NOT SAFE - I stayed here for a month and could not wait until i left!
Area: This place is located in a very dangerous area in Brooklyn. It's literally one avenue away from Brownsville. The citizens app is always notifying me about robberies 600 feet away. Or shots fired 0.2 miles away. The house itself is beautiful and sticks out like a sore thumb in the neighborhood. You are walking distance to many stores but I rarely went out as it is not safe. You end up spending money on takeout and ubers. While the house has a really good security system, I have seen the main door and the door to the apartment left open.
Room: I had requested a room away from the kitchen area and I got the room closest to the kitchen. Make sure you ask first if you care about this stuff. The first room also does not have a window which was hard to breathe. It has a balcony door that we can't leave open otherwise mosquitos will fly in. But that didn't stop the insects from getting in, we had spiders, other insects and mice. (MICE in our room!) I saw the mouse and it saw me. The place looks renovated and beautiful inside however, the common spaces are not cleaned as often as they should for a packed house. The fridge smelled like things were rotten. There are no labels on the fridge indicating a shelf for each room (this would help, so that people dont plop their food on top of others). The airbandb ad mentioned a "sunlit room" I swear I never saw the sun in my room (as there is no window).
While this place may look tempting due to the pictures (which are true) it is a beautiful place but the money is not worth it for the location. It felt awful to not be able to go outside due to the area not being safe. The backyard is lovely but the side walls are very low meaning people can climb through it which made me not feel safe either. The laundry is amazing (free laundry) this was my only favorite thing about this place.