Hayley's place is in a great location and Hayley is lovely, you can't go wrong with this one. Probably wouldn't recommend more than two people staying in the room though, as the pair of us struggled a bit fitting our luggage in.
There's a 24 hour bagel place opposite, a great bar across the road, and it's 1km from a Wholefoods (the most amazing supermarket you'll see in your life)/Bedford Avenue, which is a great strip with cafes, restaurants, retail shops, and Joe's Pizza (I am still drooling for Joe's Pizza). It's also maybe a 10min subway ride to Manhattan, or a long walk (5-8kms if I recall correctly) across the bridge. Williamsburg/Brooklyn itself is wonderful too.
The apartment building/area is pretty quiet at night. The shower is a bit small - wouldn't recommend for my father for example, who is 6ft and a bit wider than I! And the hot water is just like in the movies/tv shows, where it can go blistering hot or super cold ha.
If you're looking for authentic 'living like a local' style accommodation, this is it. There's also Netflix + Hulu in the apartment, which helped tremendously on snow days!
Thank you Hayley, we'll be back.