room had a lot of noise from the street and subway. The apartment block is a 2 minute walk from 2 J line stations into Manhattan which was really good for going to and from the city. We spent very little time in the apartment and didn’t see Alison very much.