Carla and Ken's place is great! We usually spend most of our time in Manhattan when we visit NY, so staying in Brooklyn really opened my perspective to the diversity of the city. In short, I would never see myself living in Manhattan as much as I like visiting, but because of the neighborhood of the airbnb, Brooklyn would not be out of the question! Really close to nice spots like ample hills ice cream and Dino BBQ. Many convenient stores in the area and super close to trains towards Uptown. Great experience overall!