Good and valuable place to stay. Earlene's cosy place helps you feel home. Yes, the surrounding neighborhood can get a bit rough sometimes - the entire time that we stayed in the house, there were a police car more or less 24/7 right in front of our house 192 Madison St. No complaints about that, since we all felt quite safe. The short stroll from or to the subway station (C line) via Nostrand Ave. has never left us feel somehow unsafe. Just wave a smile or short greeting to someone when you feel like it. He will greet back and everything's gonna be fine.